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Kellin Quinn
Quinn in March 2010
Quinn in March 2010
Background information
Birth nameKellin Quinn Bostwick
Born (1986-04-24) April 24, 1986 (age 38)[1]
Medford, Oregon, U.S.[1]
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
Member ofSleeping with Sirens
Formerly ofFor All We Know

Kellin Quinn Bostwick (born April 24, 1986) is an American singer and musician. He is the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the post-hardcore band Sleeping with Sirens. He is known for his distinctive vocals and for collaborating with other artists, as well as the SEGA Sound Team on the game Sonic Frontiers (2022). Some of his best known collaborations are on the tracks "King for a Day" with Pierce the Veil, and "Love Race" with Machine Gun Kelly.

Career

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Quinn performing in 2012

Quinn is the vocalist of the band Sleeping with Sirens with guitarist and songwriter Titus Lockard,[2] and also auditioned to become the vocalist for Dance Gavin Dance[3] before joining Sleeping with Sirens in 2009. He is also the former vocalist of the Michigan band For All We Know.

The band released their first album in 2010, With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear through Rise Records, which sold 25,000 copies, and reached number seven on the Billboard charts.[4][5]

Sleeping with Sirens released a single in celebration of Halloween, "Dead Walker Texas Ranger" on October 22, 2012.[6] Quinn participated in the music video for "King for a Day" by the band Pierce the Veil, released in 2012. The single went gold in 2014 and platinum in January 2020.[7] Quinn also collaborated with New Zealand band Written By Wolves on their Collab Project in 2021, sharing lead vocals on the song "Help Me Through the Night".

In 2020, Quinn started a solo side project with producer Cameron Mizell called "Downer Inc" and released a six-track EP called "Whatever This Is".[8][9]

Quinn appeared on the Sonic Frontiers soundtrack in 2022, acting as lead vocalist for four of the songs on the games soundtrack.[10] Quinn also appeared as a special guest at the September 30, 2023 Sonic Symphony where he performed some of the songs from the soundtrack including "Undefeatable" and "Break Through it All".[11][12][13]

Quinn owns his own clothing line, "Anthem Made",[14] and is the founder of "Dreamer Development Group",[15] a support network for aspiring artists like Manic,[16] and Roseburg.

Personal life

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Quinn married in 2013.[17] The couple have a daughter named Copeland, born in 2012. He also has two stepsons from his wife's previous marriage.[18][19]

Discography

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See also: Sleeping with Sirens discography
Year Song Album Artist
2008 "You Are The Reject Clone" Unreleased EP SycAmour
2010 "The Amazing Atom" The Secrets to Life At the Skyline[20]
"There's a Situation @ the Shore" (feat. Kellin Quinn & Jesse Lawson) Exotica EP Lakeland[21]
"In the Face of Death" Crashing EP The Last Word[22]
2011 "Airplanes Pt. 2" (feat. Kellin Quinn & Tom Denney) Single We Are Defiance
"The Dying Hymn" My Devil in Your Eyes The Color Morale[23]
"Bring On the Empty Horses" A Hope Remains Call Us Forgotten[24]
"Once Upon a Time in Mexico" Demo Version Cascades
2012 "We Fight Fail" Aerolyn Aerolyn[25]
"Miles Away" Challenger Memphis May Fire[26]
"Closer to Becoming a Killer" When the Way Is Forgotten She Can't Breathe[27]
"King for a Day" Collide with the Sky Pierce the Veil[28]
"The Surface Beneath" Single Avera
"Building Coral Castle" Morals EP The Words We Use[29]
"Miles Away (Acoustic)" Single Memphis May Fire[30]
2013 "Swing Life Away (Rise Against cover)" Black Flag Machine Gun Kelly[31]
"Swing Life Away (Acoustic)" (feat. Kellin Quinn & Jesse Lawson) Single Machine Gun Kelly
"500mL" Morla and the Red Balloon Time Traveller[32]
2014 "Fight Back" Single Lions Lions[33]
2015 "Paper Planes" 35xxxv One Ok Rock[34]
"The Chase" Nerve Endings Too Close to Touch[35]
"Into the Rest" Into the Rest EP Avion Roe[36]
2016 "Keep Swingin'" Youth Authority Good Charlotte[37]
"Ma Chérie" Boom Boom Room (Side A) Palaye Royale[38]
2019 "Nobody's Happy" Single Fossil Youth[39]
"RIP'" Indie Baby Roseburg
"Filthy'" It Begins EP Ghost Kings[40]
"The Bottom'" Single YULTRON
"Wolf in Disguise" It Comes in Waves
2020 "Into the Dark" Point North
"Upside Down" New Empire, Vol. 1 Hollywood Undead
"Rose Colored Catastrophe" (feat. Kellin Quinn & HJ) Single Dear Me
"Time Bomb" Resilience EP Halflives
"i luv that u hate me" Single Story Untold
"I'd Rather Be Dumb" Marlhy
"Someone Else" Loveless
"Drug" Lonely Spring
2021 "Last Time" Sunday Friend
"I Don't Mind" The 12th Human
"Nightmare" vibes. Karma Kids
"Time Bomb" Single Paul Bartolome
"What Isn't Here" DVDDY & Caslow
"Mercy" Heaven Is A Feeling, Hell Is A Place EP Echoes
"Wrong" Single Five AM
"Love Race" Machine Gun Kelly
"Eating Me Alive" 1692 Oh! The Horror
"Overdramatic" Bored In America Exit
"Help Me Through The Night " Single Written By Wolves
"The Reason" 1996Montana
"Messy" Conquer Divide
"No Fear" Amber Liu
"1 Thing" Sophie Powers[41]
"Letters'" Paleskin[42]
"The Only Ones" Black Sky Sunrise Crashing Atlas
"Never Ending Nightmare" This is Your Sign (Part 1) Citizen Soldier[43]
"Love You Like I Used To" Single 7evin7ins
2022 "MESS" GARZI
"How Could You Do This To Me" Suckerpunch Maggie Lindemann
"Reticent" You Miss Everything Colony Collapse
"Undefeatable" Sonic Frontiers Original Soundtrack: Stillness & Motion Tomoya Ohtani
"Find Your Flame"
"Break Through It All"
"Atom Bomb" Single PRETTY HAVØC
"Conversation (Kellin Quinn Variant)" Jack The Underdog
"Inner Beauty" Abyss, Watching Me
2023 "How It Ends" Cevilain
"Everything But Faith" Colorblind
"Love//Hate" Diary of a Depressed Creative Kala
"Live and Let Die" Single Roseview
"Underneath My Skin" The Silver Line ONI
"Four Leaf Clover" Single Down And Out
"Bruce Lee" The Frst
"Lonely Together" BUNNY
"Fractured" Last Night of Solace
"I'm Here – Revisited" Sonic Frontiers Expansion Soundtrack: Paths Revisited Tomoya Ohtani
"Feasting on Vultures" Fractured Paradise Seventh Day Slumber
"You're on Your Own, Kid" Single The Frst
"FVKD" NateWantsToBattle
2024 "Love In 3D" (feat. Kellin Quinn, Craig Owens & Aaron Gillespie) The Frst
"Obey" Atmospherics Hands Like Houses
"Paradigm" Single Donefor
"Forever & Always" CZYK

References

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  1. ^ a b "Kellin Quinn's profile". MusicBrainz. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  2. ^ Owens, Paige (March 23, 2020). "Kellin Quinn reflects on Sleeping With Sirens debut album, 10 years later". Alternative Press.
  3. ^ "Kellin Quinn Auditioned for Dance Gavin Dance: Listen". April 14, 2020.
  4. ^ "How Sleeping with Sirens' 'With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear' Changed The Scene". March 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "Sleeping with Sirens | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ "Sleeping With Sirens Reveal New Halloween Single "Dead Walker Texas Ranger" Artwork".
  7. ^ Quilles, Alyssa (January 1, 2020). "Pierce the Veil, Kellin Quinn Celebrate Major "King for a Day" Milestone". Alternative Press. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  8. ^ Wendowski, Andrew (May 13, 2020). "Sleeping With Sirens' Kellin Quinn Announces New Solo Project and 6-Track EP". Music Mayhem Magazine. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  9. ^ Wendowski, Andrew (June 25, 2020). "Kellin Quinn Reveals Details of New 'Downer Inc' Solo Project with Cameron Mizell". Music Mayhem Magazine. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  10. ^ Quinn, Kellin (November 9, 2022). "Kellin Quinn on X".
  11. ^ Nuke The Fridge Gaming (October 2, 2023). Sonic Symphony 2023 (Los Angeles) - Undefeatable w/ Kellin Quinn. Retrieved September 20, 2024 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ piplupfan77 two (October 1, 2023). Break Through It All - KELLIN QUINN / SONIC SYMPHONY WORLD TOUR - Los Angeles, CA (09/30/23). Retrieved September 20, 2024 – via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  14. ^ Kraus, Brian (September 2, 2012). "Anthem Made (Kellin Quinn's clothing line) post fall 2012 lookbook video". Alternative Press.
  15. ^ "Dreamer Development Group | Artist Development". DDG. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  16. ^ Courtl, Abigail (August 15, 2019). "Kellin Quinn's Dreamer Development Group Bridges the Gap Between New Artists and Industry Opportunities". heirwaves. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  17. ^ "Photos: Sleeping with Sirens' Frontman Kellin Quinn Gets Married". April 29, 2013.
  18. ^ "Sleeping With Sirens Frontman Kellin Quinn on His Fans, Going Acoustic and Fatherhood (EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW)". Noisecreep. August 30, 2012.
  19. ^ "Sleeping with Sirens vocalist Kellin Quinn talks about his daughter Copeland and the band's acoustic EP". Archived from the original on April 16, 2013.
  20. ^ "The Amazing Atom". Archived from the original on December 15, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
  21. ^ "There's A Situation On the Shore. (feat. Kellin Quinn & Jesse Lawson)". youtube.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  22. ^ "In the Face of Death". Archived from the original on December 15, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
  23. ^ "My Devil in Your Eyes – The Color Morale – Credits – AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  24. ^ "Call Us Forgotten – Bring On The Empty Horses (ft. Kellin Quinn of SWS) (Official Video) – YouTube". YouTube. December 30, 2013. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013.
  25. ^ "Aerolyn "WeFightFail" Feat. Kellin Quinn". Archived from the original on December 15, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
  26. ^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  27. ^ "Closer to Becoming a Killer". Archived from the original on December 15, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
  28. ^ "Pierce The Veil – King for a Day ft. Kellin Quinn – YouTube". YouTube. August 7, 2012. Archived from the original on August 7, 2012.
  29. ^ "iTunes – Music – Morals – EP by The Words We Use". Itunes.apple.com. June 11, 2012. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  30. ^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2013. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  31. ^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  32. ^ "Time Traveller – 500 ml (Feat. Kellin Quinn) – YouTube". YouTube. April 8, 2014. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014.
  33. ^ "Fight Back (feat. Kellin Quinn)". Archived from the original on December 15, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
  34. ^ "Paper Planes (feat. Kellin)". Archived from the original on December 15, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
  35. ^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  36. ^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  37. ^ "Video". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  38. ^ Smith-Engelhardt, Joe (December 17, 2019). "Kellin Quinn rips through gnarly vocals on It Comes In Waves song". Alternative Press. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  39. ^ "Nobody's Happy (feat. Kellin Quinn)". Archived from the original on December 15, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
  40. ^ "Filthy". Archived from the original on December 15, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
  41. ^ Claraguthrie (July 9, 2021). "SOPHIE POWERS × KELLIN QUINN — "1 THING"". 360 MAGAZINE | ART + MUSIC + DESIGN + FASHION + AUTO + TRAVEL + FOOD + HEALTH + TECH. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  42. ^ "PALESKIN – Letters (feat. Kellin Quinn)". Archived from the original on December 15, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
  43. ^ "Citizen Soldier – Never Ending Nightmare feat. Kellin Quinn (Official Lyric Video)". Archived from the original on December 15, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
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