Heffron Drive | |
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 Belt and Schmidt in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Burbank, California, U.S. |
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| Labels | TOLbooth |
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| Website | heffrondrive |
Heffron Drive was an American duo formed by Kendall Schmidt and Dustin Belt, both originally from Kansas. [1] [2] It was originally formed in 2008 after Kendall and Dustin met each other by chance and realized they lived on the same street, Heffron Drive, Burbank, California. [3]
In 2008, Kendall Schmidt and Dustin Belt formed the band Heffron Drive. The name refers to the street on which both members lived, Heffron Drive, in Burbank, California. [4] The duo began releasing music on MySpace and soon gained attention on the internet. [3] However, in 2009, Schmidt joined the boyband Big Time Rush and Heffron Drive was on a break. [3] Subsequently, Belt joined as the group's touring guitarist. [4] In May 2013, after Tanya Chisholm said that the series Big Time Rush was not being continued, Heffron Drive was revived. [5] The duo soon started working and recording on new material. [4]
On October 17, 2013, it was announced that Heffron Drive would be going on a winter tour; it started in Houston on November 23, and ended on December 22 in Los Angeles. [6] In March 2014, the duo released their debut single, "Parallel". [7] The song peaked at number 25 on the iTunes Pop charts. [8] On July 29, 2014, Heffron Drive announced their debut studio album, Happy Mistakes , as well as an international tour in support of the album. [9] On August 4, the duo premiered the track, "One Track Mind" live. [10] The album was officially released on September 9. [11] Happy Mistakes peaked at number 84 on the Billboard 200. [12]
On January 14, 2017, the band released a new song and music video for their single "Living Room". Their next release was on January 19, 2018 when they released a new song and music video titled "Mad At The World", and later "Separate Lives".
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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| US [12] | US Indie [13] | |||||||||||||
| Happy Mistakes |
| 84 | 19 | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
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| US Heat [14] | ||||||||||||||
| Happy Mistakes: Unplugged |
| 16 | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details |
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| The Forthcoming |
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| The Slow Motion EP | |
| Song | Year | Album |
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| "Parallel" | 2014 | Happy Mistakes |
| "Happy Mistakes" | 2015 | |
| "Art of Moving On" | Unplugged | |
| "Eyes on You | Non-album singles | |
| "Rain Don't Come" | 2016 | |
| "Don't Let Me Go" | ||
| "Living Room" | 2017 | The Slow Motion EP |
| "Slow Motion" | ||
| "One Way Ticket" | Non-album singles | |
| "Mad at the World" | 2018 | |
| "Separate Lives" | ||
| "Hot Summer" | ||
| "Black on Black" | ||
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