Kellin Quinn

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Kellin Quinn
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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
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • keyboards
Member of Sleeping 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.

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Career

Quinn performing in 2012 Sleeping With Sirens 22.jpg
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 owns his own clothing line, "Anthem Made", [10] and is the founder of "Dreamer Development Group", [11] a support network for aspiring artists like Manic, [12] and Roseburg.

Personal life

Quinn married in 2013. [13] The couple have a daughter, born in 2012. He also has two stepsons from his wife's previous marriage. [14] [15]

Discography

YearSongAlbumArtist
2008"You Are The Reject Clone"Unreleased EPSycAmour
2010"The Amazing Atom"The Secrets to LifeAt the Skyline [16]
"There's a Situation @ the Shore" (feat. Kellin Quinn & Jesse Lawson)Exotica EPLakeland [17]
"In the Face of Death"Crashing EPThe Last Word [18]
2011"Airplanes Pt. 2" (feat. Kellin Quinn & Tom Denney)Single We Are Defiance
"The Dying Hymn"My Devil in Your Eyes The Color Morale [19]
"Bring On the Empty Horses"A Hope RemainsCall Us Forgotten [20]
"Once Upon a Time in Mexico"Demo VersionCascades
2012"We Fight Fail"AerolynAerolyn [21]
"Miles Away" Challenger Memphis May Fire [22]
"Closer to Becoming a Killer"When the Way Is ForgottenShe Can't Breathe [23]
"King for a Day" Collide with the Sky Pierce the Veil [24]
"The Surface Beneath"SingleAvera
"Building Coral Castle"Morals EPThe Words We Use [25]
"Miles Away (Acoustic)"SingleMemphis May Fire [26]
2013"Swing Life Away (Rise Against cover)" Black Flag Machine Gun Kelly [27]
"Swing Life Away (Acoustic)" (feat. Kellin Quinn & Jesse Lawson)SingleMachine Gun Kelly
"500mL"Morla and the Red Balloon Time Traveller [28]
2014"Fight Back"SingleLions Lions [29]
2015"Paper Planes" 35xxxv One Ok Rock [30]
"The Chase"Nerve Endings Too Close to Touch [31]
"Into the Rest"Into the Rest EP Avion Roe [32]
2016"Keep Swingin'" Youth Authority Good Charlotte [33]
"Ma Chérie"Boom Boom Room (Side A) Palaye Royale [34]
2019"Nobody's Happy"SingleFossil Youth [35]
"RIP'"Indie BabyRoseburg
"Filthy'"It Begins EPGhost Kings [36]
"The Bottom'"SingleYULTRON
"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)SingleDear Me
"Time Bomb"Resilience EPHalflives
"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"SinglePaul Bartolome
"What Isn't Here"DVDDY & Caslow
"Mercy"Heaven Is A Feeling, Hell Is A Place EPEchoes
"Wrong"SingleFive AM
"Love Race"Machine Gun Kelly
"Eating Me Alive"1692Oh! The Horror
"Overdramatic"Bored In AmericaExit
"Help Me Through The Night "SingleWritten By Wolves
"The Reason"1996Montana
"Messy" Conquer Divide
"No Fear" Amber Liu
"1 Thing"Sophie Powers [37]
"Letters'"Paleskin [38]
"The Only Ones"Black Sky SunriseCrashing Atlas
"Never Ending Nightmare"This is Your Sign (Part 1)Citizen Soldier [39]
2022"MESS"SingleGARZI
"How Could You Do This To Me"Suckerpunch Maggie Lindemann
"Reticent"You Miss EverythingColony Collapse
"Undefeatable" Sonic Frontiers Original Soundtrack: Stillness & Motion Tomoya Ohtani
"Find Your Flame"
"Break Through It All"
"Inner Beauty"SingleAbyss, Watching Me
2023"How It Ends"Cevilain
"Everything But Faith"Colorblind
"Love//Hate"Diary of a Depressed CreativeKala
"Live and Let Die"SingleRoseview
"Underneath My Skin"The Silver Line ONI
"Bruce Lee"SingleThe Frst
"Lonely Together"BUNNY
"Fractured"Last Night of Solace
"I'm Here – Revisited"Sonic Frontiers Expansion Soundtrack: Paths RevisitedTomoya Ohtani
"Feasting on Vultures"Fractured Paradise Seventh Day Slumber
"You're on Your Own, Kid"SingleThe Frst
"FVKD"SingleNateWantsToBattle

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