Turnstile (band)


Turnstile is an American rock band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2010. The band consists of lead vocalist Brendan Yates, guitarists Pat McCrory and Meg Mills, bassist Franz Lyons, and drummer Daniel Fang.
Originally a hardcore punk group, Turnstile's breakthrough third album Glow On was released in 2021, earning critical acclaim and three Grammy nominations. Founding guitarist Brady Ebert left the band in 2022. Their fourth album Never Enough was released in 2025 and charted in the top 10 of five countries, including the U.S. The album received five Grammy nods as Turnstile became the first band to be nominated in the rock, alternative, and metal categories in the same year.

History

2010–2020: Early years and ''Nonstop Feeling''

Turnstile was formed in 2010 and grew from Baltimore's hardcore scene. They released their debut EP, Pressure to Succeed, in 2011 and their second EP, Step 2 Rhythm, in 2013, both via Reaper Records. On January 13, 2015, Turnstile released their debut full-length album, Nonstop Feeling, also on Reaper Records. The album was recorded at Salad Days Studios with producer Brian McTernan. Supporting the release of the album, Turnstile went on both an East Coast and a West Coast tour with Superheaven, titled the Nonstop Feeling Tour. They also supported New Found Glory on their Spring 2015 tour. After the tour, their guitarist Sean Cullen stepped down, and a replacement was found in Pat McCrory of fellow Baltimore-based hardcore band Angel Dust.
On September 16, 2016, Turnstile released their third EP, titled Move Thru Me. The record charted at No. 14 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart and No. 19 on the Hard Rock Albums chart. The band embarked on the Move Thru Me Tour across the U.S. with support from Angel Dust, Big Bite, Krimewatch, Fury and Lock on select dates in the fall of 2016. The band began recording for their second album under Roadrunner Records in the fall of 2017, completing recording in early 2018. The record was produced by Will Yip at his Studio 4 recording studio. On February 23, 2018, the band released the album, titled Time & Space, their first release under a major label. The band traveled across the U.S. on the Time & Space Tour with support from Touché Amoré, Culture Abuse, and Razorbumps. A European leg followed with support from Fury, a South Korean and Southeast Asia leg, and a U.K. leg with support from Wicca Phase Springs Eternal and Big Cheese. Three of the album's tracks were re-worked with DJ and producer Mall Grab and released as an EP, titled Share a View, in January 2020.

2021–2024: ''Glow On,'' Ebert's departure and touring

Turnstile released their fifth EP, Turnstile Love Connection, alongside an accompanying short film directed by Yates, in June 2021. An album, Glow On, was released on August 27, 2021 and it debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200. It received universal acclaim from critics and was No. 8 in Rolling Stones Best 50 Albums of 2021 list. The band supported Suicideboys on tour from September to November 2021, and supported My Chemical Romance's North American Reunion Tour in August 2022.
On August 12, 2022, the press announced that the band had formally parted ways with guitarist Brady Ebert, a couple of months ahead of a headlining tour. Before then, Ebert had notably been absent from the band's tours, and had been replaced by Greg Cerwonka of Take Offense. Meg Mills, of Big Cheese and formerly Chubby and the Gang, was brought on as touring guitarist replacing Greg Cerwonka. A magazine, Lambgoat, claimed that the band's drummer, Daniel Fang, had filed a peace order against Ebert on August 4, 2022 but the case was dismissed on August 11 due to "no statutory basis of relief".
At the 65th Grammy Awards, held in February 2023, "Holiday" was nominated for Best Rock Performance, and "Blackout" was nominated for both Best Rock Song and Best Metal Performance. Turnstile continued to tour extensively throughout 2023, including supporting Blink-182 on the North American leg of their 2023 global tour. In August of the same year they released New Heart Designs, a joint EP with Canadian jazz band BadBadNotGood from Toronto, containing reworked versions of Turnstile's "Mystery", "Alien Love Call", and "Underwater Boi". In 2024, the band launched its own Converse shoes on 25 January and toured in Latin America, Europe and Asia. They also played the No Values Festival on June 8, 2024 at Fairplex in Pomona, California.

2025–present: ''Never Enough''

In late March of 2025, a billboard promoting new music under the name Never Enough was spotted on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles teasing a release date of June 6, 2025 and confirming Meg Mills as an official member. On April 8, Turnstile released the lead single from the upcoming album of the same name, with a music video directed by band members Yates and McCrory. The band held a free benefit show in their hometown of Baltimore in May 2025, where they previewed the Never Enough record while raising money for Health Care for the Homeless. The band performed a record release show on June 5 in Brooklyn, New York at the Under the K Bridge venue.
Turnstile toured Europe in 2025 in promotion of Never Enough, with a number of festival appearances such as Primavera Sound, Outbreak Festival and Glastonbury Festival. The band embarked on the Never Enough Tour through the United States and Europe in autumn and winter 2025, with support from Jane Remover and Speed on dates for North America and from Amyl and the Sniffers, Mannequin Pussy, and Blood Orange on select dates.

Musical style and influences

Critics and journalists have categorized Turnstile's music as being hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, and alternative rock. In interviews, the members describe their own music as hardcore.
Ethan Stewart, a writer from PopMatters and former Revolver editor Eli Enis said the band is "pop-hardcore", alongside Angel Dust, Scowl and Higher Power. Stewart credited the album as building upon the alternative metal-meets-New York-style hardcore style of 1990s bands including Snapcase or Crown of Thornz, but says it additionally incorporates experimental influences including pop and funk music. Turnstile cite their influences as Rage Against the Machine, Inside Out, Bad Brains, Breakdown, Madball and Sade.

Members

Current members

  • Daniel Fang – drums, programming, percussion
  • "Freaky" Franz Lyons – bass, percussion, vocals
  • Brendan Yates – lead vocals, percussion, keyboards
  • Pat McCrory – lead guitar, backing vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Meg Mills – rhythm guitar, backing vocals

    Former members

  • Sean "Coo" Cullen – rhythm guitar
  • Brady Ebert – lead guitar, backing vocals

    Former touring musicians

  • Greg Cerwonka – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals

    Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Demo

Bootlegs

Singles

Other charted songs

Awards and nominations

Tours

  • On Tour There Is No Law — September 30–October 14, 2013
  • * Support for Twitching Tongues alongside Stigmata, Downpresser, and Angel Dust
  • Spring 2014 Tour — February 5–15, 2015
  • *Support from Diamond Youth, Turnover, Angel Dust, and Blind Justice
  • Bane Farewell Tour — May 23–June 2, 2014
  • * Support for Bane alongside Take Offense
  • Set It Off 20th Anniversary Tour — December 5–14, 2014
  • * Support for Madball alongside Death Before Dishonor, Take Offense, and Downpresser
  • Nonstop Feeling East Coast Tour — February 12–22, 2015
  • * Support from Superheaven, Freedom, True Love, Adventures, and Fiddlehead
  • Nonstop Feeling West Coast Tour — February 27–March 4, 2015
  • *Support from Superheaven, Take Offense, Forced Order, and Seasons Change
  • Sleep When I Die Tour — March 13–April 12, 2015
  • *Support for New Found Glory alongside This Wild Life and Turnover
  • The Life & Death Tour 2015 — August 6–31, 2015
  • * Support for Bane alongside Forced Order, Mizery, Malfunction, Power Trip, Death Threat, Bitter End and Crown of Thornz
  • Europe Tour 2015 — November 18–30, 2015
  • *Support from Forced Order
  • Self-Titled Tour — December 1–12, 2015
  • * Support for The Story So Far and Drug Church
  • New Zealand 2016 — January 7–9, 2016
  • *Support from Out Cold, Hammer Time and Lookin' Up
  • Australia 2016 — January 13–24, 2016
  • * Support from Born Free
  • Spring 2016 Tour — April 6–May 1, 2016
  • * Support for Basement alongside Defeater and Colleen Green
  • European Summer 2016
  • *Support for Backtrack alongside Higher Power
  • Spring 2017 Tour — May 13–21, 2017
  • * Support for The Story So Far alongside Drug Church
  • * Included appearances at Northern Invasion Fest and Rock on the Range
  • Fall 2017 Tour — November 7–December 3, 2017
  • * Support for The Story So Far alongside Drug Church
  • The Good Nature Australian Tour — March 5–13, 2018
  • *Support for Turnover
  • Time & Space Tour — April 9–May 7, 2018
  • * Support from Touché Amoré, Culture Abuse, and Razorbumps
  • Time & Space S. Korea and Southeast Asia Tour — June 30–July 8, 2018
  • Time & Space Europe Tour — June 14–July 13, 2018
  • *Support from Fury
  • *Included appearances at 2000 Trees Festival and Resurrection Fest
  • Celebrating 20 Years of Bull_ — November 12–December 16, 2018
  • *Support for Every Time I Die alongside Angel Dust and Vein
  • Australia Tour 2019 — January 12–19, 2019
  • * Co-headlined alongside Citizen
  • Spring 2019 Tour — April 5–May 12, 2019
  • * Support for Turnover alongside Reptaliens
  • Share a View in Europe 2020 — March 3–15, 2020
  • * Support from Gag, One Step Closer, and Glitterer
  • Glow On Tour
  • * Support from Show Me the Body, Never Ending Game, Gulch, Lil Ugly Mane, Narrow Head, Hey Cowboy!, and Sexpill
  • * Included appearances at Firefly Festival, Louder Than Life Festival, Knotfest, and Furnace Fest
  • North America
  • * Supporting Suicideboys on the Grey Day 2021 tour
  • Glow On Live in Europe
  • * Support from Chubby and the Gang
  • The Turnstile Love Connection Tour
  • * Support from Citizen, Ceremony, Ekulu, Truth Cult, Coco & Clair Clair, Special Interest, and Beach Fossils
  • Glow On Live in Europe
  • North America
  • * Supporting My Chemical Romance on the Reunion Tour
  • The Turnstile Love Connection Tour
  • * Support from Snail Mail and JPEGMafia
  • Australasia
  • *Performed several dates of the 2023 Laneway Festival, alongside headlining shows supported by Speed
  • North America
  • * Supporting Blink-182 on World Tour 2023/2024 from May 4
  • Europe
  • North America
  • * Supporting Blink-182 on World Tour 2023/2024
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Latin America / Europe / Asia 2024
  • Europe / United Kingdom 2025
  • ''Never Enough Tour''