How did such a thing come about? There must be thousands of songs to be considered. So it feels really good to know that people are going to be hearing our song and cheering on our country and Team U.S.A. It’s pretty surreal – we didn’t know it was going to happen but as soon as we caught wind, it was probably the best news we’ve ever had. The boys from Sleeping With Sirens are way too ecstatic about representing Team U.S.A. I know the Olympics is one of the most watched things in the world. How does it feel to know that your song will be heard and recognized by so many people? for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2018. The first track off of the album, “Legends,” has been named the official song of Team U.S.A. We all worked harder than we’ve worked on any other album and I think it shows. And I think it’s our best work to date, honestly. I think it lets everyone in the band shine as a musician. I think this album for us is a really big step in our band’s career. The band’s fifth album titled “Gossip” is out this week. His band Sleeping With Sirens is bringing the “Gossip” tour to Vinyl Music Hall on Thursday Lead guitarist Jack Fowler says it was perfect timing when his group’s song “Legends” was chosen as the official song for the group of prestigious athletes. Not as competitors, but rather as contributors to the soundtrack of the team. Overall, these are all the Ernie Ball Music Man basses that Justin Hills has played as of now.Post-hardcore band Sleeping With Sirens will be a part of the Winter Olympics, PyeongChang 2018, representing Team U.S.A. You can see Justin play those basses all summer long with Sleeping With Sirens at Rockstar Energy Drink DISRUPT Festival. It is seen in Sleeping With Sirens’ music video for their new song “Leave It All Behind” off their upcoming album “How It Feels to Be Lost” which drops September 6th.
The next one, which is black and has a white pearloid pickguard and black hardware, is custom-built. The first one, which is light blue, is not custom and was first used when Sleeping With Sirens supported Good Charlotte on their 2019 European tour in January and February. The last two basses, which both have maple necks, are Cutlass basses that Justin started playing in 2019. The Classic StingRay 5 bass was first used in late 2017 when Sleeping With Sirens supported Rise Against on their 2017 European tour. Next is a Classic StingRay 5 bass which also has a roasted maple neck, but does not have a 5-way control switch and two humbucker pickups. First is a 5-string Sterling bass with a natural finish and a roasted maple neck, which was used in 2015 for the song “Fly” since that song uses the low B string. Justin used this bass in 2017 for playing acoustic songs, as well as for the non-acoustic song ‘Cheers’ while on Sleeping With Sirens’ Gossip tour.īehind the black are two 5-string basses which were both custom-built. Unlike all of Justin Hills’ basses, this bass has two humbucker pickups positioned at the neck and bridge, and a 5-way control switch to change the instrument’s sound and tone. The black Ernie Ball Music Man bass with the maple neck behind the custom magenta sparkle StingRay bass is not a StingRay bass, but rather a Sterling bass. The natural StingRay bass was used for songs in Drop D tuning such as “We Like It Loud”, “Better Off Dead”, and “Go Go Go”, while the custom magenta sparkle StingRay bass was used for songs in Drop C tuning such as “Kick Me”, “Do It Now Remember It Later”, “If I’m James Dean, You’re Audrey Hepburn”, and “If You Can’t Hang”. He also had the custom light pink StingRay bass with the painted red X and roasted maple neck as a backup bass.
On the 2016 Warped Tour, Justin Hills’ main StingRay basses were the natural maple-necked StingRay and the custom magenta sparkle StingRay with the roasted maple neck and the logo for Sleeping With Sirens, which is a W with a slash. After these basses, he played the natural and gray maple-necked StingRay basses, and the two custom StingRay basses with roasted maple necks. Following the white bass are the red and green StingRay basses which he played on the 2013 Warped Tour along with the white bass. The white bass in front, which is a StingRay bass, is the first Ernie Ball Music Man bass that Justin played in the band, starting on the 2012 Vans Warped Tour.