The Kingston rockers turn their worst times into the best times.
The Glorious Sons Influences
Classic-rock royalty, indie icons, and hip-hop heavyweights.
About The Glorious Sons
Hometown
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Formed
2011
Genre
Rock
The Glorious Sons is a no-frills Canadian band who have consistently topped the charts while carrying the flag for blue-collar rock ’n’ roll.
∙ Eleven of the group’s singles have reached the Top 10 of Billboard’s Canada Rock chart, beginning with “White Noise,” from their 2013 debut, Shapeless Art.
∙ The Glorious Sons enlisted John-Angus MacDonald (guitarist of Canadian hard-rock veterans The Trews) to produce their first full-length, 2015’s The Union.
∙ At the 2015 Canadian Independent Music Awards, they took home Indies for Group of the Year and Rock Artist of the Year.
∙ Both 2017’s Young Beauties and Fools and 2019’s A War on Everything earned Juno Awards for Best Rock Album.
∙ In 2019, two of their songs hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs chart: “S.O.S. (Sawed Off Shotgun)” and “Panic Attack.”
Members of The Glorious Sons include, or have included, Brett Emmons, Chris Koster, and Andrew Young.
Influenced by The Glorious SonsThe Glorious Sons has influenced the music of Kasador, The Wilderness, Adam Johnson and more.