J-14 is scouting out the hottest bands around... and this week's pick is Ashland High!
Here are five things you need to know about Ashland High whose debut album Geronimo is out now.
1. Pop-rock band Ashland High was created by Trace Cyrus after his departure from Metro Station. He put together written material and throughout the past two years has accumulated over a 150 songs. Though releasing a solo album was always something he wanted to do, he never thought he could do it. "I never considered myself a singer," Trace tells J-14. "The past two years have been me trying to get better at singing and songwriting."
2. Trace came up with the band name Ashland High from his hometown in Kentucky. "Ashland High is where my mom went to high school. I kind of look at it like Ashland High would have been where I would have been in my life if I had never gotten out of that town. That would have been the highlight of my life," Trace tells J-14. "So I wanted to somehow relate to the kids in that town. I'm very proud to be from the South."