Kellan Miller

Kellan in 2021

**Kellan Howard Miller** (born November 24th, 2004) is an American alternative singer-songwriter. Kellan began releasing music under multiple aliases online throughout his youth before releasing his first EP, The Truth, under his own name in mid 2019. Since then, Miller has been releasing music consistently under multiple aliases and bands. Miller also runs a YouTube channel where he reacts to and reviews music, as well as a live performances group that he uses to book shows across the East coast named Miller Entertainment & Live Events.

## Biography

##### Early life (2004-2014)

Kellan Miller was born on November 24th, 2004 in Baltimore, MD. Throughout his youth, Kellan was always interested in music, often attending concerts with his parents and watching his father, who was previously in a punk band, play his guitar. In 2014, Kellan began playing guitar himself and would jam with his sibling, Branden, who had been gifted a drum kit from their parents.

##### Bombs United and old music projects (2014-2019)

In 2014, Kellan began uploading original songs to YouTube under the name Bombs United, which would be the primary alias Miller would go by throughout his early musical ventures. During this time, Kellan would also start several other projects that never had releases such as Basement Bombs, All That's Left, Toxic Devils, Murder Case Blueprint, and Metal Soals. Bombs United released multiple albums and EPs, however most of these projects are now totally lost after the YouTube channel featuring these recordings were purged.

##### End of Bombs United and The Truth (2019)

Kellan used the Bombs United alias for his music up until early 2019 when he retired the project in favor of releasing music under his own name, doing a Facebook Live video performance in February of the year to finish the project. Later in May, Kellan released his debut single under his own named titled "Breathe For Me," which was to be on his debut EP, The Truth, which released in July 2019. Kellan promoted the EP through a series of performances that was livestreamed on Facebook and Instagram. Shortly following the release of The Truth, Kellan released the first album by his comedy side project, Lil Sac, which was titled Sac-tastic Voyage. Lil Sac has since been followed up on with several albums, EPs, and mixtapes, and the project was signed to comedy record label, Flex Entertainment, in April 2022.

##### Albums and early live sets (2019-2022)

Kellan began working on his debut album shortly after finishing his debut EP. After writing several songs influenced by pop punk acts like blink-182 and Neck Deep, Kellan channeled that into his music and made the album titled Peace & Tragedy, which featured themes of love and loss. The album was released in January 2020 as the only release on Maryland based record label, Trustbuster Records. Around this time, Kellan started the short-lived hardcore band, Corrupt Ambition. After writing the album, Kellan began experiencing a series of loved ones passing away, starting with his grandfather in late 2019 which inspired him to begin writing the song "Letting Go" with his cousin and frequent song writing collaborator, Charles Jones. Shortly after the song was finished being written, Charles passed away due to heart complications on June 2nd, 2020. Kellan released "Letting Go" as a single a week later on June 8th, and debuted a visualizer at Charles funeral which featured a photo slideshow of Charles and videos of family and friends remembering and celebrating his life. After releasing two more EPs in 2020, Kellan began writing his 2nd album which was inspired by the loss of family he had recently began experiencing. In early 2021, Kellan began performing live, with his first show being an opening act along with Corrupt Ambition band mate, Gage Mong, for West Virginia artist Jess Cantley at an art show in Martinsburg. Kellan began releasing singles and music videos for what would eventually become his 2nd album, titled In Memory Of, which Kellan self-produced in released in May of 2021. Kellan began promoting the album through a series of self-booked live performances including several shows at West Virginia café, Sweet Hut, with friend and fellow musician, DESCHAMP. Kellan began releasing singles following In Memory Of's release that he eventually compiled into the EP, Blue Autumn. Kellan rounded out the year by releasing a cover of punk band The Lawrence Arms' song "Seventeener," and a short comedy song "Dear Body Armor" which was inspired by a video on Kellan's YouTube channel in which he asks the sport drink brand Body Armor to sponsor his musical endeavors.

##### Miller Entertainment and album 3 session (2022-present)

As the next year rolled through, Kellan focused heavily on performing and booking live sets. While doing these sets Kellan began field testing new music that he planned to record as a part of his next album. In March, Kellan was booked as an opener on the monthly Wright Lives' Acoustic Café where he performed at an established venue for the first time in front of a large crowd. Wanting to continue performing at bigger venues, Kellan began getting in contact and setting up shows across the East coast. Wanting to celebrate the scene Kellan had joined, Kellan held an acoustic music festival at Sweet Hut in late April called Rockin' Unplugged. In July, Kellan started to book shows as Miller Live Events, which was later renamed to Miller Entertainment & Live Events. Around this time, Kellan also began working on demoes for his third album with his sibling Branden, and drummer Spenser Tedoff from the musical duo S.O.T.S. marking the first time Kellan worked with other musicians on his solo music. While working on these demoes, Kellan announced that his first two EPs, *The Truth* and *Silenced*, as well as the soundtrack *In Memory Of: The Performance* were going to be delisted from streaming services with the hope to rerecord the songs in higher fidelity. Shortly after Kellan began booking through Miller Entertainment, he made a deal with local venue O'Connells Irish Pub to host monthly live shows with a variety of musicians throughout the remainder of 2022. During one of these sets, Kellan was introduced to Phoenix Johnson, a producer based in Maryland, by frequent live collaborator Dee Calhoun. In October, Kellan along with Branden and Spenser traveled to Johnson's Siren Studios where they began recording tracks for Kellan's third album. For Kellan's birthday, he released a 2 song EP titled Sad Acoustic Songs which featured single "18er" and a cover of The Gaslight Anthem's song "The Navesink Banks." Two days later, Kellan held a free concert in Glen Burnie, Maryland and released a music video for "18er."

Kellan continued playing shows into 2023 while still actively recording in the studio. In late March of that year, Kellan announced that he would be delisting his 2020 EP *Red Summer* from streaming services while expressing interest in rerecording older material.

## Discography

#### Albums

* Peace & Tragedy (2020)
* In Memory Of (2021)
* Juvenila [with the Basterds] (2023)

#### Extended Plays

* The Truth (2019; delisted)
* Silenced (2020; delisted)
* Red Summer (2020; delisted)
* Blue Autumn (2021)
* Sad Acoustic Songs (2022)

#### Other

* Dreamers (2019; unreleased)
* In Memory Of: The Performance (2021; soundtrack, delisted)

## Videography

#### Other notable videos

* "Letting Go" Visualizer (2020)
* In Memory Of: The Performance (2021)