Justin McCain who grew up in Carson and Treynor, Iowa, is an American musician, songwriter, producer and label executive, whose songs have been collectively streamed worldwide over 15 million times. McCain is the founder, lead guitarist, songwriter and producer for the hard rock bandThrough Fire, signed to Sumerian Records, and also works for Sumerian doing licensing and A&R.
Early on McCain had seen success with his first band Emphatic, releasing two records. He got the band added into rotation at local radio station 89.7 The River which led to him being contacted by management company Freeze Management/John Reese. McCain, and people he brought in, landed the band deals with Universal Records where he worked directly with President Monte Lipman and A&R Reen Nalli, Atlantic Records where he worked directly with Executive Vice PresidentPete Ganbarg, VP Steve Roberson and A&R Executive Jeff Blue, Epochal /Capital Records, powerhouse management company In De Goot Entertainment / Bill McGathy and the elite booking agency William Morris and TKO. McCain and his bands have toured and or shared the stage with some of today's biggest acts including Shinedown, Slipknot, Five Finger Death Punch, Korn, Rammstein, Papa Roach, Skillet, Chevelle, Halestorm, In This Moment, Sick Puppies, AlterBridge, Trapt, Blackstone Cherry, Hollywood Undead, Adelitas Way, and many more. As a producer McCain honed his skills by studying and working with multi platinum & Grammy winning producers and engineers such as Howard Benson, Chris Lord-Alge, and Ryan Greene. As a songwriter McCain signed to one of the biggest publishing companies in the world, Warner Chappell Music / Warner Bros. Through that deal he worked closely with songwriters who have written with artists such as Shinedown, Daughtry, Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw and many more. McCain alone has written several songs that have seen chart success in the Top 40 at radio as well as multiple #1 singles on Octane including his current single "Stronger" which also hit #1 on iTunes. He has seen success as a label executive working in licensing as well writing and or producing the songs that have been placed on TV and films such as WWE, MTV, Monday Night Football, Stanley Cup Finals, Criminal Minds, World Series of Fighting, Footloose, Fight Valley featuring former UFC champions Miesha Tate & Holly Holm, NBC, ESPN, Fox Sports, Comcast, and more.
Through Fire
Currently McCain is touring with his band Through Fire in support of their debut album Breathe via Sumerian Records. McCain produced and wrote most of this album, which debuted at #4 on Billboard's top new artist chart, #2 on iTunes rock charts, with the single Stronger being #1 on iTunes, as well as #1 on Octane.
