Turnstile is an American rock band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2010. The band consists of lead vocalist Brendan Yates, guitarists Pat McCrory and Meg Mills, bassist Franz Lyons, and drummer Daniel Fang.
Originally a hardcore punk group, Turnstile's breakthrough third album Glow On was released in 2021, earning critical acclaim and three Grammy nominations. Their fourth album Never Enough was released in 2025 and charted in the top 10 of five countries, including the U.S. The album received five Grammy nominations, making Turnstile the first band to be nominated in the rock, alternative, and metal categories in the same year. The band won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for their song "Birds" and Best Rock Album on February 1, 2026.
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History
2010–2015: Early years and Nonstop Feeling
Turnstile was formed in 2010 and grew from Baltimore's hardcore scene. They released their debut EP, Pressure to Succeed, in 2011 and their second EP, Step 2 Rhythm, in 2013, both via Reaper Records. On January 13, 2015, Turnstile released their debut full-length album, Nonstop Feeling, also on Reaper Records. The album was recorded at Salad Days Studios with producer Brian McTernan. Supporting the release of the album, Turnstile went on both an East Coast and a West Coast tour with Superheaven, titled the Nonstop Feeling Tour. They also supported New Found Glory on their Spring 2015 tour. After the tour, their guitarist Sean Cullen stepped down, and a replacement was found in Pat McCrory of fellow Baltimore-based hardcore band Angel Dust.
2016-2020: Move Thru Me, touring, and Share a View
On September 16, 2016, Turnstile released their third EP, titled Move Thru Me. The record charted at No. 14 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart and No. 19 on the Hard Rock Albums chart. The band embarked on the Move Thru Me Tour across the U.S. with support from Angel Dust, Big Bite, Krimewatch, Fury, and Lock on select dates in the fall of 2016. The band began recording for their second album under Roadrunner Records in the fall of 2017, completing recording in early 2018. The record was produced by Will Yip at his Studio 4 recording studio. On February 23, 2018, the band released the album, titled Time & Space, their first release under a major label. The band traveled across the U.S. on the Time & Space Tour with support from Touché Amoré, Culture Abuse, and Razorbumps. A European leg followed with support from Fury, a South Korean and Southeast Asia leg, and a U.K. leg with support from Wicca Phase Springs Eternal and Big Cheese. Three of the album's tracks were re-worked with DJ and producer Mall Grab and released as an EP, titled Share a View, in January 2020.
2021–2024: Glow On, Ebert's dismissal and touring
Turnstile released their fifth EP, Turnstile Love Connection, alongside an accompanying short film directed by Yates in June 2021. A week before the release of Glow On, the band performed a free show in Clifton Park, Baltimore collecting donations to benefit Healthcare for the Homeless on August 21, 2021. The album dropped on August 27, 2021 and it debuted at No. 30 on the Billboard 200. It received universal acclaim from critics and was No. 8 in Rolling Stone's Best 50 Albums of 2021 list. The band supported Suicideboys on tour from September to November 2021, and supported My Chemical Romance's North American Reunion Tour in August 2022.
On August 12, 2022, the press announced that the band had kicked out founding guitarist Brady Ebert, months before a headlining tour. Before then, Ebert had notably been absent from the band's tours, and had been replaced by Greg Cerwonka of Take Offense. Meg Mills, of Big Cheese and formerly Chubby and the Gang, was brought on as touring guitarist replacing Greg Cerwonka. Online publication Lambgoat claimed that the band's drummer, Daniel Fang, had filed a peace order against Ebert on August 4, 2022 but the case was dismissed on August 11 due to "no statutory basis of relief".
At the 65th Grammy Awards, held in February 2023, "Holiday" was nominated for Best Rock Performance, and "Blackout" was nominated for both Best Rock Song and Best Metal Performance. Turnstile continued to tour extensively throughout 2023, including supporting Blink-182 on the North American leg of their 2023 global tour. In August of the same year they released New Heart Designs, a joint EP with Canadian jazz band BadBadNotGood from Toronto, containing reworked versions of Turnstile's "Mystery", "Alien Love Call", and "Underwater Boi". In 2024, the band launched its own Converse shoes on 25 January and toured in Latin America (March 30 – April 16), Europe (June 14–28) and Asia (July 18 – August 2). They also played the No Values Festival on June 8, 2024, at Fairplex in Pomona, California.
2025–present: Never Enough
In late March of 2025, a billboard promoting new music under the name Never Enough was spotted on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles teasing a release date of June 6, 2025 and confirming Meg Mills as an official member. On April 8, Turnstile released the lead single from the upcoming album of the same name, with a music video directed by band members Yates and McCrory. The band held a free benefit show in their hometown of Baltimore in May 2025, where they previewed the Never Enough record while raising money for Health Care for the Homeless. The band performed a record release show on June 5 in Brooklyn, New York at the Under the K Bridge venue.
Turnstile toured Europe in 2025 in promotion of Never Enough, with several festival appearances such as Primavera Sound, Outbreak Festival, and Glastonbury Festival. The band embarked on the Never Enough Tour through the United States and Europe in autumn and winter 2025, with support from Jane Remover and Speed on dates for North America and from Amyl and the Sniffers, Mannequin Pussy, and Blood Orange on select dates. The group extended the tour in the autumn of 2026 with support from Texas is the Reason, Haywire, Ceremony, HiTech, King's Command, Yves Tumor, Saya Gray, Pluto's Kiss, Thundercat, Angel Dust, Nourished by Time, Porches, Hatebreed, Cold World, Mall Grab, Collateral, Clipse, Julie, Fiddlehead, Agnostic Front, Die Spitz, Slayyyter, Vince Staples, Pennywise, Trash Talk, February, Boy Harsher, and Terror on select dates.
In April 2026, Ebert was charged with second-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault after allegedly intentionally hitting 79-year-old William Yates, frontman Brendan Yates' father, with a car. On indictment, Ebert was also charged with attempted first-degree murder, which carries a sentence of up to life in prison if convicted.
In August 2026, the band released their debut remix album, entitled Never Enough: Versions. The album features reworked versions of every song on Never Enough, and features artists such as Elton John, Four Tet, Hayley Williams, Dying Fetus, Alex G and Panda Bear.
Musical style and influences
Critics and journalists have categorized Turnstile's music as being hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, and alternative rock. In interviews, the members describe their own music as hardcore.
Ethan Stewart, a writer from PopMatters and former Revolver editor Eli Enis said the band is "pop-hardcore", alongside Angel Dust, Scowl and Higher Power. Stewart credited the band as building upon the alternative metal-meets-New York-style hardcore style of 1990s bands including Snapcase or Crown of Thornz, but says it additionally incorporates experimental influences including pop and funk music. Turnstile cite their influences as Rage Against the Machine, Inside Out, Bad Brains, Breakdown, Madball and Sade.
Band members
Discography
Tours
On Tour There Is No Law (U.S.) — September 30–October 14, 2013
Support for Twitching Tongues (September 30–October 14) alongside Stigmata, Downpresser, and Angel Dust
Spring 2014 Tour (U.S.) — February 5–15, 2015
Support from Diamond Youth, Turnover (February 5–12), Angel Dust, and Blind Justice
Bane Farewell Tour (U.S.) — May 23–June 2, 2014
Support for Bane alongside Take Offense
Set It Off 20th Anniversary Tour (U.S.) — December 5–14, 2014
Support for Madball alongside Death Before Dishonor, Take Offense, and Downpresser
Nonstop Feeling East Coast Tour (U.S.) — February 12–22, 2015
Support from Superheaven, Freedom, True Love, Adventures (February 22), and Fiddlehead (February 22)
Nonstop Feeling West Coast Tour (U.S.) — February 27–March 4, 2015
Support from Superheaven, Take Offense, Forced Order, and Seasons Change
Sleep When I Die Tour (U.S.) — March 13–April 12, 2015
Support for New Found Glory alongside This Wild Life and Turnover
The Life & Death Tour 2015 (U.S.) — August 6–31, 2015