1. William Ryan Key was born on December 17,1979 and is an American musician.
29 Facts About Ryan Key
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Ryan Key is best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Yellowcard.
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Ryan Key is currently writing music under his full name, William Ryan Key, as a solo acoustic act and electronic act.
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Ryan Key is one half of JEDHA, an electronic duo consisting of himself and lead guitarist of Yellowcard, Ryan Mendez.
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Ryan Key first used a piano at the age of 7 and a guitar at age 13.
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Ryan Key attended Episcopal High School of Jacksonville before transferring to Douglas Anderson School of the Arts from which he graduated.
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Ryan then attended Florida State University together with fellow musician Dan McLintock from the local pop punk band Inspection 12, inviting Ryan to perform guest vocals on their 1999 album Step into the Fire for the song "Nothing to Lose".
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Ryan Key contributed to Yellowcard, although he was not yet a member at the time due to performing with Craig's Brother, by providing backing vocals for their first album.
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Ryan Key came back and replaced Ben Dobson as Yellowcard's lead singer in 2000 after being asked by guitarist Ben Harper.
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Ryan Key recorded a song entitled "Stop Right There" with Hollywood-based pop-punk band Assemble the Skyline.
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Ryan Key has co-written their songs "Girl Like That" from their album Picture Perfect, and "Tie Me Down" from their album Bad Habits.
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Ryan Key worked with Taboo of the Black Eyed Peas, contributing vocals on his song "Gotta Get it Now".
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Ryan Key contributed guest vocals on a new Silverstein song, entitled "Stay Posi", released in early 2011.
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Key and fellow Yellowcard member, Ryan Mendez, spent May 2012 producing and recording the Like Torches album Keep Your Head High.
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In January and February 2015, Ryan Key stayed in Stockholm, Sweden where he produced a new album for Like Torches.
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Ryan Key stated on the Kickstater page that the band's EP would be a Kickstarter-backer exclusive.
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Ryan Key was featured in the songs "Shadow of the Day" and the U2 song "With or Without You".
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In October 2017, Ryan Key announced that he would produce a new Like Torches record in his newly built Lone Tree Recordings Studio.
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On May 18,2018, Ryan Key released the first single, "Vultures", from his EP, titled Thirteen.
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On September 14,2018, Ryan Key released "The Bowery", from his upcoming EP, titled Virtue.
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In December 2020, Ryan Key announced that he was working on an album of reimagined Yellowcard songs in his new musical style.
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Ryan Key later revealed that he was working with Post-Rock Band Hammock on remixed versions of his reimagined tracks.
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Ryan Key has since allowed his Twitch viewers to vote on which songs he works on for the project live on stream.
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On May 31,2021, Ryan Key announced, alongside Mendez, their new electronic project named JEDHA, with new music slated to release that same year.
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On December 15,2021, Ryan Key signed to record labels Equal Vision and Rude and announced his new EP, Everything Except Desire, which was released on February 11,2022.
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In 2008, Ryan Key worked with Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy in a film called Moustachette.
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Ryan Key has appeared as a Made coach on the MTV series MADE and featured in MTV Cribs.
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Ryan Key had an appearance as a partygoer in the 2008 film Cloverfield, and appeared in the film How to Make Love to a Woman in 2010.
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On May 14,2022, Ryan Key announced to his Discord community that he became engaged to Laura Gillway while on a trip to Walt Disney World.