Singer and songwriter Trace Cyrus is the lead guitarist and co-frontman in American pop rock band Metro Station. Founded in 2006 by Cyrus and Mason Musso, the band is best known for their certified double-platinum hit track ‘Shake It’. The son of country legend Billy Ray Cyrus, he is also the owner of two clothing brands: From Backseats to Bedrooms, and Dead Spirits launched in August 2020. Cyrus is followed by well over a million fans across social media.
Born Neil Timothy Helson in Ashland, Kentucky, Cyrus was adopted by his mother’s second husband, country music icon Billy Ray Cyrus and changed his name legally to Trace Dempsey Cyrus. In his youth he toured and performed with Billy Ray, and in 2006 co-wrote the song ‘Country Music Has the Blues’ for his father’s album Wanna Be Your Joe.
Cyrus formed Metro Station in 2007 after he agreed to meet Mason Musso on the set of TV show Hannah Montana which starred his half sister Miley Cyrus and Musso’s brother Mitchel. The pair hit it off immediately bonding over their shared love of cheerful, upbeat pop rock, and recruited Blake Healy as bassist and keyboardist.
The band’s self-titled debut album received positive critical reviews, and third single ‘Shake it’ became their breakthrough hit, climbing into the top-ten of 3 charts in the U.S. After breaking through commercially, the band toured with numerous other artists including We Are Kings, Good Charlotte and Boys Like Girls. Cyrus took time out from Metro Station in 2010 to form pop band Ashland HIGH and released two albums with his new band, but in 2014 he returned to Metro Station. In recent years he has written and released new solo material with a softer sound, including 2020 single ‘Dark Road’.