![]() Now he makes a living as one of the most famous musicians in the country, especially now with his feature story in Rolling Stone where he reveals that he is gay and Mormon.īut this isn’t news to bandmate Branden Campell and his wife, Emilie. Photo credit: Kenneth Linge/Utah Valley Magazine. The restaurants, the music,” he told Utah Valley Magazine for a 2013 cover story. When people come to town, they love it, too. “I’m never embarrassed to say I’m from Utah County. Tyler moved to Utah from California in 2005 and found exactly what he was looking for: the polar opposite of where he came from. “I was the only white kid there, but I did it to keep my parents off my back,” Tyler said. ![]() In high school, this vegan worked at Del Taco for five years. Tyler always shows up when music is involved, but nearly everything else has been a bother - including having to find non-musical ways to earn a living. “Although a lot of people were hoping I would be there,” he said. He chose not to attend his 10-year high school reunion. “The last four months of high school, people were like, ‘This kid can sing, so he must be cool.'” “We sang Billy Joel songs, and everyone freaked out,” he says. When he got to high school, he used outlandish fashion to say things he couldn’t verbalize in words, which led this quiet boy in loud pants to turn up his volume and his popularity at a shocking school assembly. He used his vocal chords to land the role of vice president of his student body in fourth grade by singing Whitney Houston’s “One Moment in Time.” He was in tears by the end. Gradually over time, I started calling myself an entertainer or a singer.”Īnd over time, he shared his talents with his classmates. I tried to shy away from being called a musician. “But I was naturally shy, so I hid a lot. “I was an artistic kid, and I was happy that way,” he said. Tyler loved music and dance from a young age, and his Mormon mom didn’t worry about what other families in the neighborhood thought. “But she was never afraid of the stigma - she was fine with her 4-year-old boy in ballet instead of soccer.” “She pushed us a ton at things we were good at,” Tyler told Utah Valley Magazine. And Deb Glenn (who lists “Relief Society president” in her Twitter description of herself) earned his love by supporting him in his atypical interests growing up in California. Neon Trees frontman Tyler Glenn is a self-proclaimed momma’s boy and can’t wait to call her whenever he has good news. All four musicians in Neon Trees gave one-on-one interviews to Utah Valley Magazine for a January 2013 cover story, but it was frontman Tyler Glenn’s quotables that stood out as brightly as his wardrobe. Now that this Pleasant Grove musician is squarely in the spotlight with this week’s Rolling Stone interview, we’ve dusted off the interview transcript to share more about this non-driving Californian who has called Utah County home since 2005. From left, Elaine Bradley, Tyler Glenn, Branden Campbell and Chris Allen. The band is based in Provo and the four musicians all served missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ![]() as they performed at the TeenNick Halo Awards in late 2012. Neon Trees invited Utah Valley Magazine to spend the day with them in L.A.
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