Ryan Downey

Ryan J. Downey (born November 7, 1973) is an American musician, journalist, producer, podcaster, and host who was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Downey began his career as the vocalist of the hardcore punk band Burn It Down's vocalist, followed by additional projects such as Her Black Wings and The Family Ghost. During this tenure, he moved to California and beginning working for MTV. He also began Superhero Management, by request of Bleeding Through, who asked him to manage them. Superhero Management would go on to manage Zao, Living Sacrifice, Throwdown, Demon Hunter, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Killer Be Killed among others. He has also been involved in three podcasts - Speak & Destroy, No Prize From God, and PopCurse - and has written articles for Alternative Press, MTV, MSNBC, Rotten Tomatoes, Looper, and many others, as well as writing one article for Huffington Post. He has also created the podcasts Speak & Destroy Podcast, PopCurse Podcast, and No Prize From God Podcast. Downey previously also was an associate at Blood Company, which merged with Superhero Management. He also created the resource known as Stream N' Destroy to provide data about the latest analytics of the music industry, specifically with heavy metal and hardcore punk. Downey has crafted a plethora of biographies in his time as well, including Crowbar, Ice Nine Kills, Periphery, and Impending Doom.