Thousand Foot Krutch frontman Trevor McNevan took to social media for a #TBT that paid homage to his early teenage roots and it was recognized by McDonald's.

"My first amp. It took a lot of McDonalds shifts to pay for this badboy, but so worth it. Wish they still made it. Needs tubes fixed, but sounds like butter. Carried this guy up a lot of stairs and in/out of a lot of cars/vans!!" he posted with this picture on Instagram.

According to a press release, McNevan at age 16 took his money from his part time job at McDonald's and recorded 27 songs for the now out-of-print album, Shutterbug, by his previous band Oddball. The fast food chain found McNevan's post and tweeted him back, "@TFKTrevor ...we're Lovin' this #TBT. Inspiration for us all."

From that unknown indie band, McNevan now fronts TFK which continues its rise into mainstream arenas with sales as an independent artist that the major labels aspire to ascertain. The band has sold over one-million albums, and has more than one-million likes on Facebook. They have been featured on performances in major rock festivals internationally, numerous sports programming placements, and hundreds of millions of streams online (300,000+ weekly at Spotify alone).

Thousand Foot Krutch has also scored two back-to-back Billboard Hard Rock No. 1 albums (2014's OXYGEN:INHALE, 2012's The End Is Where We Begin), nine Active Rock radio hits and 16 Christian radio No. 1 songs.

The most recent hit single from OXYGEN:INAHALE, "Untraveled Road," has topped SiriusXM Octane's Big Uns Countdown for two non-consecutive weeks, and this week into the Top 20 at bothBDS Mainstream Rock (at No. 20) and Mediabase Active Rock (at No. 19) charts for the first time in seven years. "Untraveled Road" also became the 16th No. 1 rock hit at Christian radio (CRW), and follows the album's No. 1 hit "Born This Way."

It already hit No. 2 on the iTunes Rock Song sales chart and racked up more than 1.2 million views and 10,800 likes on YouTube. "Untraveled Road" has further been embraced by the sports entertainment world and was adopted by the NHL's Ottawa Senators as their 2014-15 anthem and used as the "pump-up" video for the Montreal Canadiens' 2014-15 season. The song was also played for the crowd April 13 at PNC Park after the Pittsburgh Pirates' Corey Hart hit a home run.

"'Untraveled Road' is about not being afraid to take the first step, or be the first voice," said McNevan in a press release. "It's about having the courage to be unashamed, and the faith you need to take a step before you can see the ground. The 'untraveled road' is symbolism for being at a crossroads, and having to decide which path you're going to take. Sometimes it takes everything."

TFK Tour Dates:

Northern Invasion (5/9, Somerset, WI)
Rock The Ranch (6/11, Cisco, TX)
The Bear's Big Growl 4 (6/14, South Bend, IN)
Stratton Myers Park (6/27, Green River, WY)
Lifest (7/9, Oshkosh, WI)
Hills Alive Festival (7/18, Rapid City, SD)
WayHome Music Festival 2015 (7/24, Oro-Medonte, ON)
Kingdom Bound Festival (7/25, Darien Center, NY)
Rock The Desert (8/6, Midland, TX)
Bandimer Speedway (8/7, Morrison, CO)
Magic Springs & Crystal Falls Theme & Water Park (8/15, Hot Springs, AR)
Riverfront Park (8/22, Salem, OR)
Plumas County Fairgrounds (9/4, Quincy, CA)
Central Wisconsin State Fair (9/6, Marshfield, WI)
Uprise Festival (9/18, Shippensburg, PA)

Watch www.thousandfootkrutch.com for the latest touring updates.

NEWS SOURCE: Hoganson Media