Wheels on Fire (band)

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Wheels On Fire
Origin Athens, Ohio, United States
Genres Garage rock, pop rock
Years active2005—present
Labels Fat Possum Records/Big Legal Mess
Trouble In Mind Records
Kind Turkey Records
Rosa Records
Squoodge
MembersJohn Garris
Michael Chaney
Susan Musser
Matthew Chaney [1]

Wheels On Fire are an American garage-pop band formed by John Garris (guitar, vocals), Susan Musser (organ), and brothers Michael (guitar, vocals) and Matthew Chaney (drums) in Athens, Ohio, United States. They have toured the U.S. and Europe [2] extensively and have released records on Chicago's Trouble in Mind, Mississippi's Fat Possum Records, and Germany's Alien Snatch. Currently the band has released three full-lengths and four singles.

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In 2006 Alicja Trout's (Lost Sounds, Sweet Knives) River City Tanlines released a cover of an original Wheels on Fire song, "Cryin' Bleedin' Dyin', on their album I'm Your Negative. Wheels on Fire gained notoriety when Jack Oblivian of The Oblivians fame championed them and got them signed to Fat Possum records in 2008 and subsequently toured with them. [3] Their sound has been referred to as mixing the power pop of Elvis Costello with the current garage sounds of Greg Cartwright and his The Reigning Sound outfit. [4] [5]

In 2014 the band's single "Bad Lie" was featured on the television show Shameless ("Iron City [6] " Season 4, Episode 6).

Albums

Singles, EPs, collections

Videos

References

  1. ↑ "Wheels On Fire". Grunnenrocks.nl.
  2. ↑ Smith, Brendan (May 5, 2001). "Wheels on Fire ready to roll into town". Daily Egyptian . Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Big Legal Mess Records". Archived from the original on November 17, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Wheels on Fire - I'm Turning into You | RCRD LBL | Free MP3 Downloads". Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Shameless" Iron City (TV Episode 2014) - IMDb , retrieved January 13, 2023
  7. ↑ "Local band releases 2nd CD; goes for fame, fortune". Athens News. May 21, 2009. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  8. ↑ "WHEELS ON FIRE Discography". Aliensnatch.de.
  9. ↑ "Artists » Wheels on Fire | Fat Possum Records". Archived from the original on November 27, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Wheels on Fire | Trouble in Mind Records". Archived from the original on January 21, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Kind Turkey Records :: Turk 002 Press". Archived from the original on September 9, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
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