Wheels on Fire (band)

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Wheels On Fire
OriginAthens, Ohio, United States
GenresGarage rock, pop rock
Years active2005—present
LabelsFat 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.

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[edit]

  • Wheels On Fire CD (2006, Rosa Records)
  • Get Famous LP/CD (2008, Fat Possum/Big Legal Mess)[7]
  • Liar, Liar LP/CD (2010, Alien Snatch Records - Germany)[8]

Singles, EPs, collections[edit]

Videos[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wheels On Fire". Grunnenrocks.nl.
  2. ^ Smith, Brendan (5 May 2001). "Wheels on Fire ready to roll into town". Daily Egyptian. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Big Legal Mess Records". Archived from the original on 2011-11-17. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  4. ^ "Wheels on Fire - I'm Turning into You | RCRD LBL | Free MP3 Downloads". Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2011-10-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Shameless" Iron City (TV Episode 2014) - IMDb, retrieved 2023-01-13
  7. ^ "Local band releases 2nd CD; goes for fame, fortune". Athens News. 21 May 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  8. ^ "WHEELS ON FIRE Discography". Aliensnatch.de.
  9. ^ "Artists » Wheels on Fire | Fat Possum Records". Archived from the original on 2011-11-27. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  10. ^ "Wheels on Fire | Trouble in Mind Records". Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  11. ^ "Kind Turkey Records :: Turk 002 Press". Archived from the original on 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

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