Wheels On Fire
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Wheels On Fire are a garage-pop band formed by John Garris (Guitar, Vocals), Susan Musser (Organ), and brothers Michael (Guitar, Vocals) and Matthew Chaney (Drums) in Athens, Ohio. The have toured the U.S. and Europe 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. The band 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. 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.
Fat Possum Records
Fat Possum Records is an American independent record label based in Oxford, Mississippi. At first Fat Possum focused almost entirely on recording hitherto unknown Mississippi blues artists . Recently, Fat Possum has signed younger rock acts to its roster...
, and Germany's Alien Snatch. Currently the band has released three full-lengths and four singles. The band 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. Their sound has been referred to as mixing the power-pop of Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
with the current garage sounds of Greg Cartwright
Greg Cartwright
Greg Cartwright, also known by his stage name Greg Oblivian, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Memphis, Tennessee. He currently fronts Reigning Sound and lives in Asheville, North Carolina...
and his The Reigning Sound outfit.
Albums
- Wheels On Fire CD (2006, Rosa Records)
- Get Famous LP/CD (2008, Fat Possum/Big Legal Mess)
- Liar, Liar LP/CD (2010, Alien Snatch Records - Germany)
Singles, EPs, Collections
- I'm Turning Into You 7" (Fat Possum RecordsFat Possum RecordsFat Possum Records is an American independent record label based in Oxford, Mississippi. At first Fat Possum focused almost entirely on recording hitherto unknown Mississippi blues artists . Recently, Fat Possum has signed younger rock acts to its roster...
) - Bad Lie 7" (Trouble In Mind Records)
- Bad Lie Euro Tour Edition (Squoodge Records) - Limited to 100 copies
- Cherry Bomb EP 7" (2010, Kind Turkey RecordsKind Turkey RecordsKind Turkey Records is an American independent record label based in Madison, WI. It was first started on January 1, 2010 by Robert Rice and Bobby Hussy as a music blog. Their first release, a split cassette by Black Mamba Beat and Wake Up Dead came in Fall 2010. It was followed by Kind Turkey's...
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