Tuesday, January 1, 2013

indie band of the day



okay so here is the indie band of the day, i adore these guys with a passion, their songs and their vocals are absolutely fantastic so i hope you like them, they're called twisted wheel, and they rock, now here's their info:

Twisted Wheel are an indie rock band from Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England.
Twisted Wheel formed in February 2007 in Saddleworth, Greater Manchester by guitarist and singer Jonny Brown and bassist Rick Lees, later joined by drummer Adam Clarke. Frontman Jonny Brown heard the name in a Paul Weller track "Into Tomorrow", where the lyrics say "Round and round like a twisted wheel, Spinning in attempt to find the feel" and thought it suited the music. Twisted Wheel were booked as one of the support acts for Oasis's 2009 Heaton Park concerts. Embraced for their strong melodies, psychedelic themes and Brown's irreverent poignant lyrics, the band gained a following amongst old mods/punks and younger heads looking for music which represented their generation. They were labelled as punk rock although influences span folk and 50s/60s bands too. Twisted Wheel cite Davy Graham, Bob Dylan, The Stooges The Small Faces, The Who, The Jam, The Rolling Stones and Oasis among their main influences.
The band signed to Columbia Records in January 2008. Their first single, "She's A Weapon", was released in April 2008 to high acclaim by Radio 1's Zane Lowe, NME and Q. Their follow-up record, a four-track EP entitled You Stole The Sun, was released in July 2008. The band's debut album Twisted Wheel, produced in Los Angeles by Dave Sardy (producer of Oasis' 'Dig Out Your Soul' and Don't Believe The Truth) was recorded in June 2008 and released on 13 April 2009. The first single from the album, "Lucy The Castle", was released in November 2008, with the follow-up, "We Are Us", released in March 2009.
The album received mixed reviews, but has gained them a following throughout the UK, at a headline gig at Manchester's Academy 1 in particular. On 10 April 2010, Twisted Wheel announced that the unreleased song Tell The World was to become available as a free download to all of the fans on their mailing list, as a thank you for the support they have received on their tour.
The band have spent the last three years on the road building an audience without major radio play.Despite no immediate follow-up to the album, the fan base has continued to grow.Twisted Wheel have supported heavyweight rock bands like Kasabian, The View, The Enemy and were the main support acts of Oasis in the homecoming tour of 2009. They have supported Paul Weller on tours and played at Reading, Leeds, T in the Park, Glastonbury and other large UK festivals. The band have toured Japan, as support with Jet as well as on headline shows. They were voted PRS second most gigged band in 2009.

New material

Eoghan Clifford is now on drums and Stephen Evans plays bass and provides backing vocals. The band have been creating "more hardcore rock n roll punk melodies". A sold-out short UK tour was made from 30 September until late December 2010, featuring the new line-up in full for the first time and introducing several of the new songs ('Better Man', "New Boy', the already favourite 'UK Blues', 'iPod Generation', 'Poppy Love' and 'Do It Again') from the forthcoming album. The album, entitled Do It Again, was released in September 2012.

Musical style

Their sound has been described as old school gritty rock 'n' roll reminiscent of the early Jam. The band have been noted as "a breath of fresh air" by Liam Gallagher. They also have a fan in Paul Weller, who came to watch them at London's 100 Club and invited the band on his summer forest tour in 2009. He has also offered the use of his studios for any recordings. They have commercially-used covers of The Jam's 'That's Entertainment' and The Zombies 'She's Not there'. Their music ranges from the ballads of real characters and situations ('Strife', 'Bouncing Bomb') to punk anthems like 'Oh What Have You Done'.
The band describe themselves as a mixture of 70s punk (Sex Pistols, The Clash, Stiff Little Fingers) and 60s rock and roll (Rolling Stones, Kinks, The Who) with a pinch of Oasis thrown in. Other influences of the band include The Jam, The Stooges, Small Faces, The Smiths, The Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses.

Band members

Jonny Brown: vocals, guitar.
Eoghan Clifford: drums
Stephen Evans: bass

and now, here are their links, thef irst is to their song ''we are us'' which is my personal favorite and the second is to their song ''ride'', hope you like them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASi_KN4ka8Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSOB3O4o2MY



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