Wheels on Fire are a great band that have records out on Big Legal Mess and have been covered by the likes of The River City Tanlines. We're psyched to get to put out this single that has TWO really fucking great tracks. Take a little Elvis Costello, pair it with some Reigning Sound and a dash of Stones and you may start to get the picture but, you won't understand the badass-ness 'til you take a listen... or 25.


Get it here: www.troubleinmindrecs.com

We're really excited about this new single.  We recorded it with Bernie Nau at Peachfork Studios on his 2" tape machine...we're really happy with it and really proud to have a release on Trouble in Mind, a kick-ass label outta Chicago.  Hope ya dig it! 
Thanks!

Just got back from Next Big Nashville Festival!  Had a great time...Thanks to the Basement for having us and Grimey's for having great records!  Nice meeting you Anna and everyone else at the store!!  See ya'll next time.

We'll be touring the US the entire month of June. The tour is being booked by Sinister Foxy Productions. We will be in the mid-west, east coast and parts of the South. Keep checking in, we're adding new shows all the time. And if we're coming to your town please stop in and say hi...we miss you.

The 7" single "I'm Turning into You" and the cd "Get Famous!" will be released worldwide on February 17th by Big Legal Mess distributed by Fat Possum Records. But you can get an advanced copy at www.biglegalmessrecords.com Have a great new year everyone and thanks for the support!

Wheels on Fire, a four-piece band from Ohio (USA), has been described as Elvis Costello meets the Stooges. After touring Europe and the US extensively, Wheels on Fire locked themselves in their basement with a couple microphones and a tape machine to record the songs that had materialized on the road. In the summer of 2008, they played a show with Jack Oblivion and gave him a copy of the new home recordings, which he then passed on to the famed Bruce Watson at Fat Possum Records. A compilation of these songs, titled GET FAMOUS!, is now available on Big Legal Mess/Fat Possum Records. With no bass player, the band’s rhythm section relies instead on Matt Chaney’s primal drumbeats and Susan Musser’s wailing keys to build a frenzied, rhythmic scream. Mike Chaney and John Garris add to the howling with their blistering guitars and dual lead vocals as they sing songs about sex, UFOs and the teenage blues. Honing their live shows in support of acts such as King Kahn and the Shrines, Jack-O and The Tennessee Tearjerkers, Rivercity Tanlines and the Reigning Sound, Wheels on Fire has emerged as a razor sharp, blood letting rock’n’roll machine. Wheels on Fire will be touring Europe and the US all of 2009.

Blackout Booking (US)
Sedate Bookings (Europe)
Westpol Productions (Europe)

They are all in our "top friends" please contact them for booking Wheels on Fire.

09/28/2007 10:00 PM - Rock Room
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
US


08/31/2007 10:00 PM - Downtown Records
West Lafayette, Indiana
US


08/30/2007 10:00 PM - The Note
Chicago, Illinois
US



08/25/2007 10:00 PM - The Funhouse
Seattle, Washington
US


08/24/2007 10:00 PM - Sabala's Mount Tabor
Portland, Oregon
US


08/23/2007 10:00 PM - Thee Parkside
San Francisco, California
US


08/22/2007 10:00 PM - The Scene
Los Angeles, California
US


08/21/2007 08:00 PM - Hollywood Alley
Mesa, Arizona
US



08/19/2007 07:00 PM - Full Throttle Coffee
Spring, Texas
US


08/18/2007 10:00 PM - Beerland (w/The Cynics)
Austin, Texas
US


08/17/2007 10:00 PM - Conservatory
Oaklahoma City, Oklahoma
US


08/16/2007 08:00 PM - Mooch and Burn
Tulsa, Oklahoma
US


08/15/2007 10:00 PM - Hi-Tone w/ River City Tanlines
Memphis, Tennessee
US


07/28/2007 10:00 PM - The Union - Tough & Lovely - Release Party
ATHENS, 45701
US


07/27/2007 10:00 PM - Carabar - Tough & Lovely - Release Party
Columbus, Ohio
US


06/16/2007 08:00 PM - Lantaarn
Hellendoorn (NL),
NL


06/15/2007 08:00 PM - Beat Club
Hamburg,
NL

06/14/2007 08:00 PM - Altstadt
Eindhoven (NL),
NL


06/13/2007 08:00 PM - Sonic Ballroom
Cologne (DE),
DE


06/09/2007 08:00 PM - Heretic
Bordeaux (FR),
FR


06/08/2007 08:00 PM - Loui Loui Club
Gijon (Spain),
ES


06/07/2007 08:00 PM - Wurlitzer Ballroom
Madrid (Spain),
US


06/06/2007 08:00 PM - Porta Caeli Bar
Valladolid (Spain),
ES


06/04/2007 08:00 PM - La Fleche D'or
Paris,
FR


06/03/2007 08:00 PM - 4AD
Diksmuide (Belgium),
BE


06/02/2007 08:00 PM - The Junction
Bristol,
UK


06/01/2007 08:00 PM - The Dirty Water Club
London,
UK

5/31/2007 08:00 PM - HUB
Exeter,
UK


05/30/2007 08:30 PM - Gleis 22
Munster, Nordrhein-Westfalen
DE


05/29/2007 08:00 PM - Sous Soul Bar
Bern,
CH


05/27/2007 08:00 PM - BarBiertje
Hellevoetsluis, (NL),
NL


05/27/2007 08:00 PM - Waterfront w/The Ponys
Rotterdam,
NL


05/26/2007 08:00 PM - Café de Hel
Tongeren,
BE


05/25/2007 08:00 PM - Perron 55
Venlo, (NL),
NL


05/25/2007 05:00 PM - Sounds Recordshop
Venlo (NL),
NL


05/24/2007 08:00 PM - 013 Club
Tilburg (NL),
NL


05/23/2007 08:00 PM - Twee-Meter Sessie
Hilversum,
NL


05/05/2007 10:00 PM - The Bohemian w/ The Willowz
Detroit, Michigan
US


04/27/2007 10:00 PM - Pete's on the Levee
West Lafayette, Illinois
US

02/03/2007 09:00 PM - Soul Club
Augusta, Georgia
US


02/02/2007 09:00 PM - 40 Watt Club
Athens, Georgia
US


02/01/2007 10:00 PM - Gallettes
Tuscaloosa,
US


01/19/2007 11:00 PM - Zooleger's (Downtown Records Afterparty)
Lafayette, Illinois
US


09/02/2006 10:00 PM - The Hideaway
Johnson City, TN 37601
US


09/01/2006 10:00 PM - Star Bar
Atlanta, GA 30301
US


08/30/2006 10:00 PM - The Cave
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
US


08/25/2006 10:00 PM - Murphy's w/ Preacher's Kids
Memphis, TN 37501
US


08/24/2006 09:00 PM - The Springwater
Nashville, TN 37201
US



08/19/2006 08:00 PM - The Union ACMF
Athens, OH 45701
US


08/18/2006 10:00 PM - The Comet
Cincinnati, OH 45201
US


07/01/2006 10:00 PM - Cafe Bourbon St. ]
Columbus, OH 43085
US


06/23/2006 10:00 PM - Skully's w/Tough and Lovely ]
Columbus, OH 43085
US


06/16/2006 10:00 PM - Casa ]
ATHENS, 45701
US


04/21/2006 07:00 PM - BlackoutFest The Union ]
ATHENS, OH 45701
US


04/08/2006 10:00 PM - Elbo's ]
Dayton, OH 45401
US

Five people from Athens, Ohio recorded an album in Nashville, it debuted on a Dutch label; the world of music shrinks every day. Wheels on Fire rolls through the '50s and '60s and ignites this record with many beautiful things from those times. From The Tennesee Two to The Sonics and via Motown back to Bo Diddley. Sometimes sounding as if an intoxicated John Fogerty recorded a song in his  garage. The colorful sound spectrum is distributed over warm/atmospheric songs, in which the Hammond is the main character. Subtle play on the banjo or a racing mouth harp solo also add to the powerful sound. Nowhere is it lost, but everything breaths the right feeling. The artwork is also remarkable: the flaming needle of a record player on the cover and the picture of an LP on the CD itself. The message is clear: the music from Wheels on Fire is not supposed to come from a digital compact disk. If a release of the vinyl record follows, it is the warmest rock & roll record of the year.

-Lucky Rotterdam

UP Magazine (Translated from Dutch)

"Rock 'n' Roll with a double capital R!"  "…This album creeps under every square millimeter of your skin."

"5 out of 5 stars."
www.ctrlaltcountry.be

"…somewhere between Jack White and Bo Diddley, in absolute top form."

-Dietmar Terpstra
  www.planet.nl

"Those organ parties of Ms. Musser are the fruity cherries on this delicious cake!

-Wiebren Rijkeboer
 www.altcountry.nl