Fuel (band)
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Fuel performing in May 2010
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| Also known as | Reel Too Real (1989–1993), Small the Joy (1993–1994), Re-Fueled (2009–2010) |
| Origin | Kenton, Tennessee, United States and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
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| Website | fuelrocks |
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Fuel is an American rock band formed by guitarist/songwriter Carl Bell and bassist Jeff Abercrombie. Originally known as Small the Joy, they changed the group's name to Fuel in 1994. They are known for their hit songs "Shimmer" from Sunburn, "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" and "Bad Day" from Something Like Human, and "Falls on Me" from Natural Selection. The band has sold nearly four million records worldwide.
They have released five studio albums, most recently Puppet Strings in 2014. No original members of the band remain, except for vocalist Brett Scallions, who was out of the band himself from 2006 to 2010.
Carl Bell and Jeff Abercrombie, childhood friends, started playing music together in junior high and high school. After graduating high school Bell, who was a few years older than Abercrombie, headed off to college where he met drummer Jody Abbott. Bell and Abbott formed a college campus band, 'Wanted' (along with Robert Wagner and Mark Crawford) in Henderson, Tennessee. The band 'Wanted' transitioned into 'Phoenix', which was a touring band for the college primarily used to recruit prospective students. After college, Bell and Abercrombie, who at the time was attending college at the University of Tennessee at Martin, reunited along with Abbott and formed the band 'Reel Too Real' playing cover songs at local clubs in Tennessee and eventually becoming a national touring club circuit band. Lead vocalist-guitarist Brett Scallions joined the group after bassist Jeff Abercrombie saw him performing in a bar in Jackson, Tennessee, in 1993 and later asked him to join. That same year, keyboardist-vocalist Erik Avakian joined lineup and the band moved in 1994 to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where they played at local Pennsylvania bars and nightclubs under the name 'Real Too Real' playing cover songs. The band made a choice to go under a different name when showcasing its own original material. That name for the time being would be 'Small The Joy' which put out one EP in 1994. Before the release of their second EP Porcelain the band once again decided to change its name, this time settling on the name 'Fuel'. The band released their second EP Porcelain in 1996 as well as repackaged their first EP Small The Joy with the "Fuel" name on it. Porcelain sold well locally, spawning a small radio hit with "Shimmer". The popularity of the EP brought them to the attention of Sony's 550 imprint, which released their third EP Hazleton the following year.
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