The Wreckers

The Wreckers
The Wreckers (Michelle Branch (center), Jessica Harp (right)) performing in June 2007, just over a month before their break-up
Background information
Origin	USA
Genres	Country
Years active	2004–2007
Labels	Maverick/Warner Bros. Nashville
Associated acts	Santana, Jennifer Hanson
Website	thewreckers.com
Past members	Michelle Branch Jessica Harp

The Wreckers were an American country duo formed in 2005 by Michelle Branch and Jessica Harp, both of whom had solo recordings before the duo's foundation. In 2006, the duo released its debut album Stand Still, Look Pretty, which produced a Number One single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs in its lead-off single "Leave the Pieces." The album accounted for a Top Ten hit on the same chart in "My, Oh My" as well. After its release, both Branch and Harp returned to being solo singers. Harp has since had Top 40 country success of her own with the single "Boy Like Me".

Sometime in 2005, Michelle Branch recruited her longtime friend and backing vocalist Jessica Harp on a new musical venture, incorporating elements from both Branch's pop-rock style and Harp's country style to form a unique-sounding duo. Thus, The Wreckers (a shortened form of the second band name given to the girls by Michelle's then husband Teddy Landau, "The Cass County Homewreckers") were formed and were soon signed to Maverick Records.

The Wreckers' song "The Good Kind"—originally recorded solely by Harp—was soon featured on the hit teen television series One Tree Hill. They performed this song on the show on February 8, 2005. Later that month, the duo embarked on the month-long, nationwide One Tree Hill Tour alongside Gavin DeGraw, Tyler Hilton, and Bethany Joy Galeotti. Branch later expressed her dislike of going on tour without releasing an album first, and The Wreckers then attempted to release their debut album, Stand Still, Look Pretty.