Twisted Wheel are completley aware who they are named after and obviously did not want to take the name without the clubs go ahead. The club were 100% percent behind it because they knew how valued the band will become. They are not a soul band no, but their lyrics their music and their essence is full of bollocks and soul and isn't just the same old laddy libertines wannabes, they play because they love it and their talent is that to rival the musical legends of our time.They shit all over Liam Fray and the Courteeners. They are not trying to impress anyone.They are real , talented and fucking brilliant so before you make pretentious judgements. Listen to their music.And if you don't like it, fuck it they wont give a shit . RAC forever.
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Who?
Shitty Twisted Wheel!
Now that's a band name you could love
I thought
exactly this ^^
What's The RAC got to do with it?
Fixing that twisted wheel
I just got this
genuine lol
nice one
"shit all over Liam Fray and the Courteeners"
Pretty sure this is every bands' ultimate ambition.
haha
hardly raising the bar there...
What?
Duh
Sorry, but
we're all looking blankly at you here.
I think it's just a chap that really hates the AA.
Maybe allergic to yellow things. Throw a banana at him and see what happens.
Eh?
I'm confused. Who's RAC? Don't they fix cars?
This is one the most amazing posts ever.
It's a zig zag jag...Or something.
There's also
a shitty pub in Glasgow called the Twisted Wheel. It used to be grubby and scummy, but sell pints for £1.25 and spirits for £1, have Corrosion of Conformity on the Jukebox, and be called RG's.
I miss RG's...
Pointless.
central 1179
a friend of mine wrote a really good book on the legendary Twisted Wheel club called 'Central 1179' if anyone is interested.
As for the band, give a shit.
TWISTED WHEEL BOOK
Your mate hasn't got a spare copy of the book, has he? I desperatly need one and it's now out of print.
hang on,
is this the band that sound like the courteeners? this post has added an experimental/surreal aspect to them that i had, up until this point, over looked.
shitty wheel twisters ftw
i just listened to their myspace
They are actually worse than the courteeners! I had thought until about 4 minutes ago that the courteeners were the 3rd worst band in existence (after red hot chili peppers and bon jovi obvs.) but now they have moved down to 4th worst.
Thank you for broadening my horizons.
p.s. WTF?!
Twisted Wheel are brilliant...
I think two of their members came from the recently split band The Children, which were without doubt, one of the greatest Manchester bands of recent years. How The Courteeners have got to where they are and The Children didn't is a travesty of epic proportions. I'm fighting Twisted Wheel's corner.
Hi Fizzy! - which one are you?
Bassist or drummer?
Neither, I'm your mother
Hi Mum!
Thought you died 30 years ago?
Posts like this
make me ashamed to be a Mancunian.
'Their essence is full of bollocks'
Hardly a plug, is it?
I think it's somehow meant to be positive
Although I'm not sure how or why.
I would have thought...
..it should be the other way round.
Even so - its not tasteful to boast about such things!!
How refreshing!
More proof of just how resilient up and coming Manchester bands are with regards to critism...
Shame really because the band are actually not that bad.
This^^^
They genuinely are a brilliant band, both live and on record. Seen them a few times around manchester/preston and have always get a great reception and have some first class rock n roll/punkish songs with fantastic lyrics to boot.
lol
I didnt say "brilliant"
actually...
Correct
I was just following on from your opinion of "they are actually not that bad" with my opinion of "brilliant".
Ok?
No
get off my fucking post!
;)
wow
what on earth is this? Is this the retort to the backlash that they haven't had yet because they've yet to have the success to earn the inevitable backlash...?
Either way, twisted wheel makes me want to sing the RAC song: I'll come RUN-niiiiing to se you again, winter spring summer or fall, all ya gotta do is ca-all AND I@LL BE THERE-ERE OH YEAH!!!!
<cheesy smile>
You got a frie-ieeeend...!
Anyway, worst JAG ever.
ha haaaaaaaaaaa!
god theyre fucking awful, and who is this anyway? it sounds like some really shit Alan McGee big-up.