Fuel

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=937852" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=125 BGCOLOR="#AAAAAA" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03c467d1euxmic.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Kristi Singer</b></FONT><B>     |     </b><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kristi Singer"><U><B>home</b></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Writing Samples"><U><B>Back to Articles</b></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Fuel</div> <div> <B>Band members say they won't run out of gas any time soon.</b></div> <div> Friday, October 06, 2000 </div> <div> <B>By Kristi Singer, Morning Star Correspondent</b></div> <div> <I>Wilmington Morning Star</I></div> <div> Copyright 2000 Wilmington Star-News</div> <bR> <div>      Fuel may not be a household name, but its members say they are different than many modern rock bands. </div> <div>      "We're not rapping and we don't have turntables on stage and we don't wear masks or makeup or kill people," drummer Kevin Miller said. "Maybe that's where we're messing up. Maybe we need to be putting on some chains and makeup. We're just like four normal people that love playing music." </div> <div>      Fuel is currently on tour in support of its sophomore album, <I>Something Like Human</I>, which debuted at No. 17 on Billboard's Top 200 album sales chart. The band will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday at Marrz Theater, 15 South Front St. </div> <div>      Its single, <I>Hemorrhage (In My Hands)</I>, is now fourth on Billboard's Modern Rock Chart. This may be deja vu to Fuel, who's first single, <I>Shimmer </I>from its major-label debut, <I>Sunburn</I>, was named the most played track on modern rock radio in 1998 by Radio and Records. </div> <div>      The Harrisburg, Pa.-based band has confidence in its second release. Mr. Miller said the new album is "more of a musical journey" than <I>Sunburn</I>. </div> <div>      "I think we've pretty much met our goal and we're very happy with the record," Mr. Miller said. </div> <div>      The new album contains Fuel's intense sound, with first-time writing contributions from vocalist Brett Scallions on the track titled Knives. Guitarist/vocalist Carl Bell has been the main writer of Fuel's music in the past. Mr. Bell writes from personal experience, but according to Mr. Miller, sometimes "bared too much of his soul" on <I>Sunburn</I>. </div> <div>      "Some of the songs on <I>Sunburn</I> Carl said that he would probably never write them the way he did if he realized what he knows now," Mr. Miller said, adding that Mr. Bell is more aware of how he writes music now. </div> <div>      Like <I>Shimmer, Hemorrhage (In My Hands)</I> is a powerful rock song that can be interpreted many ways. </div> <div>      "It's pretty vast, but at the same time it's really cool," Mr. Miller said. "It's one of those songs where I might hear it and you might hear it and we'll both get something completely different out of it, but we're both happy and that's the bottom line for song writing." </div> <div>      Mr. Miller said that his goal as a songwriter is achieved when "somebody can take a song and make it their own and get their own meaning out of it, and it touches them in some way." </div> <div>      Mr. Miller always hoped to reach his current level of success, but now says that he can see how much further he needs to go. </div> <div>      " I feel like such a baby band yet, like so fresh in the game," Mr. Miller said. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>