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Fuel hail from Pennsylvania and consists of Brett
Scallions on vocals, Carl Bell on guitar, Jeff
Abercrombie on bass, and Kevin Miller on drums. The
band conception started back in 1989 in Tennessee
when Bell and Abercrombie got together with Scallions
to form a band. Two other bandmates, Jody Abbott and
Erik Avakian, joined the group. By 1994, the band
moved to Pennsylvania an released an 8-track tape, Fuel
(but the group was calling themselves 'Small The
Joy'). Avakian left the group shortly before they
released the EP Porcelain in May, 1996. In
1997, Fuel signed with a major label - Sony and the
EP Hazleton was released. By the end of the
year, Abbott left the group and was replaced with
Kevin Miller. Fuel began to get more widespread
recognition as the single "Shimmer" hit the
airways.
Fuel released Sunburn.
Fuel hit the rock and alternative charts with the
tracks "Shimmer" and
"Bittersweet."
Fuel could be heard on the the Godzilla soundtrack with "Walk The
Sky."
Fuel began their first world tour.
Fuel hit the rock and alternative charts with the
tracks "Jesus Or A Gun" and
"Sunburn."
At the end of the year, a New Year's Eve
concert in Washington, DC with Everclear and Third Eye Blind was cancelled
for undisclosed reasons.
 # 172
Singles Artist of the Year
Fuel released Something
Like Human.
Fuel topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart
for 12 weeks with "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)."
Fuel hit the Top 40 with "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)."
Fuel hit the rock and alternative charts with
"Innocent" and "Last Time."
 # 34
Singles Artist of the Year
Fuel hit the Top 40 with "Bad Day."
 # 116
Singles Artist of the Year
Fuel could be heard on the soundtrack for Daredevil with "Won't Back
Down."
Fuel released Natural
Selection.
Fuel hit the Top 40 with "Falls On Me."
 # 50
Singles Artist of the Year
Fuel hit the Top 10 with "Falls On Me."
Scallions left the band.
Fuel asked American Idol finalist Chris Daughtry to front the band - but he
turned them down.
Fuel released Angels
And Devils.
Fuel released Puppet
Strings.
Fuel topped the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart with
Puppet
Strings.
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Porcelain EP
Released: 1996
Tracks: "Ozone Baby" -
"Song For You" - "Shimmer" -
"Nothing" - "Sunday Girl" -
"Mary Pretends" - "Hideaway" |
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Hazelton EP
Released: 1997
Tracks: "Bittersweet" -
"Jesus Or A Gun" - "It's Come To
This" - "King For A Day" |
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Sunburn
Released: March, 1998
US:
Platinum
Billboard peak: # 77
Tracks: "[Untitled Track]" -
"Bittersweet" - "Shimmer" -
"Jesus Or A Gun" - "Sunburn"
- "New Thing" - "It's Come To
This" - "Song For You" -
"Mary Pretends" - "Ozone" -
"Hideaway" |
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Something
Like Human
Released: September, 2000
US:
2x Platinum
Billboard peak: # 17
Tracks: "Last Time" - "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" - Empty Spaces"
- "Scar" - "Bad Day" - "Prove" -
"Easy" - "Down" -
"Solace" - "Knives" -
"Innocent" - "Slow" |
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Natural
Selection
Released: September, 2003
Billboard peak: # 15
Tracks: "Quarter" - "Down
Inside Of You" - "Million Miles" -
"Falls On Me" - "These
Things" - "Won't Back Down" -
"Running Away" - "Most Of
All" - "Getting Thru" - "Die
Like This" - "Luck" - "Days
With You" |
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Angels
And Devils
Released: August, 2007
Billboard peak: # 42
Tracks: "Gone" - "I Should
Have Told You" - "Forever" -
"Wasted Time" - "Leave The
Memories Alone" - "Mess" -
"Not This Time" - "Scars In The
Making" - "Hanging Round" -
"Again" - "Halos Of The Sun"
- "Angels Take A Soul" |
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Puppet
Strings
Released: March 4, 2014
Tracks: "Yeah!" - "Soul To
Preach To" - "Hey, Mama" -
"Time For Me To Stop" -
"Wander" - "Cold Summer" -
"I Can See The Sun" - "Puppet
Strings" - "Headache" - "What
We Can Never Have" |
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links lead you to the song's Top 40 chart run
(from the ARC Weekly Top 40) and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound samples). |
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