Twisted Wheel - The band have the backing of Paul Weller.....(thisishullandeastriding.co.uk)

Band has the backing of Paul Weller

The main thing you have to learn when you're in a successful rock band, is that you don't have to please all the people, all the time. That's the best nugget of wisdom Jonny Brown would like to pass on to any up-and-coming rock stars. And as the singer in Twisted Wheel, one of the hottest and most critically acclaimed Manchester bands of the year, it's fair to say he's picked up some useful advice in the past 12-months. His band has been proclaimed as the best in Manchester by none other than Stone Rose Ian Brown. They have supported Oasis, Kasabian, The Happy Mondays, The Pigeon Detectives and The Coral and their debut album has brushed the Top 40. The Wheel trio are also close personal friends of the Modfather himself, Paul Weller, and will be supporting the former Jam man when he arrives at Bridlington Spa tomorrow night. It's been a successful, if hectic, year for the group and Jonny says the band is finally feeling more comfortable in its own skin. "I think when you start out in a band it's easy to be quite naive," he says. "You do this to impress that person because you're told you should. Then you do that to impress this person because it's the way everybody believes you're supposed to get on in this business. But at the end of the day it's all nonsense. "The main thing I've learned is that if you do your own thing, and stay true to who you are, then ultimately it'll pay off. "We're quite glad that we've built up our fan base purely by getting out there and gigging. We've never been a band who's appeared on the front page on the NME or been played on Radio One. "But that gives you a sense of security because it means we're not a flash in the pan. We're not going to be here today and gone tomorrow. I like to think that we've built up a loyal fanbase who'll stick with us long after other flavour of the month bands have come and gone." The high-profile support slots which the band have won in recent months have also paid dividends, says Jonny, with the group constantly picking up new fans on the back of touring with bands such as Oasis and Kasabian. Paul Weller has been particularly supportive, he adds. The Saddleworth-based band, who are named after Manchester's legendary Northern Soul club, seem to have stuck a particularly strong chord with the former Style Council-singer. "Weller's been brilliant to us," he says. "He asked us to support him on his forest dates during the summer and we had one of the best reactions we've ever had as a support band. "He's got a good mix of fans – from the old mods to the young kids who've rediscovered him through their dad's record collections. I think because we've got that Jam-vibe going on, we really appealed to his fans. So when he asked us to go on the road with him again it took us about three seconds to say 'yes'. http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/entertainment/Band-backing-Paul-Weller/article-1568727-detail/article.html