Jonny Brown @ the JD Set Manchester, with Mike Joyce from The Smiths (amongst others!)

The Jack Daniels experience rolled into Manchester last night, with another legendary Set, this time a collaboration of Manchester's finest musicians, with Jonny Brown of Twisted Wheel being one of them (naturally!) coming together to re-work the epic Buzzcocks album 'Spiral Scratch'. With razor sharpe guitars and pure pop lyrics, it was set to be one hell of an evening.

Tickets were in limited supply as they were only issued to competition winners and invited guests.

(Jonny joining forces with Answering Machine for 'Promises')

As well as Jonny, the musicians included Mike Joyce of the Smiths, Tim Burgess of The Charletans, The Whip, Answering Machine and Dutch Uncles who had all been working hard and rehearsing together weeks prior to the event at Manchester's BluePrint Studios.

The venue for last nights public airing was Band On The Wall in Manchester. With a free glass of jack Daniels upon entering, the place was full of excited guests. Joining forces with Answering machine Jonny gave a fantastic performance of 'Promises', singing every line with a new found passion, the audience were full of admiration for the Wheel's lead singer.

(Jonny Joining forces with The Whip and Mike Joyce of The Smiths for their re-working of the classics 'Orgasm Addict' and 'What Do I Get')

After The Whip and Mike Joyce gave their own unique touch to 'Ever Fallen In Love', Jonny joined forces once more to give a blistering performance of 'Orgasm Addict', which got the crowd moving, with cries of wwwwhhheeeeelllll adding to the electric atmosphere. 'What Do I Get' (my own personal favourite) followed suit with Jonny getting the biggest cheer of the night for his part in this historic event.

With gift bags and free t shirts in hand, the crowd wound their way out into the night, with the thought that they had just witnessed Manchester's brightest up coming star - Jonny Brown of Twisted Wheel!!!

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Twisted Wheel @ the 12 Bar, Swindon 21/05/2010

Twisted Wheel's Jonny Brown performing 'Orgasm Addict' live at Manchester's Blueprint studios

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" Jonny Brown from Twisted Wheel has such a powerful drive that the tracks we did with him were agressive and that worked perfectly " - Mike Joyce (The Smiths)

Leeds Music Scene review of Twisted Wheel at Live @ Leeds Festival 01/05/2010

Twisted Wheel (The Wardrobe): I pop into The Wardrobe, which is over the road from Leeds College of Music, to check a few songs by Twisted Wheel. Having seen them support Oasis two years ago they seem to have progressed a lot and are very popular now making the crowd move with every song. I am very happy with their performance. I think they have had the general criticism due to where they are from, but although they fit the lad rock persona, due to their affiliation with Oasis, they are a breath of fresh air from The Strokes/Arctic Monkeys wannabes.

By Anthony Lee
http://www.leedsmusicscene.net/article/12764/

Twisted Wheel @ Live at Leeds Festival 01/05/2010 photos

If you missed Jonny on TV, heres a few shots from the filming of the JD set rehearsals in Manchester's Blueprint Studios, singing 'What Do I Get' and 'Promises'

From Dusk2Dawn interview with Twisted Wheel

gigjunkie.net review Twisted Wheel at Live @ Leeds 2010 01/05/2010

Twisted Wheel- The Wardrobe- 8pm

The band took to the stage just after 8pm to what was quite simply the biggest cheer of the night. When we arrived at the venue it wasn’t busy at all but within ten minutes and with the ever growing amount of ‘wheeeeeeeel’ shouts it was completely packed. Walking onto the stage with the swagger and confidence that we have come to expect of the Oldham three piece they flew straight into the brilliant ‘Lucy and The Castle’ sending the crowd into some sort of musical frenzy. Johnny’s voice sounds as strong and powerful as ever and as the song comes to an end you feel as if you have just watched the whole set.

With little being said in between songs power through the set leaving the crowd no time to catch their breath. ‘We Are Us’ gets a similar reaction and you can see a slight smile creep on to Johnny’s face as the crowd raise the bar and can be well heard despite the best efforts of the band.

This isn’t what tonight is about though, tonight is about the band playing new material that is previously unheard to the majority of the crowd. Playing new songs to a crowd is considered one of the hardest things to do when playing live; not for these boys. The few songs that were played tonight incorporate the same energy, passion and vocal power as the older songs, but what really set them apart is an obvious growth of maturity amongst the band in terms of song writing. The way they set up the songs and allow the song to build up and launch into powerful catchy choruses is a real sign of progress. Judging on tonight’s evidence, this second album has all the makings of being something special, watch this space.
http://www.gigjunkie.net/blog/post/2010/05/05/REVIEW-Live-At-Leeds-Festival-1510-Twisted-Wheel.aspx

Twisted Wheel @ the Brickyard, Carlisle 30/04/2010

Its been a good few months since Twisted Wheel last visited The Brickyard in Carlisle... Infact its been almost a year - in which so much has happened, including touring with Oasis and Paul Weller (x2), is it any wonder that THIS time in Carlisle, the place would be packed.

As the tour bus ground to a halt outside the Brickyard venue, there was already a gaggle of excited young Twisted Wheel fans ready to greet their heros, who were delighted to hear that the band had invited them in to watch their soundcheck.
young fans watching the soundcheck

Carlisle was not to be disappointed. A rip roaring flawless set ensued, featuring old and new tracks alike. All seamlessly put together with frontman Jonny's enigmatic character. The audience loving every second, including the new tracks 'Turnaround' and 'UK Blues'.