Fuel
Fuel is an American rock band from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The band was formed in 1993 by guitarist-songwriter Carl Bell, vocalist Brett Scallions, drummer Jody Abbott, keyboardist Erik Avakian, and bassist Jeff Abercrombie. After several independent releases, the band signed with 550 Music and Epic Records to release their debut studio album Sunburn (1998), which was supported by their first hit single, "Shimmer". The song peaked at number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100, while their 2000 single, '"Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" peaked at number 30. The latter, along with the moderate hit "Bad Day", appeared on the band's second album Something Like Human. The band's third album, Natural Selection (2003), was met with moderate success and is their last album to feature Carl Bell and Brett Scallions together.
The band has since undergone several lineup changes. In 2010, Bell and Scallions entered into a ten-year agreement where Bell leased the name and branding of Fuel to Scallions, who had left the band in February 2006. Scallions subsequently reformed Fuel with a new lineup and released the album Puppet Strings in 2014. This agreement ended in 2020 and Fuel's naming rights reverted back to Bell, who formed a new lineup that featured original drummer Kevin Miller. Bell and Miller's attempts to reunite with Scallions proved unsuccessful, with Scallions claiming he would never again perform under the Fuel name.
Fuel saw considerable commercial success in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Sunburn was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), while Something Like Human has been certified double-platinum. Fuel has had multiple music videos in frequent rotation on MTV, performed on numerous live networks in the US, Canada, and Australia, and recorded songs for film soundtracks such as Scream 3, Daredevil, Godzilla, and A Walk to Remember. In 2013, "Hemorrhage (In My Hands)" was named the No. 6 Alternative Rock song of the past 25 years according to Billboard's Alternative Chart 25th Anniversary: Top 100 Songs.
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