"After years of roughly equal car and truck emphasis, REO shifted its focus completely to trucks, ending automobile production in 1936. Production for the civilian market was suspended during World War II, resuming in 1946. The rock and roll band REO Speedwagon took its name from this vehicle. <br> REO Speed Wagon The REO Speed Wagon (alternatively Reo Speedwagon) was a light motor truck manufactured by REO Motor Car Company. It is an ancestor of the pickup truck. First introduced in 1915, production continued through at least 1953, and made REO (the initials of its founder, Ransom Eli Olds) one"
"American Steel American Steel is an American punk rock band formed in 1995 in Oakland, California. When offered their first show, the group took their name from the block-long sign on the warehouse across the street. After playing at parties and smaller venues around the Bay Area for over a year, and undergoing several lineup changes, the band bought a van and embarked on their first tour of the US, lasting 32 days and covering 12,000 miles. After returning from tour, American Steel recorded their eponymous first album for San Francisco's New Disorder Records. In the spring of 1999, American"
"Relient K Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio, by Matt Thiessen, Matt Hoopes, and Brian Pittman during the band members' third year in high school and their time at Malone University. The band is named after guitarist Hoopes' automobile, a Plymouth Reliant K car, with the spelling intentionally altered to avoid trademark infringement over the ""Reliant"" name. The group is associated with the contemporary Christian music culture, most notably the Christian rock and punk scene. The group has also performed alongside secular artists. The band has reached critical success with mainstream pop punk"
"Big Drill Car Big Drill Car is a punk rock group from Huntington Beach, California, formed in 1987. They have broken up and reformed twice. The group never gained any mainstream audience, but were an influence on their contemporaries – most notably ALL, Chemical People and Dag Nasty – alongside whom they are considered the early pioneers of the sound that would later be called melodic hardcore. Big Drill Car released an EP, ""Small Block"", in 1988 before being signed to Cruz Records (owned by former Black Flag guitarist Greg Ginn) and releasing two studio albums. The band eventually parted"
"Bickley (band) Bickley was a punk rock band from Houston, Texas from 1995 until 2001. The band's name is a word derived from Robert De Niro's character in Taxi Driver, Travis Bickle. Influenced primarily by the likes of The Vindictives, The Queers and Screeching Weasel, Bickley delivered a simple yet powerful sound. Bickley's first full-length studio recording was ""Pogo Au Go-Go"" (PaperDoll), a full-length CD issued in 1996. They quickly developed a loyal following in the Houston, Texas area. By 1998, Bickley had been picked up by Fearless Records, and the Pogo Au Go-Go CD was re-released under that label."
"wild hard rock and heavy metal drumming to gentler country drumming. Twisted Brown Trucker Twisted Brown Trucker is an American rock band from Detroit, Michigan. Formed in 1994 by singer-songwriter, rapper and musician Kid Rock, the band has served as his backing band for eight of his eleven studio albums. By 1994, Kid Rock's live performances had mostly been backed by DJs Blackman and Uncle Kracker, but Kid Rock soon began to utilize more and more live instrumentation into his performances, and formed the rock band Twisted Brown Trucker. Through extensive promoting, including distributing tapes on consignment to local stores"
"drugs and to pursue their personal best. Relient K Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio, by Matt Thiessen, Matt Hoopes, and Brian Pittman during the band members' third year in high school and their time at Malone University. The band is named after guitarist Hoopes' automobile, a Plymouth Reliant K car, with the spelling intentionally altered to avoid trademark infringement over the ""Reliant"" name. The group is associated with the contemporary Christian music culture, most notably the Christian rock and punk scene. The group has also performed alongside secular artists. The band has"
"Lagwagon Lagwagon is an American punk rock band originally from Goleta, California, just outside Santa Barbara. They formed in 1990, went on hiatus in 2000, and reunited several times over the years. Their name comes from the band's tour van, which can be seen on the back cover of their 1994 second album ""Trashed"". The band has 11 releases through Fat Wreck Chords: eight studio albums, one EP, one live album and a collection of B-sides, compilation tracks and demos. Lagwagon has never had, nor have they seemed to pursue, strong mainstream success, but they do have a devoted underground"
"beginning of the song is replaced by ""punks"", while ""ass"" is replaced by ""butt"", ""shit"" is replaced by ""stool"" and ""suck my dick"" is replaced by ""take your pick""). This song is also available along with ""California Über Alles"" and ""Holiday in Cambodia"" for the ""Rock Band"" series as downloadable content. Police Truck ""Police Truck"" is a song by the Dead Kennedys. The song was originally released in May, 1980, as the B-side of the ""Holiday in Cambodia"" single and later released in June 1987 on the DKs' compilation album, ""Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death"". The song is"
"The Trucks The Trucks was an electronic rock band originally formed in Bellingham, Washington. It was founded in 2003, to fill a lack of female bands for a festival, by Kristin Allen-Zito, Faith Reichel, and Marissa Moore, and later added Lindy McIntyre (formerly of Everybody's Debbie) on drums. The Trucks went on to become a popular band in the Northwest music scene, opening for such acts as Federation X, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Deadboy and the Elephantmen, Harvey Danger, and The Presidents of the United States of America. 2006 saw the release of a self-titled album by Bellingham's Clickpop Records."
"Seven Car Pileup 7 Car Pileup was a groove-based rock band from Tempe, Arizona. It has heavy roots in old-school funk and a small hint of jazz. The band consists of Mark Mason (vocals/guitar), Jess Pruitt (bass), and Mike Vigil (drums). Their name is taken from the TV show ""Scrubs"". 7 Car Pileup self-produced their debut album in a home studio in a house they all lived in. The self-titled album was released in late 2008. The band recorded an EP with Music Producer Bob Hoag at Flying Blanket studios in Mesa Arizona in March 2009. The song Drive-In from"
"Twisted Brown Trucker Twisted Brown Trucker is an American rock band from Detroit, Michigan. Formed in 1994 by singer-songwriter, rapper and musician Kid Rock, the band has served as his backing band for eight of his eleven studio albums. By 1994, Kid Rock's live performances had mostly been backed by DJs Blackman and Uncle Kracker, but Kid Rock soon began to utilize more and more live instrumentation into his performances, and formed the rock band Twisted Brown Trucker. Through extensive promoting, including distributing tapes on consignment to local stores and giving away free samplers of his music, the band developed"
"Big Ass Truck Big Ass Truck (BAT) was an American rock band from Memphis, Tennessee which incorporated elements of hip-hop, rock, funk and psychedelia in their music. The band included a DJ spinning records, that provided beats, loops, and samples during recordings and live performances. The group disbanded sometime after the release of the 2001 album, ""The Rug"". The founding members of Big Ass Truck included drummer Robert Barnett, DJ Colin Butler, bassist Joe Boone, keyboardist Alex Greene, singer/guitarist Robby Grant and singer/guitarist Steve Selvidge. The line-up changed throughout the 90s, including bass players such as Lucero's/Jello 1-2-3's John C."
"""Four by the Chargers"". The Chargers have also arranged two reunions since the 2010s. The Chargers (band) The Chargers were an American garage rock formed in Wenatchee, Washington, in 1966. The group recorded one single, the Beatlesque ""Taxi"", which had been a regional success and remains a highly-collectible piece in its original format. Live favorites of the Washington teen scene, the Chargers recorded three additional compositions in preparation for a follow-up release, but went unreleased. Get Hip Records has issued those songs years later when the band's music resurfaced. With the three-year surge of popularity of the Beatles, Larry Roller"
"More conventionally named roadie Jack Slaughter and road manager Dylan Ferrero rounded out the crew and provided most of the driving of the ""tour bus"", a Cadillac with 10-year-old expired license plates and a propensity to break down (but, according to Friedman, her talent lay in her ability to stop on a dime and pick up the change). Friedman's father objected to the name of the band, calling it a ""negative, hostile, peculiar thing"", which gave Kinky even more reason to choose the name. Arriving on the wave of country rock following on from Gram Parsons, The Band, and Eagles,"
"""Blue Tip"". ""Rocket USA"" is a cover of a 1977 song by the American band Suicide, from their self-titled debut. Move Like This Move Like This is the seventh studio album by American rock band The Cars, released on May 10, 2011. The album is their first since 1987's ""Door to Door"" and the first without bassist and vocalist Benjamin Orr, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2000. The album reached the top ten of the ""Billboard"" 200 and peaked at number 2 on the ""Billboard"" Top Rock Albums chart; a single from the album, ""Sad Song"", reached number 33"
"crowd of over 50,000. Trucker (band) Trucker is a rock band that was formed in 1995 and is based in Lawrence, Kansas. In 2000, Trucker was interviewed and performed on the nationally televised show Farmclub; which was an hour-long program created by Universal Music Group and broadcast during primetime on the USA Network. Trucker performed alongside Enrique Iglesias and the Bloodhoud Gang during the episode which aired April 24, 2000. In 2010, Trucker won the first phase of the Sennheiser HearIAm music campaign and received a prize package (valued at nearly $20,000) that included a performance slot at Montreal's Osheaga"
"the name ""Virgil Kane."" They eventually started a new band, ""Horsepussy,"" before splitting for a few years. It was during this split that Hood moved to Athens, Georgia and began forming what would become Drive-By Truckers ""with the intent of luring Cooley back into the fold. Hood and Cooley formed Drive-By Truckers in 1996. Cooley contributed one song to their debut record ""Gangstabilly"" and three songs to the follow-up, ""Pizza Deliverance"". Cooley wrote five songs for the breakout double album ""Southern Rock Opera"", which received a four star rating from Rolling Stone Magazine. Cooley added four songs to the Truckers'"
"They are also in the writing stages for a brand-new album. The Ides of March (band) The Ides of March are an American rock band that had a major US and minor UK hit with the song ""Vehicle"" in 1970. After going on hiatus in 1973, the band returned with their original line-up in 1990 and has been active since then. The Ides of March began in Berwyn, Illinois (a near western suburb of Chicago) on October 16, 1964, as a four-piece band called ""The Shon-Dels."" Their first record, ""Like It Or Lump It,"" was released on their own ""Epitome"""
"American Head Charge American Head Charge is an industrial metal band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The band has earned two nominations at the ""Kerrang!"" Awards. Early incarnations of the band sported names such as Flux, Gestapo Pussy Ranch, and Warsaw Ghetto Pussy, although these were short-lived. The name ""Flux"" was already adopted by another band and so was dropped due to the chance of copyright infringement and libel, while the latter names were abandoned within a period of six months so as not to alienate prospective label interest. ""I'm a fan of 3-word names"", Hanks said in a December"
"Mercy Drive Mercy Drive is an American hard rock band originally based out of Central Florida, best known for writing and performing entrance themes for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestlers, most notably Maven Huffman (""Tattoo"") and Randy Orton (""Burn In My Light""). Mercy Drive originates from the band Big Mother Thruster, founded by Corey Lane and Josh Lyons. Jimmy McGlothin would join the band after meeting Corey in a mosh pit during a Hard Rock Live show in the summer of 2000. Big Mother Thruster was a moderate success. Their momentum increased when they played the Florida circuit. They also"
"Gruntruck Gruntruck is an American rock band formed in 1989 in Seattle, Washington by vocalist Ben McMillan and drummer Norman Scott, both previously from early Grunge pioneers Skin Yard. While in Skin Yard, Norman also briefly joined Soundgarden, and collaborated with Chris Cornell on a lesser-known band, the low frequency power trio Bass Truck. Lead guitarist Tommy Niemeyer from metal thrashers The Accüsed and bassist Tim Paul, previously of PDX hardcore punks Final Warning, rounded out the initial, classic line-up. Their sound is described as grunge, and the band focuses more on the metal side of the genre. While on"
"their EP was the FM102x song of the day on June 23, 2009. 7 Car Pileup opened for Authority Zero at the 2009 ASU Polytechnic Home Coming, Cage the Elephant at the Marquee Theatre, and The Crash Kings. Seven Car Pileup 7 Car Pileup was a groove-based rock band from Tempe, Arizona. It has heavy roots in old-school funk and a small hint of jazz. The band consists of Mark Mason (vocals/guitar), Jess Pruitt (bass), and Mike Vigil (drums). Their name is taken from the TV show ""Scrubs"". 7 Car Pileup self-produced their debut album in a home studio in"
"Trucker (band) Trucker is a rock band that was formed in 1995 and is based in Lawrence, Kansas. In 2000, Trucker was interviewed and performed on the nationally televised show Farmclub; which was an hour-long program created by Universal Music Group and broadcast during primetime on the USA Network. Trucker performed alongside Enrique Iglesias and the Bloodhoud Gang during the episode which aired April 24, 2000. In 2010, Trucker won the first phase of the Sennheiser HearIAm music campaign and received a prize package (valued at nearly $20,000) that included a performance slot at Montreal's Osheaga Festival; with a record"
"Monster Truck (band) Monster Truck are a Canadian rock band from Hamilton, Ontario. Members include lead singer and bassist Jon Harvey, guitarist Jeremy Widerman, keyboardist Brandon Bliss and drummer Steve Kiely. Monster Truck's 2011 EP ""The Brown EP"" found success for them in Canada. The single ""Seven Seas Blues"" charted in the top ten of the both the active rock airplay chart and the alternative rock airplay chart in the spring of 2012. After the release of two EPs, their debut album ""Furiosity"" was released on Dine Alone Records on May 28, 2013 and distributed on Universal. The band's second"
"The Chargers (band) The Chargers were an American garage rock formed in Wenatchee, Washington, in 1966. The group recorded one single, the Beatlesque ""Taxi"", which had been a regional success and remains a highly-collectible piece in its original format. Live favorites of the Washington teen scene, the Chargers recorded three additional compositions in preparation for a follow-up release, but went unreleased. Get Hip Records has issued those songs years later when the band's music resurfaced. With the three-year surge of popularity of the Beatles, Larry Roller (lead vocals), Tony Morgan (drums, vocals), and Curt Dorey (bass guitar, vocals) formed the"
"genre: Politics of the day (including Ronald Reagan, Walter Mondale, Jesse James & Dan Hart) {""Super Tuesday"", ""Just Sit There"", ""Shot Down""}, Drugs {""Hubrun"", ""Jimmie's Dream"", ""Interlude""}, Religion {""Brainwashed"", ""I Am He""} and general societal issues {""Live To Work"", ""Bullshit Society"", ""Breakout"", ""Shit's Creek""} were all mentioned in the bands' lyrics. The band's name was allegedly conceived following an incident in the canteen at Baldwin High School, where Gary Meskil observed a fellow student sucking the crumbs off his plate; ""'Hey! Look at that crumbsucker!'"" Meskil supposedly exclaimed and, from there, the name ""Crumbsuckers"" was born. Crumbsuckers were one of"
"Terrors (RI), Slant Six (DC), Pitchblende (DC), Eggs (DC), Tsunami (DC), Jawbox (DC), Burning Airlines (DC), At the Drive-In (TX), Piebald, Faraquet (DC), A Minor Forest, Smart Went Crazy (DC), Les Savy Fav (RI/NY), Archers of Loaf (NC), The Control Group/The Doosies, The For Carnation (KY), Gang of Four (Leeds, UK), Sunday's Best (CA), and many others. The Vehicle Birth The Vehicle Birth (VB) was a rock band that performed and recorded between January 1993 and May 1999. They released one full-length record on Crank! Records and achieved some success gaining radio play, reaching 24 on the ""CMJ"" charts and"
"The Cadillacs The Cadillacs were an American rock and roll and doo-wop group from Harlem, New York, active from 1953 to 1962. The group was noted for their 1955 hit ""Speedoo"", written by Esther Navarro, which was instrumental in attracting white audiences to black rock and roll performers. The group came together as The Carnations in 1953, with the members Earl Carroll (lead vocalist), Bobby Phillips, Lavern Drake (bass vocalist), and Gus Willingham. As the group moved into the recording studios, James ""Poppa"" Clark was added as a fifth member, and the name ""The Cadillacs"" was given to them. The"
"13, 2014 at The 1884 Lounge at Minglewood Hall in Memphis. They got back together once more on June 4, 2016 at Memphis' Levitt Shell with Ross Rice. Compilations Big Ass Truck Big Ass Truck (BAT) was an American rock band from Memphis, Tennessee which incorporated elements of hip-hop, rock, funk and psychedelia in their music. The band included a DJ spinning records, that provided beats, loops, and samples during recordings and live performances. The group disbanded sometime after the release of the 2001 album, ""The Rug"". The founding members of Big Ass Truck included drummer Robert Barnett, DJ Colin"
"and ""Strutter"" by Kiss also took place in his memory. American Head Charge American Head Charge is an industrial metal band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The band has earned two nominations at the ""Kerrang!"" Awards. Early incarnations of the band sported names such as Flux, Gestapo Pussy Ranch, and Warsaw Ghetto Pussy, although these were short-lived. The name ""Flux"" was already adopted by another band and so was dropped due to the chance of copyright infringement and libel, while the latter names were abandoned within a period of six months so as not to alienate prospective label interest. ""I'm"
"in saGuijo, a café in Makati City, Philippines, which caters to indie rock enthusiasts. They performed during their high school and college days under different names like ""Kung Fu Benny,"" ""Mexican Rice Bowl,"" and ""Morning Wood"" until finally deciding on the name ""Taken by Cars"" because of its association with the concept of movement and that they ""listened to a bulk of their music in their cars."" They also tried out several music genres before settling into its ""classic rock-modern indie vibe"" when Marco joined the group in 2006. However, after just one month of gigging in small audiences using"
"Mucky Pup Mucky Pup were an American hardcore and crossover thrash band formed in Bergenfield, New Jersey in 1986, when brothers Chris (vocals) and John (drums) Milnes joined up with Scott Dottino (bass) and Dan Nastasi (guitar) as the cover band, Predator. The band soon began writing original material and changed the band name to Mucky Pup. Over the years, the band went through several lineup changes and musical style changes while gaining minor success in both the USA and Europe. Their breakthrough moment occurred when they won second place in a songwriting contest resulting in their song being released"