{"id":2293,"date":"2012-11-12T05:48:11","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T05:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2012\/11\/12\/wheels-of-fire-return-with-up-for-anything-on-nov-30th-2012\/"},"modified":"2012-11-12T05:48:11","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T05:48:11","slug":"wheels-of-fire-return-with-up-for-anything-on-nov-30th-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2012\/11\/12\/wheels-of-fire-return-with-up-for-anything-on-nov-30th-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"WHEELS OF FIRE return with \u201eUp For Anything\u201c on Nov. 30th, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"


Two and a half years after their debut album \u201cHollywood Rocks\u201d (Avenue 1007 0015) WHEELS OF FIRE return with their second record \u201cUp For Anything\u201d. Following the first\u00a0 release of the band, which reached the #42 position on the charts of the Japanese Burrn! magazine, WHEELS OF FIRE have established themselves in the club circuit in North Italy as an entertaining live act with a stable line-up, that also recorded the songs for their sophomore release. <\/p>\n

Front man Davide \u201cDave Rox\u201d Barbieri and guitar player Stefano Zeni were already the core of the recording line-up of \u201cHollywood Rocks\u201d, since then the duo was joined by Marcello Suzzani on bass, Andrea Vergori on keyboards & piano and Fabrizio Uccellini on drums.<\/p>\n

Dave and Stefano are also the song writers for all tracks of the album, on some songs Alessandro Del Vecchio (Lionville, Edge Of Forever, Hardline) and Pierpaolo \u201cZorro 11\u201d Monti (Shining Line, Charming Grace, Lionville) lend a helping hand in the writing process.<\/p>\n

The compositions of Dave and Stefano impressively show the progression of the band into a contemporary Rock act incorporating modern elements into their sound while staying true to their musical roots of the Melodic Rock sound of the 80s. WHEELS OF FIRE stand for instantly memorable vocal lines and choruses with carefully arranged harmonies, hook laden powerful guitar riffs and solos combined with well balanced keyboards and piano entries, big sounding drums and solid bass tracks.<\/p>\n

Dave delivers a highly professional production job on \u201cUp For Anything\u201d and for the album mix and the mastering Roberto Priori (Danger Zone) was behind the studio desk.<\/p>\n

On the list of international guests are James Christian (House of Lords) who performs a vocal duet with Dave on the midtempo rocker \u201cDon\u2019t Walk Away\u201d and is his wife Robin Beck, joining him on backing vocals.<\/p>\n

And Swedish guitar player Rob Marcello (Danger Danger, Marcello-Vestry) laid down the solo for \u201cNo Mercy\u201d. Contributions from local Italian musicians come from Michele Luppi (Secret Sphere, Los Angeles, ex-Vision Divine), Roberto Zari and Andrea \u201cMitzi\u201d Dal Santo on backing vocals throughout the album and a full horn section on \u201cYesterday\u2019s Gone\u201d.<\/p>\n

Following the release of the album the band will hit the road again in 2013 to present their new songs.<\/p>\n

WHEELS OF FIRE are in full gear and \u201cUp For Anything\u201d.<\/p>\n

Produced by Davide Barbieri<\/p>\n

Mixed and mastered by Roberto Priori<\/p>\n

WHEELS OF FIRE are :<\/p>\n

Davide \u201cDave Rox\u201d Barbieri: Lead & backing vocals<\/p>\n

Stefano Zeni: Lead, rhythm & acoustic guitars<\/p>\n

Marcello Suzzani: Bass<\/p>\n

Andrea Vergori: Keyboards & piano<\/p>\n

Fabrizio Uccellini: Drums<\/p>\n

Special guest musicians:<\/p>\n

James Christian: duet and backing vocals on \u201cDon\u2019t Walk Away\u201d<\/p>\n

Robin Beck: Backing vocals on \u201cDon\u2019t Walk Away\u201d<\/p>\n

Rob Marcello: Guitar solo on \u201cNo Mercy\u201d<\/p>\n

Michele Luppi: Backing vocals on \u201cLay Your Body Down\u201d, \u201cNothing To Lose\u201d & \u201cNo Mercy\u201d<\/p>\n

Roberto Zari: Backing Vocals on \u201cFollow Your Heart\u201d, \u201cTurning Up The Radio\u201d, \u201cPain\u201d, \u201cCome Back Home\u201d<\/p>\n

Andrea \u201cMitzi\u201d Dal Santo: Backing vocals on \u201cFollow Your Heart\u201d, \u201cTurning Up the Radio\u201d, \u201cPain\u201d, \u201cRespect\u201d<\/p>\n

Claudio Allifranchini: Sax on \u201cYesterday\u2019s Gone\u201d<\/p>\n

Domenico Granieri: Trumpet on \u201cYesterday\u2019s Gone\u201d<\/p>\n

Giovanni Distefano: Trombone on \u201cYesterday\u2019s Gone”<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/p>\n

www.wheels-of-fire.com<\/p>\n

www.www.facebook.com\/Wheels.of.Fire.The.Band<\/p>\n

www.avenue-of-allies.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two and a half years after their debut album \u201cHollywood Rocks\u201d (Avenue 1007 0015) WHEELS…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}