Wires On Fire

Among the wave of hard rock acts surfacing in the new millennium with Priestess, Wolfmother, and Eagles of Death Metal, the Los Angeles quartet Wires on Fire draws on the Birthday Party, the Damned, and Black Sabbath. Evan Weiss (vocals/guitar), Michael Shuman (bass/vocals), Jeff Lynn (guitar), and Darren Weiss (drums) assembled the lineup in 2004. They have since toured alongside the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Fall, Death from Above 1979, Mclusky, Hella, and Pretty Girls Make Graves. Their Homewrecker EP appeared on Buddyhead the same year, yet the band’s explosive rock sound reached full expression on the self-titled studio album. Produced by Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider (Queens of the Stone Age, Eleven), Wires on Fire arrived in fall 2006. Founding member Darren Weiss exited that September to resume his studies.