Fuel: Whatever Happened To the Band Behind 'Hemorrhage (In My Hands)' & 'Shimmer'

[@fv6125]

First time I heard "Shimmer'. I fell in love. It is still one of my all-time favorite songs. It's too bad that Brett and Carl can't look past their differences and do what they do best together.

[@Rainer_ow]

It’s super catchy

[@LarissaLackie]

Jesus or a Gun is my Favorite -Q❤❤❤

[@loganfytchy-powow4580]

Idk why but Shimmer has been my favourite song through thick and thin. I love it so much because it reminds me of the scariest and most thrilling time in my life. I was moving countries from Canada to Tanzania as a 17 year old. Everything I knew flipped on its head but for some reason I clung to this song. I still listen to it and it brings me so much nostalgia.

[@dwade6322]

This is a band who deserves a "90's Hall of Fame nomination".

[@onlydrugssuffice1071]

Fuck no

[@scottdavidson526]

Yes

[@dlppl3407]

For sure

[@stonent]

Except their hit album came out in 2000.

[@dwade6322]

@@stonent True,although their hit 'Shimmer' cane out in '98.

[@aaronsalmon1376]

The way it's always seemed to me is Carl Bell's EGO was the biggest issue with Fuel's demise. Brett Scallions is an absolute star.

[@raygunromance772]

This feels like the correct answer....

[@rocknjock9300]

So true

[@xtrm2009]

Brett has an ego too.

[@davidperry4972]

Brett is Fuel

[@therealgod-g2r]

This is not correct. This was always Carl's band. Unfortunately, yes. Brett's ego was a problem. He left because he claimed he had "great songs" as well. Apparently he didn't.

[@kimberlybush4278]

See the adorable baby in Kevin’s arms ?? He’s my grandson ❤️ I’ve been a fan for 30 years !!! Now I’m Kevins mother in law 😳

[@jonvia]

Fuel is so underrated!!! They have some great tunes!

[@sigma80]

Which most people seem to think their entire career is "Glimmer" and "Hemmorage" and that's it. I never heard them on Pennsylvania radio in the 1990's or 2000's. I only heard some of the songs because a person online loved "Hemmorage" and I started looking for them online. Otherwise I wouldn't know that they existed.

[@raydemarco427]

They are not underrated. They had massive hits. Tons of radio time. People really appreciated this band

[@breakingpointvideos1995]

RIP to original drummer Jody Abbott, to whom without, there would've been no Fuel. It's time to reflect & celebrate Jody's life and the legacy he created for his family, friends, fans & bandmates in Fuel & Breaking Point.

[@roberttaylor1275]

Drummers see the BIG PICTURE

[@ReverseThread]

"a break in the bend"

[@atravelerofbothtimespace4172]

I thought fuel were Canadians

[@anthonydeyo5586]

Sorry to hear this

[@gggawd6213]

I turned my back to tell a friend what a great time I was having when Scallions stage dove on to my back. I thought someone had shoved me really hard but when I turned around I realized that it was the coolest thing that ever happened to me at a concert. I'll never forget it.

[@msm9430]

That's a real cool story. Scallions has such a unique voice. Of course I have 'original vocalist bias' but it's hard to imagine Fuel with that trademark vocal aesthetic.

[@MurrayNJ08]

John is my cousin and it’s been an honor for our family. He’s a great guy and perfect fit for the band.

[@Utriedit215]

Stop lying

[@SabastianDuke]

@@Utriedit215 ya John doesn’t have any family members. Lol

[@CheapBeer4U2Drink]

Tell your cousin he's awesome, I'm really digging their new album.

[@twistoffate4791]

The "stop lying" trolls are everywhere, leaking their foul, putrid smell over the channels. And the user who "agrees" is the same person who said "stop lying". The shock value is gone, jerks. Get lost.

[@xtrm2009]

Is it true he got fired after a physical altercation with some band members?

[@RandomDude45_X]

Went to a music Festival here in the New Orleans area long ago. Brett was walking around in the crowd like he was just there to enjoy the music too. He was taking pictures and was super cool. Hour later played one really good show.

[@gstyle1911]

Met dude after a show at a club in Ft Myers I was real slithered but remember pretty clearly, mot so much the drive home. They played along with Stroke 9. Real chill guy seemed real and great range alomg with unique voice/sound. Hope he has a comeback or gets onboard another band.

[@ChrisWilliams-tw8wm]

Why couldn't Carl just let Brett write a few songs on each album? For F sakes. We missed out on so many masterpiece songs from them. :(

[@dlppl3407]

So true. There is this band that came out on a magazine long time ago and the article was titled "the music is not to blame". They talked about their differences and how they almost dissolve the name but... The music shouldn't suffer so they kept it together.

[@ThirdCoastNative]

Cause he’s a selfish asshole

[@ianthurston5165]

He wouldn't even let Toryn write anything (except Halos of a Sun). Shame because Toryn's other band, For The Taking, sound a lot like older Fuel stuff. Maybe if Carl let others share their ideas, they would still be a success.

[@timwhite5562]

These videos are bittersweet. They lead me to lament the death of bands, not individual bands themselves, just the whole "band" concept.

[@agmsmith4079]

Brett lives in LA and is still going strong. I’ve done some recording sessions with him over the past couple years (I’m a sound engineer in LA). I think he is out on tour right now for his solo record.

[@rawkguy4896]

He hasn't played any new solo songs. Any insight as to how his solo record sounds? Is it more like Fuel or is he getting artsy

[@agmsmith4079]

@@rawkguy4896 ...no, I didn’t work on it. Three of my good friends are friends with him (that is how I’ve worked on stuff with him in the past) and so they were telling me about his new album...

[@ratmachine87]

I still listen to this band til this day. Shimmer, my favorite track from them.

[@FURTHER_ADO]

I don't listen the Fuel as a whole but I do still listen to "Shimmer".

[@5jr.racing982]

Same here.....7 of their songs are on my play list.....daily!!! I still have a CD from 2007 with Torin singing....still great!!!

[@mammontustado9680]

Shimmer and Bad Day for me

[@joshsmith4488]

As someone who lived in Jackson while all this was starting, it was so cool to see some band you felt like was from your area make it big. It was fun.

[@jimmyfreeman5235]

Yep, was PanterA here. Seen Fuel open for SEVEDUST in Dallas, they drew the ladies, supermodel material. They were a great band. The brothers Abbott were in town saw them in the beer line at the Bronco Bowl. Dime rocking a BLS hat he was proud of. Good times. And yep, SEVENDUST were stellar. I bought Antimosity y and Something Like Human next day.

[@redwineisfine]

I agree as someone growing up in queens, it was so nice to see queen transform in to the powerhouse they became

[@jimmyfreeman5235]

@@redwineisfine er, ok.

[@kyliepollert8341]

I remember when Chris Daughtry sang "Hemmorhage" on "American Idol". He nailed that song!

[@musicgrrrl1991]

I remember that too. Wow- what a long time ago.

[@michellecampbell5055]

They also offered him the front man job

[@shaneboswell9872]

Brett’s dad helped me change my flat tire in Brownsville, Tn at the crack of dawn when I was a sophomore in college traveling from MTSU in Murfreesboro to Memphis. Super nice guy!!! He came over to help and said you might have heard of my son. He’s in a band called Fuel. Lol. I said heard of them! I loooovvveee them!!!!!! Still do. Random. But I like that little memory.

[@xtrm2009]

nice!

[@sherryedwards8654]

Small world. I grew up in Brownsville, Tn. I worked with his brother Greg at Haywood Co a few ago. Brett and Abbey come home usually at Christmas to visit. Sometimes he'll play at the Moose Lodge here. Sawyer played last year when they were home visiting.

[@xtrm2009]

@@sherryedwards8654 Small world indeed. Let's just say I partly grew up in the town Bells. 1995.

[@sherryedwards8654]

@shaneboswell9872....comment was for you as well.

[@sourgir-wh6xd]

I always wondered what happened to Fuel and where they went. They were one of my favorite bands and I felt like, one day they were just gone. Miss em and hope everyone's doing well 💕🤘

[@ministerofdarkness]

Rockin Sour Girl! 🎸

[@michellecampbell5055]

Carl Bell is back out with new CD Anomaly give it a listen

[@CalSimpson]

Bell is still trying to find that perfect vocalist to replace Brett 20 years later. I tip my cap to that dude for the effort to never give up.

[@MissteriousOne]

Brett’s voice! So powerful! Underrated band too.

[@raydemarco427]

I don't think I would call them underrated. They had serious success. Huge hits and lots of radio time

[@JCBluenote24]

I got back into Fuel about 3-4 months ago. When my brother built me my dream guitar for my birthday, the first song I learned to play was "Wasted Time." Even if Hemorrhage was overplayed at times, the band never really got the recognition they deserved I felt.

[@driedbrainfreeze2149]

Forgot about fuel. There was some jam at the turn of the century

[@anchorpoint3631]

Wasted Time? LMFAO!

[@Skunginoggin345]

@@anchorpoint3631 Isn't that a Skid Row song?

[@anchorpoint3631]

@@Skunginoggin345 Rick Astley

[@vinzjames]

@@Skunginoggin345 as if skid row is the only band with a song titled wasted rime

[@davorz]

Fuel arrived to my live in a very strange way, but still very thankful to that. I live in Spain and here they are not known at all,. But somepoint in 2001, my uncles (that knew that I always wore band shirts), bought me a shirt during a trip in Germany as they didn't know what to buy me. It was a shirt from a band that I didn't know at all. On the back side there were faces from band members, and on the front side there was like an aluminum guy and it said "Something like human". I Napster them to listen what music do they play and they become one of my favourite bands during those high-school and first college years.

[@michellecampbell5055]

Awesome

[@MrMarioj87]

Thank you for this episode. I’m a huge Fuel fan and this will remain as testimony of their history.

[@Herefortheteaandfood]

I was hooked when I heard 'Jesus or a gun'. Always sent shivers through my body how powerful his voice is and how perfect the music was.

[@ssherrierable]

Still listening till this day, those songs have the ability to take me to a different time in my life where everything was just so much better, timeless songs I couldn’t ever get tired of…

[@brandonpage7087]

I remember these guys, & I still have my copy of Something Like Human. When I listen to that record, it takes me straight back to the turn of the century, & my highschool days! Those were the days! Thanks for this, I'd been wondering whatever happened to Fuel. Last record of theirs that I recalled was Natural Selection.

[@bL3dbL4k]

Yup. Something Like Human brings me back to my teens. Such a sick album! And Natural Selection was their last good album, imo.

[@Utubesanarc]

@@bL3dbL4k i think Angels And Devils doesn't get the recognition it deserves. I Should Have Told You is my jam.

[@msawyer269]

Something Like Human is still one of my favorite albums and Kevin Miller is one of my favorite drummers.

[@bangslamwham88]

Their debut album Sunburn is the template for all subsequent radio-friendly hard rock bands that followed in the early 2000s.

[@rosssmith8481]

It's strange. I found a 45 by Fuel and it was dated 1990? I totally forgot I even had this 45 sitting in my collection for over 30 years.

[@drowningin]

Shimmer takes me back to summer I was in junior high dating this girl who passed. We listened to it all that summer, her dad ended her life the next year

[@rawkguy4896]

I'm so sorry. That's a beautiful song to remember her by. Their song Most of All sounds like it would really apply to your situation.

[@i.cant.sleep.anymore]

Wow that's horrible.. Bless her soul, rest in peace. 💔

[@seereadnhear]

😔forever in your 💙

[@Dooplo0o]

WTF🤣

[@floydsemlow8253]

@@WhyTheHorseface Right. That bastard should burn 🔥🤷

[@MH-ko9wc]

Saw them in concert in Tallahassee right around the time shimmer became a thing on the radio. They weren't quite that "big" yet so the show was in a decent sized club. What an awesome night that was. I was in high school at the time and had school the next day, but gave no Fs about it and made it home at 4am lol. Good times

[@Batman12810]

Very good live!

[@ryankibler7973]

Underrated band and great guys. They were always nice when i met them at shows. Brett is a commanding frontman.

[@anchorpoint3631]

And racist

[@ryankibler7973]

@@anchorpoint3631 thats weird, i went to show with my girlfriend at the time who was black. We met Brett after the show and i actually joked with him that we couldn't get his attention before and thought he may be racist. He laughed and kissed my girlfriend on the cheek for a pic

[@NukaEatsPepeni]

@@anchorpoint3631 the guy promoted Joe Biden and Kamala, BLM and LGBT on his Instagram profile lol

[@michaelgraham9774]

@@anchorpoint3631 What proof is there that Brett is a racist?

[@michaelgraham9774]

@@anchorpoint3631 You've made several comments accusing Brett of being a racist and yet you haven't offered an ounce of proof that he actually is

[@tomryan943]

My son went to a concert in Rolling Rock Pa. and one of the bands in the show was Fuel. MTV played part of the concert on their channel, and I couldn't believe how great they sounded. From the lead singer's voice to the guitars, I couldn't get the song out of my head! I looked them up on Google and ordered the CD the next day. Every song on that album is great! Still play it a lot! Something like Human is one of my favorite CDs to this day!

[@brettcooper3893]

I went to high school in Alaska with Wil Green, who, in about 2006, would be hired as Brett Scallion's replacement, under the name Torin Green. His mom was my mom's Avon lady. We even drove to Anchorage together around my freshman year once, as he was 2 years older than me. Had no idea at the time he was interested in music. He was big into karate.

[@thedragonzord_]

Cool story. Dude should stick to karate

[@brettcooper3893]

@@thedragonzord_ LMAO. Perhaps.

[@daddykarlmarx6183]

Wtf is an Avon lady?

[@TimmyTickle]

@@daddykarlmarx6183 Someone who sells Avon cosmetics door-to-door

[@brettcooper3893]

@Jolene Adorna Wasilla/Palmer area.

[@Wolfdragon92584]

In most any list of millenium-style rock, Fuel deserves a spot near the top. There's something so unique about them. Brett has such power in his voice, and Carl's songwriting and guitar virtuosity blends to make a damn near irresistible force of nature. Grew up with Something Like Human and Sunburn.

[@r00t_sh3ll]

Man I use to love this band, they were amazing in their time. Sunburn was such a good record.

[@christianpoint0888]

Scallions is what made this band special !

[@Rasdawg915]

Seen them in concert in 2012, it was one of the best live performances I've ever seen.

[@Covers-and-Commentary]

I loved Fuel! 🎶DONT FAAALLLLLLL AWAAAYYY AND LEAVE ME TO MYSELF🎶

[@prehistoricgentlemanbird9131]

@ShadowAmongstTheMasses I’m also 36…. Man I feel old.

[@joegaffey7609]

Just Babies … talk to me when you’re 57.

[@ScaryPoppins]

@@joegaffey7609 what about 43? Lol

[@mattgeary9987]

Met Brett back in the day.. really nice dude. Not sure what he's up to now, but wish him the best.

[@CalSimpson]

He married a beautiful Alternative music female singer that I hadn't heard of...and they made babies. :)

[@xtrm2009]

yeah that broad@@CalSimpson

[@Blackbeard_Barbell]

Story on Hemorrhage: Carl Bell explained on an episode of VH1 Storytellers in 2001 stating: "This is as deep as it goes, for me. When I was younger, my grandmother got cancer. By the time they found it, it was much too late. Instead of sitting in some hospital, she wanted to go home and be home. And my mother and my aunts and their husbands went to sit with her at home. A few months passed, and the cancer had spread, it had eaten up most of her body and all of her hope, and it was a bad time. One particular day was a really bad day for her. My mother was sitting with her that evening, and she turned to my mom, and said, 'How do you die?' It crushed my mom, and it's still crushing me."

[@DDM9009]

My dad actually graduated with jeff, in 1987. They were in a band together. Jeff was already playing in bars back then. When they first got famous in the late 90s we were all very proud for him.

[@xtrm2009]

The band Reel To Real?

[@DDM9009]

@@xtrm2009 my dad's band was called haven. Reel to real and small the joy was after the band broke up. It was just a high school band they had then everyone got married and moved on. Brett Jeff and Carl are all from west TN they moved to Pennsylvania in the 90s. Then in 2007 I went to see fuel in Nashville and hung out with Jeff but I haven't seen him since.

[@princessginamarie2408]

All their songs bring tears from the first riff. They’re so powerfully impactful

[@MrShanester117]

We always used to say “blee blah bleebin in my hands again.”

[@phatnana2379]

Lmao naw it's "LEEY LIE LEELAAAN EN MUY HAAAHNZ AGYYYAAANAW" ... friggen pleb

[@JimmyZillA69]

Bro that's the lyrics I use as well lol

[@pitilessnightmare6879]

Wait, are not those the lyrics? lol

[@jamesbreglia8692]

Goodness my friend from high school constantly did the bleh blah bleeding thing and made it clear on several occasions that he thought it sounded like that. Small world, his name was Tyler

[@J0r-El]

I love that song Quarter. When I hit the road, I play the song and peel off the road...responsibly.

[@J0r-El]

@@xtrm2009 Cheers! 🤘

[@xtrm2009]

ok incel@@J0r-El

[@xtrm2009]

@@J0r-El ┌∩┐(◕_◕)┌∩┐

[@xtrm2009]

right up ya mama's behind lmao

[@brittanyschmalfeldt6761]

I just saw them in concert this past Saturday for the third time, amazing as always.

[@RobnBeck10]

How did the new singer do? Just bummed Scallions isn't in the band anymore 😢

[@brittanyschmalfeldt6761]

@@RobnBeck10 he wasn't too bad, just sounds a little different. I've seen them with Brett, Toryn, and now whoever the new guy is.

[@therealjohndoe3862]

Sunburn is really a killer record that I did embrace back then. Solid album.

[@Charlie_The_Cockney]

Natural Selection is one of my favourite albums. It is one of the few albums that I can listen from start to finish and enjoy all the songs

[@masterchief00]

i am right there with you i listen to that album damn near everyday

[@robertsupers1150]

They're original management company was run by a teacher at my high school. He was also responsible for Live and Breaking Benjamin

[@jonzeller4168]

I saw fuel for the first time. In stone Harbor new jersey. It was in september, so no one was there. They put on an awesome concert for us. Even though there were only about fifteen people, there. It was so awesome to see a young group before they Got popular

[@ThierryRocksTV]

I'm a lot younger than Fuel's main fanbase since I didn't discover the band until 2017, but when I did they changed my life

[@c2jones]

Now, their latest singer is out, too. Maybe a reunion with Brett? Or another singer that excels.

[@CalSimpson]

@@c2jones They've got a brand new guy and let me tell you, this dude has something! I think they'll release an album in the next year!

[@c2jones]

@Cal Simpson Yes, saw that. The guy from the TV show, The Voice. Sounds great. Good frontman, too.

[@ThierryRocksTV]

@@CalSimpson I'm not a big fan of Aaron Scott tbh. It makes me sad seeing the revolving lineup of members, but it's okay if some of the fans still enjoy them.

[@blakeswinney2197]

Won't back down will always have a special place in my heart

[@GNR4Life355]

I saw Brett performing as Fuel a few years back. Great show. I can't imagine seeing the band now without Brett on vocals, even though Carl Bell wrote the bulk of their best songs.

[@fuelhemi426]

Same here, saw them in Laredo in some TAMIU. Music festival. It was a blast.

[@AimingWanderously]

Just like Metallica or Soundgarden, Scallions' voice IS Fuel.

[@maxpalmer3212]

Agreed

[@pitilessnightmare6879]

Sad, but true.

[@ThatNofbody]

Too bad his voice went out in like 2006

[@SupaSavage24]

As big a role as Hetfield’s voice plays in Metallica’s sound, I wouldn’t say his voice IS Metallica. His riffing is often overlooked or just credited to Kirk. Not to mention his palm muted chugging which sounds like the most basic of things, but Metallica really put palm muted chugging (end of Seek and Destroy, breakdown riff in Creeping Death) on the map.

[@bucley85]

Yea.. and dont forget of Alice in chains 😎

[@natahliak7691]

WOW, not many can write a song in their lounge chair only to be sitting in that same years later and watch it on TV. That's a blessing indeed 🙏

[@85herooftheday]

I didn't realize Brett had left and Bell returned again. Pretty wild situation to keep switching out who is and isn't in the band like that.

[@joshblack4291]

Yeah very confusing. They were good with Toryn, the new guy on the newest album is strange. I'm not liking the music on the newest album, but the previous albums are all good.

[@CalSimpson]

Ya, it killed their momentum. I just can't believe after 20 years they couldn't bury the fucking hatchet. It's heartbreaking. Only 3 albums. They were my faves. :(

[@coacheinerson84]

These guys are so good. Incredible songwriting

[@theweakestlink2278]

Saw them live in 2009 when they played a local festival. I think it was just Brett without the rest of the band but it didn't matter. Wasn't expecting much but they ended up being one of the best shows of the weekend.

[@fonzybrookestone727]

Played a gig back in the day with Brets other band, "the x's" He played bass and used our bass players rig. The venue held about 75 people, must have felt pretty different for him. He was a hit with the ladies, though.

[@69sidewinder]

Good times

[@CalSimpson]

Fuel my #1 favorite alternative band. The band that continually got me out of a dark place in my youth. I couldn't relate with how dark Nirvana was and how strange the lyrics of Pearl Jam were. Fuel was just perfection.

[@weneedheroes655]

Not so sure if Im excited for the new album without Scallions. But I wish them all the best for keeping the music alive through all these years.

[@tacoenvy]

Wow I haven’t listened to Fuel in a long ass time but I use to play the hell out of Shimmer. Hemorrhage is also great.

[@michellecampbell5055]

Carl Bell Is back out new CD Anomaly check it out

[@kimberlybush4278]

Shimmer will be my favorite song for the rest of time ❤️

[@CalSimpson]

Samsies!

[@contentconsumer487]

Played at a small music festival in Jasper Al in September 2024. The crowd loved them. Many had fuel t shirts from 20 years ago.

[@midohiobuckeyeaorwarrior9743]

I hope the guy that wanted to know what Fuel is up to these days and asked that question at Brendon Snyder's YT channel is watching this video. I referred him to Sid and RNRTS. This one is right up his alley.

[@NewGoldStandard]

What/who is RNRTS? Well, and Sid for that matter.

[@davej.meister5421]

@@NewGoldStandard What's the name of this channel? Who's the host? There's your answer. No offense.

[@LastBastian]

@@davej.meister5421 If we already knew that, we wouldn't be asking. No offense.

[@NewGoldStandard]

@@davej.meister5421 Thanks, I guess I should have put together the channel name but I had no idea what the guy's name was.

[@davej.meister5421]

@@LastBastian That was NOT necessary...pal. I was only trying to help out @NewGoldStandard. You didn't have to be a jerk about it. At least I apologized honestly at the end of my comment. Not sure about you?

[@WarriorsforInfoTV]

When he says Guess I'll let it go, I felt that line many times in life.

[@electricluke7422]

1998's Godzilla soundtrack was the 1st time I heard Fuel. "Walk the Sky" is pretty badass. Check it out

[@Utriedit215]

My all-time favorite song by Fuel is bad day

[@turdferguson7112]

I saw these guys in Grand Junction, CO in 2000 at a venue that held around 2K people. Buckcherry opened for them. Amazing show, very high energy!!

[@michellecampbell5055]

Josh Todd is a wild man

[@michaelandcolinspop]

My wife and I saw Fuel with Oleander and Three Doors Down in 2000. As we walked into the arena, she asked if I wanted to pick up a couple of beers, and I specifically remember saying, “That’s OK. Let’s get a good spot near the stage for Oleander and, if Fuel sucks, I can grab drinks then.” I have no idea what I was thinking, because they absolutely stole the entire show, making Oleander look like a garage band and Three Doors Down flat out boring by comparison. I doubt they had enough material, but if they could’ve played the entire night, I would’ve gladly stayed until the end. As it was, we left about 30 minutes into Three Doors Down’s 90-minute set and picked up “Something Like Human” on the way home.

[@dropofgrey]

I went with some friends to watch them put on a free show in a cd store in Harrisburg the night they released sunburn. I was blown away with the show. And I will never forget how crazy it got when they played Mary pretends 🤘. Sad that their time together was so short.

[@Warsie-Fan]

I loved this band and still do! I showed my son them and he enjoyed them too. I got to see them once in Barrie, Ontario, Canada in the early 2000s. They did not disappoint. It was only a 30 minute set but boi did they play!

[@446Ace]

Keeping up with the line-up changes since the Angels & Devils album is kinda impossible now. It really seems like Brett and the rest of the original band can't stand each other and there is some legal catfight for the name Fuel. At least there is a new record coming, I'll check that out! All albums had some tracks on them I liked, Natural Selection is my favorite.

[@EdmundKempersDartboard]

4:24 bruh, this is middle school in a nutshell for me. Spineshank's Strictly Diesel, Cold's debut, Staind's one decent album and the single greatest album of that era; L.D. 50. What a great time for music.

[@zakcash7337]

So your 33 or so

[@matthewjames206]

Cold 🤘🤘

[@MrChumpus]

You grew up in a shitty music era LMAO

[@Vasago30]

The first time I ever heard Fuel was in 98 or 99 at Guavaween in Ybor City Florida. I went with my best friend as a kind of welcome home after moving back from out of state. I heard Bittersweet for the first time and loved it. Bret has an amazing and unique voice. Told my best friend on the way home that I needed to get that CD just to hear that song again..He laughs and holds up a CD and says "This one?" He loaded it up and we jammed for an hour on the way home. Went the next day and bought it myself and have been a fan ever since. That whole era of music (late 90's - early 2000's) has a distinctive sound and I miss the feeling I had at that age and time listening to it. Now its nostalgia.

[@MotionlessKnight]

Shimmer wasn't one that I had really heard when the album came out, but Hemorrhage was. Still a favorite song of mine to this day. Rather than Shimmer, the other song by them that was really played a ton on the radio where I'm from in 2000 was "Bad Day".

[@revgregory]

I first saw Fuel right after they moved to PA, I went to see A LOT of bands back in the day and they were one of the few that, immediately struck me as having the "it" factor. Chatted with Carl quite often back then, didn't see them after their last show as an unsigned band though.

[@pelicanphuucker4life]

Haha I was just listening to Spotify and a fuel song came on. I've been listening to quite a bit of Ice Nine Kills so...I didn't think my 90's playlist would mix with the modern stuff but there it was...Jesus or a gun. Anyhow, I was curious about what they were up to today. Great timing!

[@brianrossiter6427]

Shimmer really is that good. I still listen to it very frequently.

[@moe45673]

I went to see Three Doors Down in 2000 or 2001. Fuel opened for them. They rocked the mother. 3DD was lame af in comparison. The lead singer had serious stage presence, likably cocky. Great, underrated band

[@CrewsOfficial]

Have met Brett and interviewed Carl. Both were amazing.

[@Jakew9]

Thank you! I saw your comment on their VH1 performance, I commented on yours

[@bdeezy2962]

They were at carolina rebellion in 2013 or '14..they did a signing and got to meet them, super nice dudes..lead singer still fiiine as hell too

[@MiaGloriaFides]

Aaah! Takes me back to the early 90's after returning from Saudi Arabia/Kuwait/Iraq at a place in Maryland called Brandywine jamming to this new band Fuel! One of the greatest sets in a pit! Loooong time ago!

[@xphiles2345]

back when music was good, and MTV played videos, the internet barely existed, there was no autotune (that im aware of), and social media was non-existent

[@fbomb7184]

That was some roller coaster for those guys.

[@SkodaATOM]

Just drove through Kenton, TN yesterday. There are still only two flashing red lights in town

[@MrConstant23.]

I'll add in that it wasn't reported that they tried to get Daughtry. They saw him perform and they were there and they interviewed them on TV and they said that he is exactly what they were looking for and offered him a job right then. Literally on American idol.

[@robpaxson4455]

former Extreme drummer Paul Geary was managing Fuel at the time, and he was the one who asked Daughtry to join

[@CravensTreeService]

Literally just watched the band live at Montage Mountain in PA, they sounded fantastic!!

[@drpiv]

Incredibly underrated and underappreciated.

[@taylorrenee4880]

Remember hearing Shimmer for the first time. 6th grade year at a school dance. Loved this band.

[@JoeyShadowKorn]

Fantastic band, I will always love Fuel, Bad Day is like my go-to on karaoke nights lol

[@fredmiller4110]

105.7 the edge is the radio station in Harrisburg that played shimmer before they got big . It's now 105.7 the x and they still play their music. I grew up in Harrisburg and they were the best music that ever came out of that crap hole of a city .

[@jesterr7133]

"Shimmer" is still one of my favorite songs. They were a great band. It's a shame that things fell apart for them.

[@KANUCHRONICLES]

I’m almost certain I was at the show in NYC when they were signed afterwards. It was at CBGB’s. They were very good for sure. What a story!

[@comicbookchallenges1390]

Something like Human's 'Bad Day' was a huge song in my area.

[@RavenBlaze420]

Fuel was awesome live. I was front row when the singer damn near ripped my arm off an took it with him in hand slap lol

[@Batman12810]

Got lucky enough to see Merle Haggard open for Buckcherry wo opened for Fuel who opened for Kid Rock- the whole show was good but Fuel stood out.

[@RavenBlaze420]

@@anchorpoint3631 hand slap bro

[@billb.7346]

I recently met Carl Bell on the Summer of 99 cruise (Creed Headlined). Chatted for about an hour. Really down to earth and super nice guy. During their show the next day he dedicated Shimmer to me.

[@hooptyhoop7862]

I love Fuel. Sunburn and Something Like Human I still listen to and have listen to them their different incarnations.

[@joshblack4291]

I remember when that one radio station played them before they are it big ..... 105.7 the X. My hometown radio station. They also played Halestorm and Live well before they made it.

[@oknav4421]

DUDE was literally going to ask for you to do this video yesterday! What are the odds

[@calebarnold6746]

I live in West Tennessee I live in the county that Kenton Tennessee is in. Jackson is 15 minutes from me and Brownsville where Brett was from is about 45 minutes from where I am. We have some very good local bands here.