User:RobVanWinkle/Two Wheel Eel

Two Wheel Eel is an American Rock group from New Jersey. Johnny Renken started playing guitar at seven years old. He grew up in Queens NY, moved to NJ and attended Parsippany High School. After playing lead guitar with many garage bands during high school, Johnny landed a job at the age of 18 with rock band Blacksmith touring the tri-state area club and college circuit for a few years. With the intense desire to have his own original band, Johnny left Blacksmith and started a band called "The Tilt" later to become "Second Coming." Under the production and management of Ron Johnsen who had worked with Kiss, Billy Squire, Carol King, The Troggs and other great artists in the early days. Ron almost got the group signed to RCA Records. Unfortunately without major label support, the group soldiered on in search of new vocalist front man. They started over again with the same great rhythm section, Allen Paul on bass and Tony Rock on drums. When Johnny and Allen went to a Mount Holly NJ studio to record the song "Waiting for You" they met British vocalist Jon Dunmore and the beginning of Two Wheel Eel had been born.

2010 - New Label
After being signed to a major label, EM Records, the band released their first full length self-titled studio album on both Amazon.com and iTunes, which became available in January of 2009. A full studio album consisting of their work with Ron Johnsen is scheduled to be released sometime in 2011.

Style and Influences
The Two Wheel Eel sound is purely rock, with heavy, grooving bass rhythms.

Discography

 * 2009 - Two Wheel Eel
 * 2011 - Second Coming: The Early Years (Announced)