There are some bands that, despite making more than one record, can only be remembered for their first album. Even though they may exist today and even be recording new albums, they’re only good for the point in time when you first heard them. Greenwheel is one of those bands. I first heard today’s song at least as long ago as 2001 and maybe even 2000 on the local college station. It finally saw official release on their 2002 debut Soma Holiday. The album had some other great tracks such as the opener “Shelter” which was featured on the Spiderman soundtrack. There was also the first single “Breathe” which was a great modern rock tune that was later covered by Melissa Etheridge. It always ticked me off a little that she got so much radio play from that song when Greenwheel actually wrote it and their version was ten times better. The band released an EP in 2006 and has since changed their name to Go Van Gogh. I haven’t heard their new stuff and probably won’t because Greenwheel are only good as what they’re good for: one of those bands that only needed to exist for one album. Greenwheel - "Dim Halo"
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