Hotwire (band)


Hotwire was an American alternative metal band from Newbury Park, California.

History

Hotwire's members met at Newbury Park High School. After recording demos, they began opening for Will Haven, Strife, Hoobastank, and Audiovent but also garnered large support at the Troubadour in Los Angeles with an extended residency spanning six months. After signing with RCA Records in December 2000, they continued to tour taking slots supporting such diverse acts as Mogwai, Ben Harper, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Björk, Darkest Hour, Bloodlet, Wu-Tang Clan, Poison The Well, Killswitch Engage, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Atreyu. They released a four-track EP in 2002 before issuing their full-length album, The Routine in the summer of 2003. They followed the release of the album with a slot on the Ozzfest tour that year as well as making time for the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan. A single from the album, "Not Today", became a minor success on American rock radio, peaking at No. 40 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. The band broke up soon after the Ozzfest tour despite accumulating much new material, citing both mismanagement of funds by their management and personal reasons.

Members

Gabriel, Rus and Brian are now under Coming Home Records and all participate in their respective projects.
Gabriel also owns Everyday Heaven recording studio.

Discography

There was also a never released version of The Routine album, which was recorded during sessions in 2001/2002 and was to be released in 2002. The release of this version of the album was canceled because of creative differences between the label, producer and the Band's creative vision. Only four songs from this record later appeared on the Band's releases:
All other songs were turned down and whole album was re-recorded in late 2002 with different track list and then released in 2003.

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