Having emerged blinking into the limelight at the onset of 2009 Twisted Wheel have spent this last year releasing their debut album, touring the UK relentlessly, making friends with critics and fans alike, and all the while consolidating their status as perhaps one of the most incendiary live personas around. Mining the same rich seam as some of the UK's greatest rock n roll bands such as The Clash, The Who and The Jam; and armed with a lyrical intensity to match Mark E Smith at his most pointed, Twisted Wheel are one of Manchester’s bright hopes for 2010.

They signed to Columbia Records in January 2008 and their first single, She's A Weapon, was released in April 2008 to high acclaim by Radio 1's Zane Lowe, NME and Q. Their follow-up record, a five-track EP entitled You Stole The Sun, was released in July 2008.

The band's debut album Twisted Wheel, produced by the highly acclaimed Dave Sardy, was recorded in June 2008 and released on 13 April 2009. The first single from the album, "Lucy The Castle", was released in November 2008, with the follow-up, "We Are Us", released in March 2009.

Twisted Wheel’s live highlights for last year included being chosen as the main support for Oasis, The Enemy and Paul Weller – which have resulted in them being exposed to a massive new audience.

Twisted Wheel’s songs portray the unhinged characters from Manchester street life and they are currently wowing gig goers all across our city and winning rave reviews in the NME. Crazier still, these characters might just be living around the corner from your own doorstep.

"I write about what I know," insists Jonny Brown, singer, between sips of beer in Oldham Street venue Dry Bar. "I'm basically writing about what's on my doorstep. Where I can come from, you can just walk into a pub and meet these nutters. Sheila the dealer, Henry the antiques man... they're all real people. So many bands these days write about themselves and try to present this perception of how cool they are. With my songwriting, I take inspiration from Manchester and the people you meet. I can just walk into a pub and listen to someone's life story. I'm interested in stories and people's lives. Real life excites me so much." 

That much is definitely true. Spend more than ten minutes in the company of Jonny Brown and you'll feel like you've taken ten shots of espresso, and all washed down with a litre of Red Bull. Whilst his Twisted Wheel band mates - Adam Clarke on drums, and Rick Lees on bass - are all collected calm, Jonny is, in his own words, a bit like a "Tazmanian devil". He's like a human alarm bell going off; fidgeting, shifting, observing, texting, digesting his surroundings and wondering where the next song inspiration will come from next.