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CLAY WHEELS

SKATE AND ROCK!!!

About Me

NEWS FLASH! CLAY WHEELS HIT THE PACIFIC NORTH WEST IN APRIL!
Eric Shea is driving Clay Wheels to play in your neck of the woods next weekend. Let's skate! Eric Shea is a man of extraordinary magnitude. We owe Eric Shea our gratitude.
Our friend Haley's birthday is Friday the 13th as well in PDX, so lets have a ball. Good times.
Sat 14th AM @ Clay Wheels rocks the grand opening of the new skatepark in Irrigon, Oregon we play at noon.
Sat 14th PM @ Clay Wheels rocks at the Comet Tavern in Seattle. Show starts at 9 and we're first, please come out early. And don't forget- bring your skate, date and leave the hate at the gate.
Then we drive home. www.myspace.com/claywheels
A power trio in the classic sense with lotsa energy that is derived from skateboarding, hot women and fun times.Clay Wheels music has been featured in ton's of skate videos including: Thrasher's 'Beers,Bowls and Barneys', 'Griptape and Gasoline', 'Fruit of the Vine', 'Northwest','Chlorine', '411 Brazilian Vacation','Skateparks of Oregon', 'Blue Torch TV', etc.The band has played the famous Experience Music Project -'Hey Punk!' festival in Seattle as well as the 'Sound and the Fury' contest in the same city.Clay Wheels have shared the stage with Mudhoney, McRad, Monkeywrench, The Faction, The Adolescents, Agent Orange, Gas Huffer, The Briefs, etc. They have also been know to set off a backyard pool or ramp party as well. The band has new songs and are ready to throw down whenever they get a chance!They love to skate and rawk!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/18/2004
Band Website: supersm.com
Band Members: Ray Stevens II aka "Steve Ravens"-lead bass and vox/Jonny Manak aka "Manny Jonick"-lead guitar and vox/Eric Powers aka "the hamms bear" on lead Drums
Influences: The obvious ones... MC5, The Stooges, The Deadboys, Dick Dale, Man or Astroman, The Ramones, The Saints, New Bomb Turks, The Sonics, The Big Boys, Thin Lizzy, Johnny Thunders(every band he was in), The Beach Boys, Motor Head, Radio Birdman, Circle Jerks, AC/DC, The Hellacopters, Turbo Negro, Fu Manchu, Nebula, Chuck Berry, B.B. King, Little Richard-"THE REAL KING OF ROCK AND ROLL, NOT ELVIS THE THIEF!"I think this is enough, you get the point...
Sounds Like: Dick Dale, meets, the ramones, meets, motor head,meets CLAY WHEELS
Record Label: Black Label Skateboards/Super Speedway Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

AUGUST Northwest road trip

Portland/Seattle Skate and RawkPortland/Seattle Skate and Rawk Trip August 2nd-5th was kill! Wigger and I flew up Thursday morn dropped off by our art pal Vanessa. We landed in PDX and the first thing...
Posted by CLAY WHEELS on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:41:00 PST

CLAY WHEELS/CACTI WIDDERS MARCH 3RD!!Santa Cruz Video premiere @ BLANK CLUB S.J.

Clay Wheels will be rocking the spot on March 3rd for the Santa Cruz Vets Day Skateboard video premiere featuring: Keith Meek, Jason Jesse, Tom Knox and Eric Dressen! (Where's Salba??!) The show is go...
Posted by CLAY WHEELS on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:09:00 PST

SACTO was SICK!

Had a great time last night at the Roadhouse playing the N Men X mas party! Randy Katen took care of us, the sound was kill, the show was bright and sweaty-Jonny killing it on the BLueshawk, Eric was...
Posted by CLAY WHEELS on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

deuce it up, baby!

clay wheels have been deucin' it up lately. the northwest shows were all pretty rad. medford rocked hard, played three encores! portland was outta hand with the slamming pit all age steez moze. and s...
Posted by CLAY WHEELS on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

some shows we have played in s.f.,oakland,san jose

trying to remember all the gigs we played in s.f.,oakland without looking over our meticulous and copius amounts of notes: s.f.-milk bar(hightower,dollyrots),tempest(fruit of the vine premiere),bot...
Posted by CLAY WHEELS on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

thanks www.wheelbyte.com

greg hall set us up again!! putting some new songs and some of his photos up here for all to enjoi thanks for everything!! check out www.wheelbyte.com for hot skate photo and video action!!
Posted by CLAY WHEELS on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

ARTSF show Saturday August 14th

this is a little blurb i got offa some dudes blogness monster-- "CLAY WHEELS rocked a kill show at ARTSF, there were no mike stands so they hung the mikes from the rafters. midway into the set a co...
Posted by CLAY WHEELS on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST