About Me
WHEEL IS A TRIED AND TRUE COLORADO ROCK BAND WITH TWO SUCCESSFUL LIVE ALBUMS AND A STRONG FAN BASE. Wheel has opened for Lionvibes, Whitesarr, Black Rhyno, and headlined for The Packway Handle Band. Nick Pants is the driving force of Wheel. Nick's previous touring band, Gracious Grooves, opened for The Telluride Bluegrass Festival and opened for bands; Drumz & Tuba, Carlos Washington, and Little Hercules. Known for his signature guitar riffs and timeless vocals, he led Apex, Junkyard Union, Bushmen, Gold Water Kings, Nick Pants Band, and now Wheel. WHEEL plays a mix of many different styles including, friendly funk, jazz, rock, rap, blues, bluegrass, reggae, dancehall, samba, latin, pop, and punk...MEAN GUITAR BAND...DEEP DANCE RHYTHYMS. Shane Trout is from Seattle and is the backbone of Wheel. Trout has opened for Dave Mathews, and has sat in for many professional jazz and rock bands including Al Grey, John Clayton, Ingred Jensen, and Chak-a-kahn. Trout was also the touring drummer for Jill Cohn. Wheel hired acoustic phenom Ryan Clay two years ago. After fifteen years of playing guitar, RC has now found his groove with Wheel by bringing super-solid classical strums and chukkas. On bass guitar and vocals, Kevin "money" Mahoney. KMo adds his signature with beautiful backing harmonies and an unmatched bass-bone timing. Money has played a wide range of music and styles with several bands- Lionvibes, The Williams Brothers Band, Queen Alicia, Manic-kyn, Gold Water Kings and Bushmen. Watch out for Kmo when he gets dancing. JBALL Fischer plays congas/djembe/doumbek and everything in between. He has opened for Israel Vibration, The Itals, Sister Carol, Don Carlos, Eek-a-Mouse, The Meditations, Andrew Tosh, Yami Bolo, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and John Waitt. JBALL is also currently a key player in Lion Vibes, Pato Banton's backing band, and owns and operates J2 Rhythm Center in Boulder, Colorado. Check out Wheel's show history link on this page to see where they frequently play. IF YOU BELIEVE IN THIS BAND, GO NOW TO www.sellaband.com/wheel AND BECOME A PART OF THEIR STUDIO ALBUM!!
