Carl Bell and Jeff Abercrombie grew up as boyhood friends in a small Western Tennessee town. Growing up without television in a "two stop light" town, Bell's primary entertainment as a teenager was listening to the 500 vinyl albums his older brother won from a Memphis radio station. Although both boys started out playing guitar, Abercrombie jokes that Bell slyly convinced him to play the bass "'cause it was cooler." In a town so small that …showed first 75 words of 323 total…

…showed last 75 words of 323 total…Porcelain, local radio stations immediately jumped on an early version of "Shimmer," garnering the band early airplay, sold-out gigs, positive press and the attention of record companies. Shortly after a gig at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, Fuel was signed to 550 Music. At the same time, drummer Kevin Miller befriended Bell, Scallions, and Abercrombie while playing with another East Coast band. After recording Sunburn with an outside session drummer, Fuel approached Miller to join them.