Taken from the band's press kit..

In the early 90's, Mike Smithers started playing with friends Don Coffey and John Davis in a Knoxville band called Punchwagon.

While Mike was away for a stint in the naval reserve, John and Don started Superdrag. Upon returning, Mike started 30 Amp Fuse in his basement with other local players, taking their name from the link in the house's electrical circuit that couldn't keep pace with their amplifier's demands.

When Don took some of Mike's tapes to San Francisco indie label Darla Records, the label jumped at the chance to put out a 30 Amp Fuse product. During a break in Superdrag's schedule, Mike, Don, and John spent 3 days and $800.00 recording what would become the first 30 Amp Fuse album, Wind-Up. The record was an overwhelming sucess, earning foaming reviews in Alternative Press("every song's a fastball down the heart of the plate"), and Maximum Rock-N-Roll ("one of the year's best releases for sure"). Several well received singles followed.

While on the raod with Superdrag, Mike met the manager of the Descendents, who suggested that the band's Bill Stevenson and Stephen Edgerton produce the next 30 Amp Fuse album, which became Saturday Night at the Atomic Speedway. The results speak for themselves, loudly. The songs are simple, forceful, and resolutly melodic -- even the sad songs sound exuberant. The lyrics are sometimes personal, some times form other points of view, but always honest. Tracks range from the scenester satire of "Punk Virtuoso" to the anger and hurt of "Sleeping with the Enemy," from the pretty infatuation of "All Day Afternoon" to the bitter regret of "Perfect Hindsight" and the thrilling power of "Tilt-A-Whirl." It's a sound that is absolutely familiar, yet refreshingly unique in the increasing sterile world of punk-pop.

It also puts 30 Amp Fuse firmly in the same class of the great rock and roll bands from whom they draw their inspiration. Listen and see for yourself -- you may not find a hookier, more pleasurable album this year.