Wolfie

• Formed: 1996
• Genres: Rock
• Representative Songs: "Mockhouse", "Buying an Engine", "Yeah Yeah You

Biography

Another product of the indie-pop hotbed of Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, Wolfie's origins date to the fall of 1991, when bassist/singer Joe Ziemba and singer/guitarist Mike Downey first met while attending high school together. Despite common musical interests, both played in separate bands for the next few years, with Downey soon joining drummer R.J. Porter in Plain Jane; at age 17, Ziemba also issued a self-released solo tape called Slackjawed. In 1995, he recruited both Downey and Porter to perform live in a band also called Slackjawed; originally a one-off project, the trio ended up releasing a pair of home recordings, with Downey also issuing the solo cassette A Fire Breathing Dinosaur by Tim. In late 1996 Ziemba's girlfriend, singer/keyboardist Amanda Lyons, joined the group, and with her arrival the quartet rechristened themselves Wolfie; debuting a year later with the single "Don't Turn It Off," in 1998 they released the effervescent full-length Awful Mess Mystery. Where's Wolfie followed in the spring of 1999; a year later, the group moved to the Kindercore label to issue the EP Wolfie, and the Coat and the Hat. The full-length Tall Dark Hill followed in 2001. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

Where's Wolfie Buy this CD	Tall Dark Hill Buy this CD	Tall Dark Hill [Bonus Tracks] Buy this CD	Heavy Lady Buy this CD	Wolfie, and The Coat and Hat Buy this CD
You're Lucky I'm Skinny Buy this CD	Mockhouse Buy this CD	Awful Mess Mystery Buy this CD	Don't Turn It Off Buy this CD

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