Original sentence: After a few singles for Epic, the group recorded an album that Epic Records released in 1968.Fuse disbanded around 1972.Fuse formed around 1966 or 1967, and was the first professional band for both Nielsen and Petersson.Fuse was a band fronted by Stewkey, ex-singer with the Nazz.Nielsen plays keyboards and guitar, and has nothing good to say about the album:.The band has also included Thom Mooney, also ex-Nazz, and Tom Petersson and Rick Nielsen, later with Cheap Trick.Their first release was a single for Smack Records of "Hound Dog" (backed with "Cruising for Burgers")
Edited sentence: A single is recorded on Smack Records with the tunes "Hound Dog" and "Crusin for Burgers".Band manager Ken Adamany tries to get the interest of record companies.Chip Greenman's website at www.Epic executives rush the band into Columbia Studios in the fall and in a matter of a few weeks the album is recorded, which is released early 1970.FUSE was born in Rockford, in 1967, when Rick Nielsen proposed the merging of two local bands: "The Grim Reapers" headed up by himself with Joe Sundberg and "Toast and Jam" consisting of Chip Greenman, Craig Myers and Tom Petersson.Fuse disbanded in 1971.In 1969 the band plays in Chicago and is signed by EPIC Records.It remains the only album, as a year later things with FUSE start falling apart and that's the end of the band.Nielsen has nothing good to say about the album:.The line-up is: Rick Nielsen on keyboards and guitar, Joe Sundberg on vocals, Tom Peterson on bass, Craig Myers on lead guitar and Chip Greenman on drums.Tom Petersson and Rick Nielsen later formed Cheap Trick