Carolina Liar

Carolina Liar
Background information
Origin	South Carolina, United States
Genres	Alternative rock, indie rock
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Atlantic Maratone
Website	www.carolinaliar.com
Members
Chad Wolf Rickard Göransson Johan Carlsson Peter Carlsson
Past members
Jim Almgren Gândara Erik Hääger Max Grahn

Carolina Liar is a Swedish alternative rock band. Lead vocalist Chad Wolf is originally from Charleston, South Carolina, but the band and most of its members originate from Sweden.^[1]

The band is best known for the songs "I'm Not Over", and "Show Me What I'm Looking For" from their 2008 major label debut album Coming to Terms, produced by legendary Swedish producer Max Martin.

On March 3, 2009, the single "Show Me What I'm Looking For" was featured on the iTunes Music Store as the Free Single of the Week. "Show Me What I'm Looking For" also appeared in FOX Sport's commercials for the 2009 MLB All-Star Game. In Australia, promotion has already begun on radio & television for the bands' third forthcoming single "Beautiful World". A release date has not yet been confirmed.

"Show Me What I’m Looking For" and "Open The Door" will be featured in commercials for Investigation Discovery’s new show, Disappeared. "Show Me What I’m Looking for" will also be featured in promo spots for WEtv’s The Locator.

Carolina Liar also played as a warm up band for Rob Thomas while he was playing in New York City at the Beacon Theater, and the rest of the stops on his Cradlesong Tour.

Band members

Current members

• Chad Wolf: Vocals and guitar
• Rickard Göransson: Guitar
• Johan Carlsson: Keyboards
• Peter Carlsson: Drums and percussion

Past members

• Jim Almgren Gândara: Guitar (2007–2009)
• Erik Hääger: Bass guitar (2007–2009)
• Max Grahn: Drums and percussion (2007–2009)

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US [2]	US Rock [3]	US Heat [4]
2008	Coming to Terms Released: May 19, 2008 Label: Atlantic Records, Maratone AB	140	43	3
2011	Wild Blessed Freedom Released: September 27, 2011 Label: Maratone AB	—	—	8

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions									Album
		US [5]	US Alt [6]	US Adult [7]	AUS [8]	DNK [9]	GER [10]	IRL [11]	NLD [12]	UK [13]
2008	"I'm Not Over"	119	3	—	28	—	—	—	—	—	Coming to Terms
	"Show Me What I'm Looking For"	67	28	8	—	28	93	6	74	31
2009	"Beautiful World"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	"Drown"	—	—	37	—	—	—	—	—	—	Wild Blessed Freedom
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Appearances

• Jimmy Kimmel Live! (June 12, 2008)^[14]
• 90210 (February 3, 2009, US) (April 27, 2009, UK)^[15]
• MTV Spanking New Session (June 23, 2009)^[16]
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show (May 6, 2009)^[17]
• BalconyTV Hamburg (Sept 08, 2009)^[18]
• Die Oliver Pocher Show (March 12, 2010)^[19]
• "BETA Records TV " (November 10, 2009)^[20]

Appearances in popular culture

• "I'm Not Over" found itself in the fourth episode of the first season The Vampire Diaries.

• "Beautiful World" appeared in the first season finale of the hit teen drama Gossip Girl.

• "California Bound" was used in the pilot episode of the show 90210. The band later guest starred on the episode "Help Me Rhonda", performing "Show Me What I'm Looking For" and "I'm Not Over".

• "Coming to Terms" was used to promote the sixth season of the show One Tree Hill. The songs "When You Are Near" and "Simple Life" were later used in the show.

• "I'm Not Over" was used in the soundtrack of UEFA Euro 2008, King of the Hill, 10 Things I Hate About You, What Happens in Vegas, Harper's Island, and Greek.

• "Last Night", "California Bound", and "Beautiful World" were used in the teen drama Greek.

• "I'm Not Over" was used in a promotion for the 2009 World Series.

• "Show Me What I'm Looking For" was used in the soundtrack or promotion of Overstock.com, Post Grad, 90210, Obsessed, the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, The Time Traveler's Wife, The T.O. Show, Army Wives, WarioWare, Inc., Kyle XY, and Off The Map.

• "Show Me What I'm Looking For" was used in American Idol season 9.

• "Show Me What I'm Looking For" was also used in VH1's Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew.

• "Show Me What I'm Looking For" was performed by Taylor Mathews during the fifth season semifinals of America's Got Talent. He later advanced to the finals.

• "Show Me What I'm Looking For" was the backbone of the promotional campaign for the emotional and ironically appropriate show, "The Locator," on WE tv, in both 2009 and 2010.

References

1. ^ "Artist Biography - Carolina Liar". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/bio/index.jsp?pid=982671. Retrieved 2008-09-15. 
2. ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/carolina-liar/chart-history/982671?f=305&g=Albums. Retrieved September 12, 2010. 
3. ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History - Rock Albums". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/carolina-liar/chart-history/982671?f=408&g=Albums. Retrieved September 12, 2010. 
4. ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/carolina-liar/chart-history/982671?f=324&g=Albums. Retrieved September 12, 2010. 
5. ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History - Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/carolina-liar/chart-history/982671?f=379&g=Singles. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 
6. ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History - Alternative Songs". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/carolina-liar/chart-history/982671?f=377&g=Singles. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 
7. ^ "Carolina Liar Album & Song Chart History - Adult Pop Songs". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/carolina-liar/chart-history/982671?f=343&g=Singles. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 
8. ^ "australian-charts.com - Australian charts portal". Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Carolina+Liar. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 
9. ^ "danishcharts.com - Danish charts portal". Hung Medien. http://danishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Carolina+Liar. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 
10. ^ MTV.de
11. ^ "irishcharts.com - Irish charts portal". Hung Medien. http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Carolina+Liar. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 
12. ^ "dutchcharts.nl - Dutch charts portal". Hung Medien. http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Carolina+Liar. Retrieved July 30, 2011. 
13. ^ "Chart Stats - Carolina Liar". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=12320. Retrieved 2010-02-13. 
14. ^ Carolina Liar
15. ^ IMDb.com
16. ^ MTV.co.uk
17. ^ Carolina Liar on The Ellen DeGeneres Show
18. ^ Balconytv.com
19. ^ SAT1.de
20. ^ Youtube.com

External links

• Official website