Carolina Liar: Biography

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Genres:

Rock Music, Singer/Songwriter Rock Music

Decades Active:

2000's

The story of Carolina Liar is almost like the script to a Hollywood movie about the music industry. At the center of the group is Charleston, SC native Chad Wolf. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, Wolf fell under the spell of New Wave through his older sister's record collection. At the age of 22, he relocated to Los Angeles, CA, earning a living doing whatever odd jobs he could (which included being an extra in a Celine Dion video), eventually landing an internship with songwriter Diane Warren, who helped Wolf refine and sharpen his writing skills. The story might have ended there if Wolf hadn't agreed to house sit for a friend who just happened to know famed Swedish record producer Max Martin. Martin heard one of Wolf's songs and asked to hear more and soon Wolf found himself in Stockholm recording an album with one of Europe's biggest pop producers and backed by an allSwedish band of Jim Almgren Gandara on guitar, Johan Carlsson on keyboards, Rickard Goransson on guitar, Max Grahn on drums and Erik Haager on bass. Christened Carolina Liar, the band, with Wolf handling lead vocals, released a debut album, Coming to Terms, on Atlantic Records in 2008.

- Steve Leggett, All Music Guide