Hell on Wheels (disambiguation)
Hell on Wheels is originally a phrase describing the collection of business locations, such as gambling houses, which followed the builders of the American transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
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Hell on Wheels
The phrase "Hell on Wheels" was originally used to describe the itinerant collection of flimsily assembled gambling houses, dance halls, saloons, and brothels that followed the army of Union Pacific railroad workers westward as they constructed the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1860s North America. The huge numbers of wage-earning young men working in what was a remote wilderness, far from the constraints of home, proved to be a lucrative opportunity for those with expertise at separating such men from their money. As the end of the line continually moved westward, Hell on Wheels followed along, reconstructing itself on the outskirts of each town that became, in turn, the center of activity for the Union Pacific's construction work.
Etymology
One early documentation of the use of the term "Hell on Wheels" to describe the phenomenon was by Springfield, Massachusetts Republican newspaper editor Samuel Bowles.
In popular culture
John Ford's silent film The Iron Horse (1924) portrayed an idealized image of Hell on Wheels.
Hell on Wheels (band)
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Hell on Wheels is an indie rockband from Sweden. The band was formed in the autumn of 1994 and soon established themselves. Hell on Wheels first release was the Power bubbles blown by big bitch 7" single on the Make it Happen label. The first full length album called There is a Generation of Handicapped People to Carry on was released in 2001, followed by Oh my god! What have I done? in 2003. 2006 saw the release of Hell on Wheels third album entitled the Odd Church.
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Hell on Wheels
ALBUMS
- The Odd Church released: 2006
- Oh My God! What Have I Done? released: 2003
- There Is a Generation of Handicapped People to Carry On released: 2001
There Is a Generation of Handicapped People to Carry On
Released 2001- Having Ones Luggage Labelled
- The Soda
- Eagle Wings as Filtered Through Pigeon Shit
- What Is the Influence
- Power Bubbles Blown by Big Bitch
- The Spell to Stiff Lighning
- Blinded by the Light
- If I Could Hear Your Heart
- People to Carry
- All My Efforts (Are Wasted on You)
- The Bullring of Free Trade
- Ontario Is Babylon
- Nemozob
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by Darkbuster
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by Acid
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by The Clarks
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by Cinderella
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by Bruce Dickinson
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by Betty Blowtorch
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by Hell On Wheels
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by Steeldrivers
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by Clarks
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by Brantley Gilbert
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by Hell On Wheels
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by Fu ManChu
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by Cher
Hell On Wheels
by: DarkbusterCher
Prisoner (1980)
Hell On Wheels
Well I'm hell on wheels I'm a roll on mama
I can slide down places that you never knew
Try me on for size at the roll-a-rama
If you tie my laces and I'll follow you
Follow you follow you
CHORUS:
See something I like, gonna go for it
See something I want, I'm gonna go after it
See something I like, gonna go for it
See something I want
Let's roll hell on wheels let's roll
Come on and roll with me
I roll at a quarter till three yeah
And let's rock hell on wheels let's rock
Come on and rock it with me
I'll make you feel so free yeah, Look out
Well I'm hell on wheels say I'm roller crazy
I won't go too fast no I won't go too far
We'll be high on wheel if the room gets hazy
Just look out for me I'm your guiding star
Guiding star, guiding star
See something you like, better go for it
See something you want, better get down on it
See something you like, better go for it
See something you want
Let's roll hell on wheels let's roll
Come on and roll with me
I roll at a quarter till three yeah
And let's rock hell on wheels let's rock
Come on and rock it with me
I'll make you feel so free yeah, look out
If you see something you like, you better go for it
If you see something you want, you better get down on it
If I see something I like, I'm gonna go for it
If I see something I want
You know I'm gonna get down on it
Well I'm hell on wheels I'm a roll on mama
I can slide down places that you never knew
Try me on for size at the roll-a-rama
If you tie my laces and I'll follow you
Follow you follow you
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