The Connells

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The Connells
The Connells at the 9:30 Club, Washington on October 2, 1996. Photo: Scott Ellinwood.
Background information
Origin	Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Genres	Alternative rock jangle pop indie rock
Years active	1984–present
Labels	TVT Records, Black Park Records
Members	David Connell Mike Connell Doug MacMillan Steve Potak Mike Ayers Rob Ladd
Past members	John Schultz George Huntley Peele Wimberley Joel Rhodes Steve Ritter Chris Stephenson
Website	www.theconnells.com

The Connells are an American musical group from Raleigh, North Carolina. They play a guitar-oriented, melodic, jangle-pop style of rock music with introspective lyrics that often reflect the history or culture of the American South.

Though the band has released little content since 2001, they never officially broke up and continue to occasionally perform to the present. In the United States, the Connells had three top 10 hits on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart, but they are best known for their song "'74–'75", which was a number one hit in Norway and Sweden in 1995 while reaching the top 10 in a total of 11 European countries.