Adapted from wiki:-
“18 Wheeler were a Scottish rock band active in the 1990s, consisting of Sean Jackson (vocals, guitar), David Keenan (guitar, vocals), Alan Hake (bass), and Neil Halliday (drums). Original bassist Chris Stewart left before any recordings were made, and was replaced by original drummer Hake.
Keenan left in 1994 to start his own group, the Telstar Ponies and was replaced by guitarist Steven Haddow.(Keenan would, in later life, become an acclaimed novelist and writer).
It was in 1994 that 18 Wheeler released their first album Twin Action on Creation Records, with its follow-up, Formanka, appearing the following year.
Their third album, Year Zero, which saw them take a more experimental sample-based approach, was released in March 1997. One of its tracks, Stay, was remixed and took them into the charts for the first and only time, reaching #59. Creation would drop the band before a fourth album was finalised.”
It should be noted that 18 Wheeler were the band the headline band at King Tut’s in Glasgow in May 1993 with Oasis being the little-known support act whom Creation boss Alan McGee got very excited by.
mp3: 18 Wheeler – Crabs
This is the only track I have of theirs, courtesy of it being on the compilation CD Indie Top 20: Volume 23, issued by Beechwood Music in 1996. It didn’t encourage me to explore further.
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
A band that I own nothing by but have seen live a few times as support to other bands. Heavily hyped on the closed-circuit Glasgow scene they never caught my attention in a live setting – there seemed little point in exploring further. I have no regrets.
Flimflamfan
Keenan’s This Is Memorial Device might be one of the best novels written about a provincial small-town indie music scene (albeit that’s a very niche genre). 18 Wheeler though sound like generic landfill indie typical of the 90s scene.
chaval
I picked up Formanka in a charity shop in Troon.
It is of its time but worth a listen
https://charitychicmusic.blogspot.com/2023/06/formanka.html?m=1
Thanks CC. I had a feeling the album would have previously shown up on your place…….
Read Tom Hingley’s autobiography. He suggests that it wasn’t coincidental when McGee famously seen Oasis support 18 Wheeler, and decided to sign them on the spot. Apparently (according to Hingley) McGee had been made aware of them a while earlier and turned up to the gig to watch and sign them. When I pointed out to McGee on Twitter what Hingley said in his book, McGee blocked me. Make of that what you will. But for some reason I actually believe Hingley.
Paul McLaughlan