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Toad the Wet Sprocket in 2014 Background information Origin, US Genres Years active 1986–1998, 2002, 2006–present Labels, Abe's Records Website Members Past members Steve Brown Toad the Wet Sprocket is an American band formed in 1986. The band consists of vocalist and guitarist, guitarist, bassist, and drummer. They had chart success in the 1990s with singles which included ', ', ', ', and '. The band broke up in 1998 to pursue other projects but in 2006, began touring the as a band again for short run tours each summer in small venues. In December 2010, the band announced their official reunion as a full-time working band and started writing songs for their first studio album of new material since their 1997 release,. Their most recent full-length album, was released on October 15, 2013.
Contents. History Name origin Toad the Wet Sprocket took its name from a comedy sketch called 'Rock Notes' in which a journalist delivers a nonsensical music news report: Rex Stardust, lead electric with Toad the Wet Sprocket, has had to have an elbow removed following their recent successful worldwide tour of. Flamboyant ambidextrous Rex apparently fell off the back of a. 'Fell off the back of a motorcyclist, most likely,' quipped ace drummer Jumbo McClooney upon hearing of the accident. Plans are now afoot for a major tour of.
As their first gig approached, the band still had not chosen a name. The members facetiously adopted 'Toad the Wet Sprocket' because they thought it would be 'hilarious.' Vocalist Glen Phillips later called it 'a joke that went on too long,' and, according to their website, 'it was probably meant to be temporary at the time.' The name had been used once before, by a short-lived British blues band of the late 1970s that had appeared on the 1980 compilation, although the earlier band had long since split up., the sketch's original performer, reflected on the band's name in a 1999 performance: I once wrote a sketch about rock musicians, and I was trying to think of a name that would be so silly nobody would ever use it, or dream it could ever be used. So I wrote the words 'Toad the Wet Sprocket'. And a few years later, I was driving along the freeway in L.A., and a song came on the radio, and the DJ said, 'that was by Toad the Wet Sprocket,' and I nearly drove off the freeway.
There was also an extended skit about the fictional Toad the Wet Sprocket on one of Idle's later shows, (Season 1, Episode 4, 'Rutland Weekend Whistle Test'). RWT musician and regular cast member, ex- and ', played keyboards with the somnolent band. Early career (1986–1990) Toad the Wet Sprocket was formed in 1986, with the members having known one another from just outside. Singer/songwriter and guitarist Glen Phillips was only 15, guitarist Todd Nichols and drummer Randy Guss were 19 (the other drummer, Steve Brown, was part of the band before the band was truly formed) and bassist Dean Dinning was 20. The band's first public appearance was at an open-mic talent contest in September 1986. The band did not win.
Toad the Wet Sprocket's first album was released in 1989. Was self-financed through their label, Abe's Records. The album spawned the singles 'Way Away' and 'One Little Girl', which made the, but received little attention. The follow-up to Bread & Circus, was released in 1990 and saw Toad the Wet Sprocket's sound mature. During the recording of the album, the band signed to while declining the opportunity to re-record Pale, but negotiating to have reissue.
Featuring the singles 'Jam' and the Modern Rock Chart hit 'Come Back Down', the album was still not a success, but the singles received heavy airplay on college radio stations. The band's first music video (for 'One Little Girl') was directed by and aired on 's. Commercial breakthrough (1991–1998) Toad the Wet Sprocket finally achieved fame with their third album,. It was released in 1991, and saw the singles ' and ' reach the top 20 of the. The album became the band's first. In 1993, the feature film included the song 'Brother' on its soundtrack. 'Brother' later appeared on the compilation album, as well as on the 2004 release of the live album Welcome Home: Live at the Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara 1992.
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In 1994, after years of heavy touring, Toad the Wet Sprocket released, their follow-up to. This album spawned the hit singles ', which reached No. 1 on the U.S.
Modern Rock charts, as well as No. 5 on the Mainstream Rock chart, and 'Something's Always Wrong', which also charted. Like fear, this album was certified platinum by the. A compilation album of and rarities, was released in 1995; it included the singles ', which was featured on the soundtrack for the television show, as well as the aforementioned 'Brother'. The compilation was certified as a in 2001. The release of in 1997 acted as the proper follow up to 1994's Dulcinea. Featuring a more electric, rock sound, it featured the Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock hit ', as well as the singles 'Crazy Life' (a previous recording of the song was featured on the soundtrack for the film ) and 'Whatever I Fear', which did not chart.
The album, despite the success of 'Come Down' as a single, failed to reach any sales benchmarks. This failure is often attributed to the label doing a poor job of promoting the album.
Toad the Wet Sprocket formally broke up in July 1998, citing creative differences. Post-breakup and reunions (1998–2008) Toad the Wet Sprocket, though officially broken up since 1998, worked together off and on over the years. They performed on several occasions in 1999, although only short sets. Also in 1999, Phillips, Dinning, and Guss recorded two studio tracks for a compilation release, P.S.
A Toad Retrospective, including one of the first songs the band wrote together, 'P.S.' Nichols declined to participate in these sessions and was replaced by Lapdog guitarist Rob Taylor. Toad the Wet Sprocket temporarily reunited in late 2002, playing a benefit for the Rape Crisis Center in Santa Barbara and opening a few shows for. The group then played a few months of full-length shows in early 2003. Although seemingly successfulat the end of the tour the band decided to continue on their separate paths and careers.
In 2004, the band released an album of a live show that was put to tape in 1992. This album, Welcome Home: Live at The Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara 1992, showcased the height of their popularity during the tour for fear. In between 2004 and 2010, Toad the Wet Sprocket performed several short sets together. In the summer of 2006, the band reunited for a 34-date nationwide tour of the United States. During the summer of 2007, they played several shows with lead singer Glen Phillips serving as their opening act.
On January 16, 2008, the band reunited once again to play two shows - one in, then the next night at the prior to joining The Rock Boat VIII. On January 25, 2008, the band played a set at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival in.
On June 11-12, 2008, they played in and New Jersey at the and, respectively. On June 14, 2008, they played at the 27th annual Alexandria Red Cross Waterfront Festival. On June 15, 2008, the band performed at The Norva in. One of the show's highlights was the band performing Glen Phillip's solo hit 'Everything But You'. On December 19, 2008, Toad the Wet Sprocket performed on at the Canyon Club in.
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In May 2009, they played a four show mini-tour, including two nights at the intimate 400 seat venue in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and also in an outdoor venue at Neptunes Park in. Continuing throughout the 2009 summer, the group played a second 12-stop mini tour, which started with a show at the House of Blues in. During the show, the band noted that it had been some time since they had played a venue in Texas.
However, noting the positive crowd response and energetic atmosphere, Philips stated that the group 'would try to make it an annual stop' in the future. Full-time reunion, return to recording, and New Constellation (2009–present) In 2009, bassist Dean Dinning said Toad the Wet Sprocket was now something each member considered an active project, and though they had not released a new studio album since 1997 and only did small summer tours, they no longer considered themselves 'broken up'. In May 2010, the band gathered at a California studio to begin re-recording some of their older hits for licensing reasons. Columbia Records owns the masters to the band's albums. Therefore, the band makes little money from them, so to be able to make a living off their own talent again, they made these re-recordings with the goal of having them used in film and TV.
On December 7, 2010, Toad the Wet Sprocket released their first new studio track in 11 years. The holiday track 'It Doesn't Feel Like Christmas', a cover of a original, was posted on their official site, available via, for free download just in time for the holidays, along with a new message on their site: 'We're that band that did 'Walk on the Ocean', 'All I Want', 'Something's Always Wrong', and 'Fall Down'.
The one with the weird name. We're back from a long slumber and look forward to saying hello some time.
Keep in touch' The band had recently signed a deal with Primary Wave to handle their back catalog and any future releases, and on December 11, 2010, the band mentioned, both on stage and in an offstage interview, that they are currently writing songs for their first new studio album since 1997's Coil. In addition, they began playing two new songs, 'Friendly Fire' and 'The Moment', which were being worked on for the new album.
On April 12, 2011, Toad the Wet Sprocket released a new greatest hits album titled All You Want in digital and disc form via their official website. The 11-track CD includes brand new studio versions of their hits. The band does not have access to some of the versions they did for Columbia Records in the '90s. However, they did regain full control of the songs from their first two albums, and they planned to re-release them in remastered form on their own label, Abe's Records, following the release of their upcoming studio album.
On March 22, 2013, it was announced via Toad the Wet Sprocket's page that recording of the new album had been completed. The album was produced and mixed by at Revolver Studios in. On June 5, 2013, the band announced the first new single in 16 years on Rolling Stone's website titled 'New Constellation'. An was released on the band's own Abe's Records on October 15, 2013. The band marketed the new album via the website. The band initially set a fundraising goal of $50,000, expecting it to take about two months to raise that amount.
Instead, fans contributed more than $50,000 in less than 20 hours. When the Kickstarter campaign finally came to a close, they raised a total of $264,762. In 2014, Toad the Wet Sprocket resumed touring and opened a number of shows for. They showcased some of the new material from New Constellation, the Kickstarter-funded album, including 'California Wasted' and the album's title track while playing a number of their earlier hits. During summer 2015, the band went on tour with fellow '90s acts and. The band released an called on June 16, 2015. Associated acts Glen Phillips' solo career Immediately after the July breakup in 1998, Glen Phillips began his own solo career.
He has toured almost constantly up to the present time, usually just him and his guitar, but often with regular guest musicians. He has a close friendship with the members of, and they often perform together; they recorded a studio album called in 2000, released in 2004. In addition to that collaboration, Phillips has released three solo studio albums: (2000), (2005), and (2006), along with a live album, Live At Largo (2003). Also, in spring 2006, Phillips released a studio EP titled Unlucky 7, featuring outtakes from his 'Winter Pays For Summer' studio sessions (and one track, 'The Innocent', from his scrapped 2002 'Tornillo' album). In February 2008, he released another EP entitled Secrets of the New Explorers, consisting of six songs inspired by private space travel. In March 2008, Phillips and, which includes and of Nickel Creek, finished mixing their WPA album, which was released on August 28, 2009.
Phillips also released a self-titled EP with his side project Plover, which features Nielson Hubbard and Garrison Starr, and a full-length album for his project Remote Tree Children titled Veteran Of The Loudness Wars. In December 2010, as a bit of a Christmas gift to his fans, Phillips finally made his unreleased 2002 album Tornillo available via his page. Lapdog In the late 1990s, Nichols and Dinning formed a new band called. They recorded and released the studio album Near Tonight (2001), and toured minimally.
After this, Dinning quit the band to split his time between recording and producing local music and pursuing his acting career. Guss joined Lapdog as their drummer.
Again, Lapdog recorded and released an album, called Mayfly (2002). Nichols has since ended Lapdog and is focusing on writing songs along with Dinning in for country acts, and producing bands at his studio, Abe's, in Los Angeles. A Lapdog song, 'See You Again', appears in revamped/revised form on Toad the Wet Sprocket's New Constellation album under the title 'I'll Bet On You'.
Band members. Current members. – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, mandolin, keyboards (1986–present). – lead guitar, backing vocals, mandolin (1986–present). – bass, backing vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitar (1986–present). – drums, backing vocals (1986–present) Former members. Steve Brown – drums (1986) Touring members.
Bruce Winter – keyboards, backing vocals (1992). – keyboards (1994, 1996). – keyboards, backing vocals, rhythm guitar, mandolin, lap steel guitar (2011–present) Session members. Rob Taylor – lead guitar on 'Eyes Open Wide' from (1999) Discography. Main article:.
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(1989). (1990). (1991). (1994). (1997). (2013) Other media appearances Toad the Wet Sprocket's songs have been used in the soundtracks of over a dozen movies and episodes of television series.
'Little Heaven' is featured in the film (1992) and the accompanying soundtrack release,. 'Brother' is featured in the 1993 film. 'Fall Down' is featured in the 1994 film and in a November 1994 episode of the TV series ('Other People's Mothers'). 'Crazy Life' is on the soundtrack, which was released in August 1995. 'Something's Always Wrong' is featured in the 1996 film, starring, and. 'Windmills' is featured in the final scene of the 2003 film and in the season 4 episode 'My Roommates' of the TV series.
The band has three cover songs on compilation albums: 's ', featured in the album; ' ', featured in the soundtrack; and ', featured in the album. 'Walk On The Ocean' is featured in the 2013 film, starring Ashton Kutcher. The band wrote a song titled 'One of Those Days', which will be featured in the upcoming animated film. The band will be featured in the upcoming tribute album, covering 'Nothing Can Stop My Love'. References. Fuoco-Karasinski, Christina (April 12, 2011).
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External links. —fan site; updated sporadically; complete lyrics listing; site was hacked recently and doesn't seem to have been updated in over a year. Archived website along with most content is available on the. fansite detailing the travels of the fear gold record among fans. Live recordings by at the. —fan site; complete lyrics, with guitar tabs and news. —Glen Phillips travels Europe for 'almost a year' with his complete nuclear family.
He writes of his family's travels here. (Reference from ).