| Toadies | |
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Toadies performing at the White Rabbit in San Antonio, Texas |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Keller, Texas, USA |
| Genres | Alternative rock Grunge post-grunge |
| Years active | 1989–2001, 2006–present |
| Labels | Kirtland Records, Interscope, Aezra Records |
| Associated acts | Burden Brothers 1100 Springs Baboon |
| Website | http://www.thetoadies.com/ |
| Members | |
| Vaden Todd Lewis Mark Reznicek Clark Vogeler Doni Blair |
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| Past members | |
| Darrel Herbert Tracey Sauerwein Charles Mooney III Matt Winchel Michael Jerome Lisa Umbarger Terry Valderas Guy Vaughan Mark Hughes |
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Toadies are an alternative rock band from Fort Worth, Texas, best known for the song "Possum Kingdom." The band's classic lineup consisted of Todd Lewis on vocals/guitar, Mark Reznicek on drums, Lisa Umbarger on bass, and Darrel Herbert on guitar. It formed in 1989 and disbanded in 2001 after Umbarger left the group. The band reformed and released an album, No Deliverance in 2008. In 2010, they re-released the album Feeler with Kirtland Records (the album's original release had been denied by Interscope in 1997).
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Toadies began in 1989 in Fort Worth, Texas. They recorded a few cassette self-releases and an E.P. titled Pleather before signing to Interscope Records. Their first full-length album Rubberneck was released in the summer of 1994. It included six singles, "Possum Kingdom" (their most successful) as well as "Mister Love", "Away", "Tyler", "Backslider" and "I Come From the Water". "Backslider" can be heard in the film Black Sheep. "Possum Kingdom" would later become a playable track in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II.
Toadies toured extensively throughout the 1990s supporting Rubberneck, opening for artists such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, White Zombie, Bush, and The Butthole Surfers. They also headlined and co-headlined tours with acts such as Supersuckers, and The Reverend Horton Heat. The band was a regular act at the festivals Edgefest in Dallas, and Buzzfest in Houston during these years.
After years of touring, the band entered the studio in 1997 to record new tracks for a second album, Feeler. Interscope Records did not approve the finished product, and rejected its 1998 release.[1] In 2000, they went back to the studio, salvaged some of the songs from the Feeler sessions, and released their second full-length album Hell Below/Stars Above in the spring of 2001. Portland-based musician Elliott Smith performed piano backup for the title track.
The band broke up five months later while touring in support of the album. The primary reason, according to Lewis, was that Lisa Umbarger did not want to be a part of it anymore, and that the band could not continue without her.[2]
Shortly after the break-up, a live album, Best of Toadies: Live from Paradise, was released. It was recorded earlier in 2001 at the Paradise nightclub in Boston, MA. The album was released through Interscope Records, but Kirtland Records later picked up the band's back catalogue.
Toadies reformed for a reunion show on March 11, 2006, headlining the Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day parade concert, and have played a number of shows since. In March 2007, they embarked on a mini-tour, playing dates in Austin, Houston, and Dallas. The final show of the mini-tour was recorded and released as the live album Rock Show.
The band released their third studio album, No Deliverance on August 19, 2008 via Kirtland Records. The lead single for the album was the title track.
Toadies performed at Lollapalooza on August 2, 2008, Wildflower! Arts and Music Festival on May 16, 2009, and Austin City Limits Music Festival on October 4, 2009.
In June 2010 it was announced that Feeler, the follow-up album to Rubberneck that was shelved by Interscope, would finally be seeing a release. Todd Lewis was quoted as saying: "Since there are unfinished versions floating around on the Internet, it is important to us that people hear it as we meant it to be." The album was released on July 20, 2010. It has also been announced through the bands website that after Dia De Los Toadies, Feeler, and summer/fall touring, the band will start work on a new album slated for an early 2011 release.[3]
| Year | Title | Label | Other information |
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| 1994 | Rubberneck | Interscope | CD / LP / Cassette |
| 2001 | Hell Below/Stars Above | Interscope | CD |
| 2002 | Best of Toadies: Live from Paradise | Aezra/Orpheus | Live CD |
| 2007 | Rock Show | DiscLive | Live CD-R |
| 2008 | No Deliverance | Kirtland | CD / LP / iTunes |
| 2010 | Live at the Austin City Limits Music Festival 2009 | ACLMF | iTunes |
| 2010 | Feeler | Kirtland | CD / LP / Picture Disc / Digital |
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||
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| 1994 | "Mister Love" | — | — | — | Rubberneck | ||||
| 1995 | "Possum Kingdom" | 40 | 9 | 4 | |||||
| "Away" | — | 23 | 28 | ||||||
| 1996 | "Tyler" | — | — | — | |||||
| "Backslider" | — | — | — | ||||||
| 2001 | "Push the Hand" | — | 34 | — | Hell Below/Stars Above | ||||
| 2008 | "No Deliverance" | — | 38 | — | No Deliverance | ||||
| 2009 | "Song I Hate" | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||||
| Year | Title | Label | Other information |
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| 1989 | 4-Track Demos | self-released | cassette demo |
| 1989 | Slaphead | self-released | cassette demo |
| 1990 | Chatterbox | self-released | cassette side project demo |
| 1990 | "Dig A Hole" / "I Hope You Die" | self-released | cassette single |
| 1992 | Velvet | self-released | cassette E.P. |
| 1993 | "Mister Love" | Grass | 7" single |
| 1993 | Pleather | Grass | CD E.P. |
| 1995 | Belated Valentines | Grass | split 7" single with Slowpoke |
| 1995 | Y're Cute | self-released | cassette E.P. |
| 2008 | "No Deliverance" | Kirtland | iTunes download single |
| 2008 | Live at Lollapalooza 2008: The Toadies | Kirtland | iTunes download E.P. |
| Year | Title | Label | Other information |
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| 1994 | Rubberneck Sampler | Interscope | Promotional CD E.P. |
| 1995 | "Mister Love" | Interscope | Promotional CD Single |
| 1995 | "Possum Kingdom" | Interscope | Promotional CD Single |
| 1995 | "Possum Kingdom (Live)" | Interscope | Promotional CD Single |
| 1995 | "Santacide" | Interscope | Promotional CD Single |
| 1996 | "Away" | Interscope | Promotional CD Single |
| 1996 | "Tyler" | Interscope | Promotional CD Single |
| 1996 | "Backslider" | Interscope | Promotional CD Single |
| 2001 | "Push The Hand" | Interscope | Promotional CD Single |
| 2002 | Best of The Toadies: Live From Paradise Advance Sampler/Enhanced CD | Aezra | Promotional CD E.P. |
| 2008 | "No Deliverance" | Kirtland | Promotional CD Single |
| 2008 | No Deliverance Sampler | Kirtland | Promotional CD E.P. |
| Year | Title | Song | Label |
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| ??? | Turn It Up & Pass It On Volume 2 | "Possum Kingdom" | Interscope |
| ??? | Turn It Up & Pass It On Volume 4 | "Possum Kingdom" | Interscope |
| ??? | Turn It Up & Pass It On Volume 5 | "Possum Kingdom" | Interscope |
| 1992 | Heaven on a Stick Cheap Trick tribute | "Auf Wiedersehen" | Slugfest |
| 1993 | Chairman of the Board Frank Sinatra tribute | "Luck Be a Lady" | Grass |
| 1994 | CMJ: New Music Monthly September 1994 Compilation | "Mister Love" | CMJ |
| 1994 | Interscope Records Sampler | "Backslider" | Interscope |
| 1995 | Classic Dinner Music | "I Come from the Water" | Interscope |
| 1995 | Dallas' Scene, Heard | "Unattractive" (demo version) | Dallas Observer |
| 1995 | Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits | "Goolie Get-Together" | MCA |
| 1996 | X-Games, Vol. 1: Music From the Edge | "Possum Kingdom" | ESPN |
| 1996 | The Cable Guy | "Unattractive" | WORK/Sony |
| 1996 | WRAS 88.5 Radio Odyssey | "Cut Me Out" (live on-air) | Georgia State University's WRAS FM |
| 1996 | The Crow: City of Angels | "Paper Dress" | Hollywood |
| 1996 | Escape From L.A. | "Cut Me Out" | Lava |
| 1996 | Basquiat | "I'm Not in Love" | PolyGram |
| 1991 | Sandy Does Dallas | "Beauty School Dropout" | One Ton |
| 1997 | Come On Feel the Metal | "Cowboy Song" | Steve |
| 2000 | Summer of Slam Sampler | "Heel" | Interscope/Warped Tour |
| 2000 | Crime + Punishment in Suburbia | "Mister Love" | Interscope |
| 2000 | Live @ Bob's Garage Vol. 1 | "Possum Kingdom (Live 6/22/95)" | KISW Rock 99.9 FM |
| 2001 | Monitor This! April/May 2001 | "Joey, Let's Go" | Music Monitor Network |
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