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Rainin'
"Rainin'" is a song by American rock band Sponge. It was released in 1995 as the fourth single from their debut album ''Rotting Piñata''. Release and reception It is the band's fourth highest-charting song on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, where it reached number 34. The song also reached number 18 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Music video The music video for "Rainin'" was released in 1995 and was directed by Doug Aitken. Track listing Charts Personnel * Vinnie Dombroski – lead vocals * Joey Mazzola Joe "Joey" Mazzola (born April 13, 1961) is a guitarist, songwriter, music educator and visual artist and is probably best known as a founding member of the American rock band, Sponge. Joe was the original Sponge guitarist and played with ... – guitar, backing vocals * Mike Cross – guitar * Tim Cross – bass * Jimmy Paluzzi – drums References 1995 songs Sponge (band) songs {{1990s-rock-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotting Piñata
''Rotting Piñata'' is the debut studio album by American rock band Sponge, released on August 2, 1994 through Work Group. Hit singles from this album, such as " Plowed" and " Molly (16 Candles Down the Drain)", helped launch the band's career and the album was certified gold by the RIAA in July 1995. Release ''Rotting Piñata'' is Sponge's best selling album, having sold more than 500,000 copies. Although released in August 1994, the album did not enter the ''Billboard'' 200 until February 1995, following the success of its second single "Plowed". ''Rotting Piñata'' peaked at number 58 and remained on the chart for 40 weeks. Critical reception ''Rotting Piñata'' received mostly positive reviews. However, AllMusic staff writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that the album was derivative of Pearl Jam or Stone Temple Pilots, with a few good songs but otherwise featuring "half-finished ideas". '' Trouser Press'' was more positive about the album, noting " Plowed" and "Molly" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sponge (band)
Sponge is an American rock band formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1992 by vocalist Vinnie Dombroski, guitarist Mike Cross, bassist Tim Cross, drummer Jimmy Paluzzi, and guitarist Joey Mazzola. Dombroski and the Cross brothers were previously in the hard rock band Loudhouse, with Mazzola joining later before the end of the band's tenure. Sponge's discography includes nine studio albums, four live albums, and several charting singles. They are best known for their 1994 hit " Plowed", their 1995 hit "Molly (16 Candles Down the Drain)", and their 1996 hit "Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)". Sponge has undergone several lineup changes throughout the band's history, with founder and frontman Dombroski serving as the band's sole constant member. The band released their ninth studio album, ''Lavatorium'', on August 6, 2021. History Formation, ''Rotting Piñata'', and ''Wax Ecstatic'' (1991–1998) Vinnie Dombroski, Mike Cross, and Tim Cross were in a hard rock band called Loudhouse, fronted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly (16 Candles Down The Drain)
"Molly (16 Candles Down the Drain)" is a song by American rock band Sponge. The vocals of the original album version of the song, "Molly", were re-recorded for the single release, and retitled "Molly (16 Candles Down the Drain)". It was released in 1995 as the third single from their debut album ''Rotting Piñata''. Origin and recording The original song "Molly" was ostensibly named after actress Molly Ringwald, who starred in the 1984 film ''Sixteen Candles''. However, the lyrics were partly inspired by a story the band had heard about a girl who fell in love with one of her teachers shortly before her 16th birthday, who then attempted to commit suicide after he rejected her advances. "Molly" is also the name of the band's greatest hits album, which was released by Sony Music in 2000. Release and reception It is the band's second song to appear on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, having peaked at number 55 in August 1995. It is the band's highest-charting song on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)
"Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)" is a song by American rock band Sponge, released in 1996 as the first single from their second album '' Wax Ecstatic''. Release and reception It is the band's third song to appear on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart, having peaked at number 64. It is the band's third highest-charting song on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, where it reached number 15. The song also reached number 11 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Music video The music video for "Wax Ecstatic" was released in 1996 and was directed by George Vale. It revolves around a roller derby girl (Angelina, or "Angel", per her nickname) and her aspirations to better herself in the sport. She purchases "Wax Ecstatic" pills (a gold-colored gelatin capsule) and starts taking them. Footage is shown of 1990s-era roller derby, along with footage of the band performing, and lead singer Vinnie Dombroski promoting and selling the Wax Ecstatic pills. Towards the end of the video, Ang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Aitken
Doug Aitken (born 1968) is an American artist. Aitken's body of work ranges from photography, print media, sculpture, and architectural interventions, to narrative films, sound, single and multi-channel video works, installations, and live performance. He currently lives in Venice, California, and New York City. Early life and education Doug Aitken was born in 1968 in Redondo Beach, California. In 1987, he initially studied magazine illustrationDorothy Spears (July 21, 2011)Can You Hear Me Now?''New York Times''. with Philip Hays at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena before graduating in Fine Arts in 1991. Work He moved to New York in 1994 where he had his first solo show at 303 Gallery. Aitken's body of work ranges from photography, print media, sculpture, and architectural interventions, to narrative films, sound, single and multi-channel video works, installations, and live performance. Aitken's video works have taken place in such culturally loaded sites as Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Video
A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. Although the origins of music videos date back to musical short films that first appeared, they again came into prominence when Paramount Global's MTV based its format around the medium. These kinds of videos were described by various terms including " illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip", "film clip" or simply "video". Music videos use a wide range of styles and contemporary video-making techniques, including animation, live-action, documentary, and non-narrative approaches such as abstract film. Combining these styles and techniques has become more popular due to the variety for the aud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks
Mainstream Rock is a music chart in '' Billboard'' magazine that ranks the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations in the United States, a category that combines the formats of active rock and heritage rock. The chart was launched in March 1981 as Rock Albums & Top Tracks, after which the name changed first to Top Rock Tracks, then to Album Rock Tracks, and finally to its current Mainstream Rock in 1996. History The Rock Albums & Top Tracks charts were introduced in the March 21, 1981, issue of ''Billboard''.Joel Whitburn. ''Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks 1981–2008.'' Hal Leonard Corporation, 2008p. 6. The 50- and 60-position charts ranked airplay on album rock radio stations in the United States. Because album-oriented rock stations focused on playing tracks from albums rather than specifically released singles, these charts were designed to measure the airplay of any and all tracks from an album. Rock Albums was a survey of the top albums on American rock r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Songs
Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks (1988–2009) and Alternative Songs (2009–2020)) is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in ''Billboard'' magazine since September 10, 1988. It ranks the 40 most-played songs on alternative and modern rock radio stations. Introduced as Modern Rock Tracks, the chart served as a companion to the Mainstream Rock chart (then called Album Rock Tracks), and its creation was prompted by the explosion of alternative music on American radio in the late 1980s. During the first several years of the chart, it regularly featured music that did not receive commercial radio airplay anywhere but on a few modern rock and college rock radio stations. This included many electronic and post-punk artists. Gradually, as alternative rock became more mainstream (spearheaded by the grunge explosion in the early 1990s), alternative and mainstream rock radio stations began playing many of the same songs. By the late 2000s, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk music, folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a Time signature, time signature using ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Mazzola
Joe "Joey" Mazzola (born April 13, 1961) is a guitarist, songwriter, music educator and visual artist and is probably best known as a founding member of the American rock band, Sponge. Joe was the original Sponge guitarist and played with the band for nine years. He is also a former member of The Detroit Cobras, whom he played with for 6-1/2 years, and The Sugarcoats. Career A Detroit native, Mazzola spent five of the hardest years of his life (1987-1992), on the Los Angeles club circuit. Having recorded with some of the top bands in Detroit and around the world, Joe continues his enigmatic musical career, recording and playing clubs and venues locally and abroad. Mazzola is part of the guitar teaching staff at Berkley Music in Berkley, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, where he has been working for several years. Some of his students have gone on to play in well-known bands. Only recently has this musician branched off into the art world: as a three-dimensional artist and scu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinnie Dombroski
Mark "Vinnie" Dombroski (born December 4, 1962) is an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist and main songwriter for the American rock band Sponge. He also fronted the short-lived supergroup Spys4Darwin, and has been a member of several Detroit-based bands throughout his career. Dombroski is also the lead vocalist and co-founder of The Lucid alongside bassist David Ellefson (ex Megadeth), guitarist Drew Fortier (ex Bang Tango), and drummer Mike Heller ( Fear Factory, Raven). Early life Vinnie Dombroski was born on December 4, 1962 in Detroit, Michigan. He began playing the guitar and drums at an early age, and when he was 13-years-old he performed locally in Detroit with his friend Lee in a two-piece band called The Cryptons. Career Dombroski began his music career as a drummer with the bands Warp Drive and Loudhouse before finding mainstream success as the lead vocalist of Sponge. In addition to Sponge, he is also the frontman of Crud, The Orbitsuns, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Work Group
The Work Group (stylized as The WORK Group) was an American record label. History In July 1999, founders Jeff Ayeroff and Jordan Harris left the label. Catalog Artists * Tatyana Ali (MJJ Music/Work) *Fiona Apple (Clean Slate/Work) * Elephant Ride * Dan Bern *Eagle-Eye Cherry *Esthero *Neil Finn (US/Canada) *Imperial Drag *Rebbie Jackson (MJJ Music/Work) *Jamiroquai * Puff Johnson * Diana King * Len * Jennifer Lopez *Mary Lou Lord *Men of Vizion (MJJ Music/Work) *Mercury Rev *Midnight Oil *Morley *Ned's Atomic Dustbin *Heather Nova *Pond *Pressure Drop * Sabelle * Schtum *Sponge *Cree Summer *Chris Whitley *Count Bass D See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organized alphabetically, b ... References American record labels Sony Music Defunct rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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