\n Named in honor of a sketch by the Monty Python comedy troupe\, this 4-piece band of Santa Barbara\, CA high school cronies came to be known as Toad the Wet Sprocket in 198 6. To this day\, their mellow\, melodic folk-pop and airing soulful\, insi ghtful lyrics made them one of the most successful alternative rock bands of the early 1990s.
\n\n Toad the Wet Sprocket’s commercial breakthr
ough came as the single “All I Want” (which had nearly be
en left off the 1991 album Fear) became a Top 20 hit. Gavin’s airplay repo
rts also listed it as number one. After “Fear” was certified platinum\, an
other single from the LP\, 'Walk on the Ocean\,' also became a successful
track for the band. They played over 300 shows on the Fear tour\, a two-ye
ar marathon ending in throat surgery for Phillips’ overused pipes.
\n Three years later\, Toad returned with Dulcinea\, generating yet an
other Top 40 hit (not to mention a six week run as number one on Billboard
's Modern Rock Tracks) with the single 'Fall Down.' Dulcinea then also sol
d enough copies to reward Toad with another platinum certification.