Dishwalla
The Santa Barbara, California band Dishwalla made a big splash in 1996 with thei… Read Full Bio ↴The Santa Barbara, California band Dishwalla made a big splash in 1996 with their catchy pop single "Counting Blue Cars." With the gritty heart and soul of those who came before them, Dishwalla's hard rock sound was enough for fans to make "Counting Blue Cars" one of the most-requested songs of that year. The song also garnered the band a Billboard award for Rock Song of the Year and led their debut album, Pet Your Friends, to sell more than a million copies.
Dishwalla, which emerged out of the early stages of post-grunge, is composed of J.R. Richards (vocals), Scot Alexander (bass), Rodney Browning Cravens (guitar), Jim Wood (keyboards), and George Pendergast (drums). They spent the mid-'90s touring with the likes of Sheryl Crow, Blind Melon, and the Goo Goo Dolls in support of Pet Your Friends. Prior to making a second album, the band was caught in the middle of the Polygram/Universal merger and such a move left Dishwalla pondering what to do next. Their second album, And You Think You Know What Life's About, was released in 1998; promotion and sales were lackluster due to label downsizing. Dishwalla's time with A&M was short-lived and exhausting because of such corporate behavior, but they stuck it out to contribute their cover version of "Policy of Truth" for the Depeche Mode tribute album For the Masses. By the new millennium, Dishwalla left behind major-market America for a third album. They signed with Immergent while Pendergrast parted ways with the band. Pete Maloney, a drummer picked up on the 1998 tour, resumed percussion duties. In 2002, Dishwalla issued their experimental third album Opaline (Immergent), quickly followed by 2003's Live... Greetings from the Flow State. A self-titled album produced by Sylvia Massy (Tool, System of a Down), Bill Szymczyk, and Ryan Greene (NOFX, Nerf Herder) followed in 2005 before the band went on indefinite hiatus.
Three years passed before Dishwalla would return in 2008. Debuting a lineup that joined original members Alexander, Pendergast, Cravens, and Wood with new vocalist Justin Fox, the band hit the road, touring sporadically over the following years. They would not return to the studio until 2016, when they began recording their first album in a decade. Juniper Road arrived in 2017.
Biography by MacKenzie Wilson
Dishwalla, which emerged out of the early stages of post-grunge, is composed of J.R. Richards (vocals), Scot Alexander (bass), Rodney Browning Cravens (guitar), Jim Wood (keyboards), and George Pendergast (drums). They spent the mid-'90s touring with the likes of Sheryl Crow, Blind Melon, and the Goo Goo Dolls in support of Pet Your Friends. Prior to making a second album, the band was caught in the middle of the Polygram/Universal merger and such a move left Dishwalla pondering what to do next. Their second album, And You Think You Know What Life's About, was released in 1998; promotion and sales were lackluster due to label downsizing. Dishwalla's time with A&M was short-lived and exhausting because of such corporate behavior, but they stuck it out to contribute their cover version of "Policy of Truth" for the Depeche Mode tribute album For the Masses. By the new millennium, Dishwalla left behind major-market America for a third album. They signed with Immergent while Pendergrast parted ways with the band. Pete Maloney, a drummer picked up on the 1998 tour, resumed percussion duties. In 2002, Dishwalla issued their experimental third album Opaline (Immergent), quickly followed by 2003's Live... Greetings from the Flow State. A self-titled album produced by Sylvia Massy (Tool, System of a Down), Bill Szymczyk, and Ryan Greene (NOFX, Nerf Herder) followed in 2005 before the band went on indefinite hiatus.
Three years passed before Dishwalla would return in 2008. Debuting a lineup that joined original members Alexander, Pendergast, Cravens, and Wood with new vocalist Justin Fox, the band hit the road, touring sporadically over the following years. They would not return to the studio until 2016, when they began recording their first album in a decade. Juniper Road arrived in 2017.
Biography by MacKenzie Wilson
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Dishwalla Lyrics
06 Star Day We've come so far to be where we are This perfect…
07-Surrender The Crown Stay with me, so far away The world is beyond our…
40 Stories This life is, harder, so much harder You say that life…
5 Star Day We've come so far to be where we are This perfect…
Above The Wreckage Watch her rise above the wreckage See her fly through glass…
All She Can See I've never, I've never known such pure madness And for her…
Angels & Devils This is the last time That I'm ever gonna come here…
Angels And Devils This is the last time That I'm ever gonna come here…
Bleeding Out Do you know just what it's like to burn inside…
Bottom Of The Floor You're not the one to live for You're not the one…
Candleburn On Vineland pass the candle shrine that burns on every…
Charlie Brown And I can't hear What you're saying, what you're doing to…
Charlie Brown's Pare.. And I can't hear What you're saying, what you're doing to…
Charlie Brown's Parents And I can't hear What you're saying, what you're doing to…
Collide When I came here there was more. Now I've come back…
Coral Sky Summertime, It's been almost a year since coral sky. All th…
Counting Blue Cars Must have been late after noon I could tell by how…
Country blue cars Must have been late after noon. I could tell by how…
Creeps In The Stone Lately, lately Lately, lately I feel it in my bones The cre…
Drawn Out So the lines are lost On the smallest details Of the life…
Ease The Moment They say that this life's unkind Blasted out silent mind and…
Every Little Thing Let me in To see you in the morning light To get…
everylittle thing Let me in To see you in the morning light To get…
Explode Bouncing and pounding My head the backboard I need release t…
Far Away Just the other day I was looking for myself again Trying to…
Find Yor Way Back Home There used to be a time When you're the only one That…
Find Your Back Home There used to be a time When you're the only one That…
Give I have felt the comfort Now what did I do to…
Gone Upside Down He's a pro 'Cause you'll find he'll go harder And so hard…
Haze Untie The hands that bind your mind And be nice She put a…
Healing Star I know how much you've paid It just seems so insane,…
Home I'm so sick and tired Of all these things That drag…
It's Going To Take Some Time It's gonna take some time this time To get myself in…
Life For Sale You say you've come alone You know I don't believe you Knowi…
Mad Life Sweet life I know How we give it all Hold me up Hold…
Miss Emma Peel I come home late at night On the floor to turn…
Moisture Let it out let me pull the shades mix it up…
Nashville Skyline Don't go on Looking for the love In the illusion of it…
Once In A While When you close your eyes do you like what you…
Only For So Long How many times has this gone on? Call 'cause it's just…
Opaline Summer dies here and so could I somewhere underneath Where t…
Policy Of Truth You had something to hide Should have hidden it, shouldn't y…
Pop Guru Sign up for a lecture with a man in a…
Pretty Babies Everything about the world is sex And it's a message, of…
So Blind You feel nervous So much you can't swallow Now you just si…
So Much Time You were so perfect I couldn't see That something was broke…
Somewhere in the Middle I was out the other day And I saw you…
Stay Awake Staring at the wall because you know it understands And boy…
Surrender The Crown Stay with me, so far away The world is beyond our…
Tell Me All Your Thoughts about god Must have been late after noon I could tell by how…
The Bridge Song I don't know where to go So I guess I have…
The Feeder I feel your fame, fill your pocket And I've tried to…
The Other Side Of The World Down amid the grass and flowers As this ballet floats for…
Today Waiting for a train to catch Waiting for the perfect match W…
Truth Serum You're not angry at me You're just angry And I'm just stan…
Until I Wake Up I rest my head Between the bed and sky Download my dread Dis…
Way Home There used to be a time When you're the only one That…
When Morning Comes Feel the burn feel the demons come to mix lay…
Winter Sun I could hear you fall. I could feel your body through…