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Dishwalla

Dishwalla

Background information
OriginUSA flag Santa Barbara, California, USA
Genre(s)Alternative Rock
Years active1994-present
Label(s)A&M, Warner Bros., Immergent, Orphanage
Members
J.R. Richards, Rodney Browning Cravens, Scot Alexander, Jim Wood, Pete Maloney
Former members
George Pendergast

Dishwalla is an alternative rock band from Santa Barbara, California. The roster includes Jim Wood (keyboards), Rodney Browning Cravens (lead guitar), J.R. Richards (vocals, guitar, and keyboards), Pete Maloney (drums), and Scot Alexander (bass, Juno 60). George Pendergast played drums for the band until 1998; he was replaced by Pete Maloney. The band's name comes from an Indian term for a person who uses illegal equipment to descramble a television satellite signal and share it with their neighborhood.

In 1996, the single "Counting Blue Cars" from the album Pet Your Friends climbed the charts and was much-played on the airwaves, bringing the band a short round of mainstream-scale success. The track earned them a Billboard Award for "Best Rock Song" for 1996 as well as two ASCAP Awards for "Rock Track Of The Year" in both 1996 and 1997. Their 1998 follow-up album, And You Think You Know What Life's About, failed to sustain the level of popularity achieved by "Counting Blue Cars". (Partially responsible for the situation was Universal's 1998 purchase and dissolution of A&M/Polygram, the label that produced the two albums.) The group is remembered by most as a one-hit wonder.

Dishwalla have since made a handful of other ventures into the limelight. In 1998 landed the song "Truth Serum" in The Avengers, in 1999, the song "Stay Awake" was featured in the movie Stir of Echoes, in 2002 the song "Home" was in the movie "The Banger Sisters", and the The WB series Charmed spotlighted Dishwalla as cast members in two episodes. The band, who sustains a loyal fan following, has gone on to release two more studio albums, including Opaline, a self titled album and a live album 'Live... Greetings From The Flow State.'


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