Artist
Dishwalla
Dishwalla is a rock artist from Santa Barbara, USA formed in 1994. 9 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · Santa Barbara, USA · Best rock albums
- 9
- Releases
- 1995–2022
- Active years
- 1994
- Formed
Artist
Dishwalla is a rock artist from Santa Barbara, USA formed in 1994. 9 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Rock · Santa Barbara, USA · Best rock albums
Most popular
Opaline
2002 · 14 tracks
The Santa Barbara, CA, 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 allowed 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 (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 shortlived and exhausting because of such corporate behavior, but they s…
