Sponge: Whatever Happened to the Band Behind "Plowed", "Molly" & "Rotting Piñata"
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Sponge: Whatever happened to the band behind "Plowed", "Molly" and Rotting Pinata"
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g road ahead of them to gain national exposure. Bassist Tim Cross would tell the LA Times “Detroit isn’t a major entertainment town. A&R; people aren’t flying there to see bands. You get in the studio and you record some stuff. You get it out to these people and you make them want to see you. You kind of shell yourself off and just concern yourself with yourself. You try and make like a missile to get out of this city" he would say.
Sponge's sound would see the band mix elements of their influences including of classic rock, with power-pop as well as glam rock.
Unlike Loud House the band took a different approach with Sponge focusing more on writing and recording music rather than cutting their teeth playing live gigs. Dombroski would tell The Daily Tribune
'We were just writing and writing and writing,' 'There wasn't a lot of contrived concept or any sense, 'We're gonna steer it this way to get a record deal,' or anything like that,' he says. 'We were just doing the most honest thing we could possibly do and not get in the way.' Mike Cross meanwhile would say in the same interview
'We didn't spend a lot of time with Sponge playing in the clubs,' he says. 'We spent more time crafting the songs, doing demos, and then we would go to Chicago to play because we wanted an impartial view of what we were doing' he'd say.
The band soon set their sights on self funding and recording their first album without any record label. They would have a friend in producer Tim Patalan who had a studio called the Loft in Michigan who helped them record their songs for pretty cheap. The version you hear of Plowed you hear on the album was recorded in that studio one day after the song was written. We’ll talk more specifically about that song in a bit.
The demo that sponge had written and recorded would find its way to Sony Label Group chief Don Ienner whose son played him their demo. Not too long after that Sony signed the band on their imprint Chaos. And Sony featured Sponge at a company listening party with other big names from their roster of upcoming releases including Mariah Carey. Sponge would be given a lot of creative control over their debut album for Sony with Dombroski telling the LA Times
"They let us produce the record and the photos, artwork--all that stuff is subject to approval by the band" he'd say.
Released in August of 1994 the group’s debut album Rotting Pinata hit some rough patches early on as their label chose the firstsingle that was neither plowed or molly and it was not well received. Not too long after that Chaos folded and the band switched hands to the sony owned Work Group. One of the first orders of business was to release a second single in plowed and recut the video to show more live footage of the band. Sponge by this point in time were making a name for themselves as a live act and the label wanted the mtv audience to know that.
By November of 1994 MTV added plowed to their buzz bin program with matt pinfield of the network telling billboard magazine “It’s a good clip. The song is strong and modern rock and album rock have sparked a real buzz here.” Meanwhile a spokesperson for their record label would take a swipe at other popular bands at the time telling billboard at why Sponge was connecting with a radio audience saying and i quote “this isn’t about love or losing your girlfriend or heroin or anything you’re hearing now. I’m not putting that down but he’s talking about life and human qualities and he’s getting through to people" the spokesperson would say. it would be los angeles station KROQ who first put plowed in heavy rotation ad other modern rock stations followed suit. The song would prove to be the band's highest charting single of their career on the billboard hot 100 and second highest charting single on the modern rock charts peaking at number 5
Funny enough the band’s hometown of Detroit was one of the last radi
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Sponge: Whatever happened to the band behind "Plowed", "Molly" and Rotting Pinata"
Sad Story of MC5
Motor City Five (MC5): The Sad Histor...
The Stooges Video
Iggy & The Stooges: How Iggy Pop Took...
0:00 - Ad
1:15 - Pre-Sponge Years
3:23 - Sponge's Early Years
4:58 - Rotting Piñata
8:04 - Sponge's Decline
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#sponge #rottingpinata #plowed
I cite my sources and they may differ than other people's accounts, so I don't guarantee the actual accuracy of my videos.
g road ahead of them to gain national exposure. Bassist Tim Cross would tell the LA Times “Detroit isn’t a major entertainment town. A&R; people aren’t flying there to see bands. You get in the studio and you record some stuff. You get it out to these people and you make them want to see you. You kind of shell yourself off and just concern yourself with yourself. You try and make like a missile to get out of this city" he would say.
Sponge's sound would see the band mix elements of their influences including of classic rock, with power-pop as well as glam rock.
Unlike Loud House the band took a different approach with Sponge focusing more on writing and recording music rather than cutting their teeth playing live gigs. Dombroski would tell The Daily Tribune
'We were just writing and writing and writing,' 'There wasn't a lot of contrived concept or any sense, 'We're gonna steer it this way to get a record deal,' or anything like that,' he says. 'We were just doing the most honest thing we could possibly do and not get in the way.' Mike Cross meanwhile would say in the same interview
'We didn't spend a lot of time with Sponge playing in the clubs,' he says. 'We spent more time crafting the songs, doing demos, and then we would go to Chicago to play because we wanted an impartial view of what we were doing' he'd say.
The band soon set their sights on self funding and recording their first album without any record label. They would have a friend in producer Tim Patalan who had a studio called the Loft in Michigan who helped them record their songs for pretty cheap. The version you hear of Plowed you hear on the album was recorded in that studio one day after the song was written. We’ll talk more specifically about that song in a bit.
The demo that sponge had written and recorded would find its way to Sony Label Group chief Don Ienner whose son played him their demo. Not too long after that Sony signed the band on their imprint Chaos. And Sony featured Sponge at a company listening party with other big names from their roster of upcoming releases including Mariah Carey. Sponge would be given a lot of creative control over their debut album for Sony with Dombroski telling the LA Times
"They let us produce the record and the photos, artwork--all that stuff is subject to approval by the band" he'd say.
Released in August of 1994 the group’s debut album Rotting Pinata hit some rough patches early on as their label chose the firstsingle that was neither plowed or molly and it was not well received. Not too long after that Chaos folded and the band switched hands to the sony owned Work Group. One of the first orders of business was to release a second single in plowed and recut the video to show more live footage of the band. Sponge by this point in time were making a name for themselves as a live act and the label wanted the mtv audience to know that.
By November of 1994 MTV added plowed to their buzz bin program with matt pinfield of the network telling billboard magazine “It’s a good clip. The song is strong and modern rock and album rock have sparked a real buzz here.” Meanwhile a spokesperson for their record label would take a swipe at other popular bands at the time telling billboard at why Sponge was connecting with a radio audience saying and i quote “this isn’t about love or losing your girlfriend or heroin or anything you’re hearing now. I’m not putting that down but he’s talking about life and human qualities and he’s getting through to people" the spokesperson would say. it would be los angeles station KROQ who first put plowed in heavy rotation ad other modern rock stations followed suit. The song would prove to be the band's highest charting single of their career on the billboard hot 100 and second highest charting single on the modern rock charts peaking at number 5
Funny enough the band’s hometown of Detroit was one of the last radi
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