Dishwalla
Background information
Origin	Santa Barbara, California, USA
Genre(s)	Post-grunge, Alternative Rock
Years active	1994-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 a post-grunge 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. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x864, 188 KB) Band photo of Dishwalla. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_USA.svg‎ REDIRECT File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Elvis Presley Stevie Nicks Jodie Foster Janet Jackson Meryl Streep Jessica Lange Faye Dunaway Madonna (entertainer) Trent Reznor Diana Ross User:Mtiedemann... Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Post-grunge is a subgenre of American alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as an offshoot of the Seattle grunge movement. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A&M Records is a record label formed in 1962 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. ... Warner Bros. ... J.R. Richards (born on 30 April 1972 in Santa Barbara, California, USA) is the lead singer for the band Dishwalla. ... Post-grunge is a subgenre of American alternative rock that emerged in the mid-1990s as an offshoot of the Seattle grunge movement. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. ...

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. Counting Blue Cars is a song by the alternative rock band Dishwalla that appears on their 1995 album Pet Your Friends. ... Pet Your Friends is an album by the alternative rock band Dishwalla. ... And You Think You Know What Lifes About is the second album by Dishwalla. ... UK 45 rpm single for Mickey (1982) by one-hit wonder Toni Basil CD single of the Baha Mens Who Let the Dogs Out? In the music industry, a one-hit wonder is an artist generally known for only one hit single. ...

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.' 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Avengers or The Avengers may refer to: Avengers (comics), a team of superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe The Avengers: United They Stand, Animated show based of Marvel Comics team The Avengers (TV series), a 1960s British television show The Avengers (film), a 1998 film, based on the characters of... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Stay Awake is a song from Walt Disneys film Mary Poppins, and it is composed by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. ... Stir of Echoes is an supernatural/horror American film which was released in 1999 and directed by David Koepp. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The WB Television Network, casually referred to as The WB, or sometimes as The Frog (referring to the networks former mascot, the animated character Michigan J. Frog), is a television network in the United States, founded as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. ... Charmed is an American television series that ran for eight seasons on The WB. It was produced by Aaron Spelling and is about three sisters who are the worlds most powerful good witches, known throughout the supernatural community as The Charmed Ones but known to everyone else as the... Genera Opalina Protoopalina Zelleriella Protozelleriella Cepedea The opalines are a small group of peculiar protists, found as endosymbionts in the gut of frogs and toads. ... Live. ...

Members

• J.R. Richards - vocals
• Rodney Browning Cravens - guitar
• Scot Alexander - bass (1993-2005)
• Jim Wood - keyboards (1996-present)
• Pete Maloney - drums
• George Pendergast - drums (1993-1998)

J.R. Richards (born on 30 April 1972 in Santa Barbara, California, USA) is the lead singer for the band Dishwalla. ...

Discography

Pet Your Friends is an album by the alternative rock band Dishwalla. ... And You Think You Know What Lifes About is the second album by Dishwalla. ... Opaline is the third album by Dishwalla. ... Live. ... Dishwalla is the self-titled fifth album by Dishwalla. ...

See also

• 1990s music groups
• List of alternative music artists

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References

• Wilson, MacKenzie. "Dishwalla". All Music Guide. Retrieved March 28, 2004.

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External links

• Dishwalla's official web site