It’s been a year since Santa Barbara-based Toad the Wet Sprocket reunited following a decade apart, and now the rock effort is invigorated with reconfirmed rock passion as they add dates for a summer tour. Though Toad the Wet Sprocket of “All I Want” fame officially split in 1998, the quartet has appeared several times over the years and will hit up Texas, Virginia, Maryland and California this year with concerts featuring their classic hits.

Though the outfit hasn’t actually released a new studio album since before the split, Welcome Home: Live at the Arlington Theatre, Santa Barbara 1992 appeared in 2004. If you’re still singing along to classics from their platinum-selling Fear album, purchase Toad the Wet Sprocket tickets online today.

Though they haven’t had much success since the adult alternative world exploded with similar acts, Toad the Wet Sprocket’s individual members continue to pursue music professionally. While the original quartet has played together sporadically over the years, frontman Glen Phillips has remained the most prominent figure in the music scene, releasing solo albums throughout the decade. Phillips’ most recent online-only EP The Secrets of the New Explorers was a relative hit, while the 2006 full-length Mr. Lemons also did well. Meanwhile, bassist Dean Dinning has turned to songwriting with Todd Nichols, Toad’s former guitarist, and Randy Guss “still plays the drums,” according to the group’s MySpace page.

The California quartet formed in high school, naming themselves after a Monty Python sketch. The outfit first garnered attention locally, performing around the Southern California bar circuit before they recorded the LP Bread and Circus in 1988. Though the album, which was recorded for under $1,000, was distributed locally as a cassette, Columbia Records got hold of the album and signed the group. Bread and Circus was re-released without any changes, and it introduced the mainstream market to this REM-inspired band. Led by Phillips, the group also consisted of Nichols, Dinning and Guss, all natives of the sunny Southern California city of Santa Barbara.

With the near instant success of the debut EP, Toad the Wet Sprocket returned with Pale and finally the breakthrough Fear; 1991’s success came with the singles “All I Want” and “Walk on the Ocean.” The multi-platinum success was brought on by the group’s refined sound and alternative beats. Rather than push out more pop music, the maturity of the group’s sound is evident on Fear’s 12 self-composed tracks. The group returned with Dulcinea, another success featuring the Top 40 “Fall Down” and “Something’s Always Wrong.” Another alternative set with catchy hooks and somewhat cliched phrased lyrics, the album easily set Toad the Wet Sprocket up for another round of success in the music industry.

With Dulcinea’s promotions underway, the group released the 1995 collection In Light Syrup featuring some unreleased tracks; while it was successful thanks to a feature in Friends, the album didn’t fare as well as other releases. With some effort, the fifth and final effort from the group was released but couldn’t measure of to the Fear success; a year later the group split.

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