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06.11.08 – The Trocadero Theater Philadelphia, PA (9 Camera Shoot)
06.12.08 – The Starland Ballroom Sayerville, NJ (9 Camera Shoot)
So named in honor of a sketch by the Monty Python comedy troupe, Toad the Wet Sprocket’s mellow, melodic folk-pop sound made them one of the most successful alternative rock bands of the early 1990s. Singer Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning and drummer Randy Guss formed the group in 1986 in their native Santa Barbara, California; after honing their skills in area bars, they entered a nearby studio in 1988 and recorded their debut LP, Bread and Circus, in just eight days at a cost of $650. Originally sold as a homemade cassette in Santa Barbara record stores, the album made its way to the Los Angeles offices of Columbia Records, which signed Toad only after agreeing to the band’s request to reissue Bread and Circus in its original form, without any alterations or remixes. And the rest as they say is history.
