Rubberneck (album)

Rubberneck
Studio album by
Toadies
ReleasedAugust 23, 1994
RecordedSeptember 18 – October 7, 1993[1]
StudioRecord Two Mendocino, Comptche, California
The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length36:21
LabelInterscope
Producer
Toadies chronology
Pleather
(1993) 		Rubberneck
(1994) 		Hell Below/Stars Above
(2001)
Singles from Rubberneck
  1. "Mister Love"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Possum Kingdom"
    Released: August 30, 1994
  3. "Away"
    Released: 1995
  4. "Tyler"
    Released: 1996
  5. "Backslider"
    Released: 1996

Rubberneck is the debut studio album by American rock band Toadies. It was released in August 1994 on Interscope Records and attained RIAA gold and platinum status in December 1995 and December 1996 respectively. The album produced the band's most popular single, "Possum Kingdom".

In 2014, in honor of the album's 20th anniversary, Kirtland Records re-released the album on CD and vinyl on April 1.[6] The album was remastered and also includes five bonus tracks.[7] Three of the bonus tracks are previously unreleased songs from the original album's sessions, including "Run in with Dad" and a cover of Pylon's "Stop It", both of which were previously recorded for Velvet, and "Rockfish", an early version of "Waterfall", a song later recorded for Feeler, the intended follow-up to Rubberneck. The other two bonus tracks are early live versions of "Possum Kingdom" and "Tyler", recorded at Trees Dallas on December 5, 1991. The vinyl only features the original 11 album tracks, and includes a download of the five bonus tracks.

Also in honor of the album's 20th anniversary, current band member Clark Vogeler made Dark Secrets: The Stories of Rubberneck, a 23-minute documentary about the album, featuring original behind-the-scenes footage recorded by Lisa Umbarger as well as newly recorded interviews.[8] It was debuted on March 10, 2014, at the Kessler Theater, in Dallas, Texas. The documentary was then posted on the internet two days later.[9]

  1. ^ "Clark Vogeler's "Dark Secrets - The Stories of Rubberneck"". YouTube.com.
  2. ^ Siriwatt, Art (March 22, 2014). "Texas band Toadies ready for anniversary tour". The Daily Californian. Retrieved May 15, 2016.
  3. ^ "50 Greatest Grunge Albums". Rolling Stone. April 1, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
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  5. ^ a b Mayhew, Malcolm (August 29, 2019). "Rubberneck Revisited". Fort Worth Magazine. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  6. ^ "Rubberneck 20th Anniversary". thetoadies.com. January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  7. ^ "Toadies Announce Rubberneck 20-Year Anniversary Edition". Glide Magazine. January 8, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  8. ^ "Clark Vogeler's "Dark Secrets - The Stories of Rubberneck"". YouTube.com.
  9. ^ Wilonsky, Robert (March 12, 2014). "Exclusive video: The Toadies documentary 'Dark Secrets: The Stories of Rubberneck'". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on February 20, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2014.