Toad the Wet Sprocket

Toad the Wet Sprocket
Toad the Wet Sprocket in 2014
Background information
Origin	Santa Barbara, California, US
Genres	Alternative rock folk rock pop rock jangle pop (early)
Years active	1986–1998 2002 2006–2007 2010–present
Labels	Columbia Abe's Records
Members	Glen Phillips Todd Nichols Dean Dinning Carl Thomson
Past members	Randy Guss Josh Daubin
Website	toadthewetsprocket.com

Toad the Wet Sprocket is an American alternative rock band formed in Santa Barbara, California, in 1986. The band at the time consisted of vocalist/guitarist Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning, and drummer Randy Guss, who stopped touring in 2017 and left the band in 2020. Guss was replaced by drummer Josh Daubin, who supported them as their drummer on tours from 2017 through 2022 and also played drums on their 2021 album "Starting Now". Most recently, Carl Thomson took Daubin's place and has been drumming for Toad the Wet Sprocket on tour since 2023. They had chart success in the 1990s with singles that included "Walk on the Ocean", "All I Want", "Something's Always Wrong", "Fall Down", and "Good Intentions".

The band broke up in 1998 to pursue other projects; however, they began touring the United States again in 2006 for short-run tours each summer in small venues. In December 2010, the band announced their official reunion as a full-time working band and started writing songs for their first studio album of new material since their 1997 Columbia Records release, Coil.^[1] Their most recent full-length album, Starting Now, was released on August 27, 2021.