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Toadies - Lollapalooza pics & 2008 Tour Dates
photos by Zach Dilgard
Reunion tours are capable of taking the public by surprise: "That band is getting back together?"Toadies recently sold out and played Bowery Ballroom before I even realized they were a band again (they played on a NYC rooftop that same night). I actually wasn't personally looking for them to be a band again, but more and more people I talk to are excited about it and Zach managed to catch them at Lollapalooza. Time Out Chicago was there too. They wrote...But in certain cases, the band members themselves can be caught unaware. That's more or less what happened with the Toadies, an act not much heard from since it splintered a half dozen years ago, and one that's been out of the brightest of spotlights since the song "Possum Kingdom" was a major alternative-rock hit in the mid-'90s.
The notion of a reunion dawned on Vaden Todd Lewis when he was writing songs in his Fort Worth, Texas, home last year -- after his most recent band, Burden Brothers, fell apart. [STLToday]
I vaguely recall the Toadies from the heyday of alternative, when bands that sounded like Puddle of Mudd covering ZZ Top could slide a song on radio playlists. I'm not sure what's most shocking--that I recognize "Backslider," the grey-haired age of the players (were the '90s that long ago?), or the horde of Toad-heads (I think/hope I just made that up) gong nuts to hear this.Tickets are now on sale for upcoming shows at Webster Hall and Starland Ballroom. More Lolla pics and all tour dates below...
The Toadies - 2008 Tour Dates
Aug 21 - Click's Tyler, Texas
Aug 22 - The Palladium Dallas, Texas
Aug 23 - Northgate Music Festival College Station, Texas
Aug 26 - The Warehouse Shreveport, Louisiana
Aug 27 - The Varsity Theater Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Aug 29 - Verizon Wireless Theater Houston, Texas
Aug 30 - The Pavilion at Concrete Street Corpus Christi, Texas
Aug 31 - (first annual) Dia De Los Toadies @ Possum Kingdom Lake Graham, Texas
Sep 3 - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheatre Austin, Texas
Sep 4 - Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater Austin, Texas
Sep 6 - Dos Amigos Odessa, Texas
Sep 8 - The Brickhouse Theater Phoenix, Arizona
Sep 9 - Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, California
Sep 11 - Roxy Theatre Los Angeles, California
Sep 13 - House of Blues Anaheim, California
Sep 14 - House of Blues Las Vegas, Nevada
Sep 16 - Slim's San Francisco, California
Sep 17 - Boardwalk Sacramento, California
Sep 19 - Showbox Market Seattle, Washington
Sep 20 - Hawthorne Theatre Portland, Oregon
Sep 21 - Knitting Factory Concert House (formerly known as Big Easy) Boise, Idaho
Sep 23 - Belly Up Aspen, Colorado
Sep 24 - Gothic Theater Englewood, Colorado
Sep 25 - Lonestar Events Center Lubbock, Texas
Sep 26 - Midnight Rodeo Amarillo, Texas
Nov 06 - Webster Hall, NY, NY
Nov 07 - Starland Ballroom, NJ
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Posted on August 6, 2008 12:34 PM
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Comments (32)
i was on that roof. this band rules.
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 12:50 PM
The Bowery Show = Show of the year thus far
Posted by rhidinslidin | August 6, 2008 12:51 PM
I like the guy's Costanza 'jerk store' shirt.
Posted by Jeff | August 6, 2008 12:54 PM
great band.
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 1:03 PM
"I vaguely recall the Toadies from the heyday of alternative, when bands that sounded like Puddle of Mudd covering ZZ Top could slide a song on radio playlists."
Fuck Time Out Chicago, how dare they compare Todies to Puddle of Mudddddd.
Rubberneck was a sweet album, so many good songs.
Posted by the jim | August 6, 2008 1:09 PM
ew, webster hall and starland... too bad i missed them at the bowery
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 1:11 PM
I didn't like this band 13 years ago and I don't like them now.
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 1:13 PM
well that's funny, cause you're their biggest seller!
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 1:31 PM
I'm cool, I post about how much I dislike a band from the 90's. I also have the tightest jeans around and my parents give me money to buy clothes at Urban Outfitters.
For fucks sake.
Anybody see this show? Was it decent?
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 1:35 PM
the bowery show was worth every penny. never seen the place go so nuts. it was a riot. fuck the haters.
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 1:41 PM
The Toadies make Metallica sound like Richard Marx
Posted by Marzipan Backslider | August 6, 2008 1:50 PM
Well I had sex with your wife!
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 2:04 PM
Right on Anon 1:35 I'm sick of these hipster d-bags with their stupid negative comments and super tight jeans.
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 2:08 PM
Didn't they used to have a chick bassist?
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 2:20 PM
man, they are such a fantastic band. i am so glad they're still making music. sometimes it's really good to hear some kick ass rock solos, and much like fellow 90's rockers superdrag, these guys deliver.
Posted by holmes | August 6, 2008 2:28 PM
how did i not know about the bowery show? damn.
and yes, lisa umbarger used to play bass with the band, but left soon after their second record came out (and right before the band broke up completely, until now, i guess).
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 2:34 PM
The Bowery show was one of my favorite shows of the year so far. Hearing Tyler live put a smile on my face that lasted for a week. Hearing them off in the distance while waiting near the rail for Rage this past weekend was torture. My friend and I had our fingers crossed for another NYC show in the fall around the time of their album release to make up for missing them. It was nice finding out on Monday that we guessed right.
Posted by Chris | August 6, 2008 3:03 PM
Of all the bands for people on BV to fawn over/dork out, the TOADIES!?!?
Jesus, I'd hate to see the dick sucking associated with a Candle Box or Veruca Salt reunion show.
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 4:02 PM
We saw them at Lolla -- not only were the fucking amazing, but their songs sound fresher than most of the other acts we caught last weekend. The stage was packed and people were singing along to every word. The singer guy sounds a lot better than he looks -- kind of an uglier Anderson Cooper or older Peter North -- but we were shocked by how great their songs sounded. I saw them open for Smashing Pumpkins (I think) 'back in the 90s' and they had a lil squat chick bass player and played a cover of Gary Numan 'Cars'.
Posted by greg | August 6, 2008 4:52 PM
Who's Peter North?
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 5:00 PM
Yeah the Toadies were a great band with tight songs. They only had that one big hit but a lot of other great songs. They deserve the attention. It's not like everyone is going ape shit for Seven Mary Three.
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 5:58 PM
I'd go see a re-united Veruca Salt.
Throw in Elastica and Luscious Jackson and, brother, you got a hot ticket.
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 6:04 PM
Peter North is/was a porn star who was famous for his God-given talent of autofelacio.
Posted by Jonesboogie, Rawkansas | August 6, 2008 6:06 PM
oh, man!!!
5:58, i forgot about 7 mary three!!
jesus, they blew! too bad, cuz the name, a CHiPs reference, was cool.
Posted by snappy! | August 6, 2008 6:11 PM
Too heavy, too light, too black or too white
Too wrong or too right, today or tonight
Cummmmmmmmmmmbersome
Haha, never knew it was a CHiPs reference.
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 8:02 PM
this band have always ruled i need to seem them since they reunited, they played bowery ballroom in 2001 that show ruled too
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 9:04 PM
Yo seven mary three SUCKED. And they were from my hometown of Orlando FL go figure. Not that I suck I'm just saying orlando sucks. Anyone remeber HUM they ripped it up. They didn't really get the attention they deserved cause they were nerds.
Posted by Anonymous | August 6, 2008 9:25 PM
HUM was pretty great... I remember seeing them open for The Toadies and Bush in Orlando - that was a fun show.
Posted by Beeeeve | August 6, 2008 10:11 PM
I hung out with them backstage at Lolla. It was super fun!!! Email me for details brittheinz@gmail.com
Posted by Britt | August 7, 2008 9:06 AM
Here's the mp3's from this year's Lollapalooza. 224 kbps.
01 - War Pigs Intro
02 - Backslider
03 - Quitter
04 - Hell Below / Stars Above
05 - So Long Lovey Eyes
06 - Away
07 - I Am A Man Of Stone
08 - Push The Hand
09 - Possum Kingdom
10 - No Deliverance
11 - Mister Love
12 - I Burn
13 - Plane Crash
14 - I Come From The Water
15 - Little Sin
16 - Tyler
ENJOY
http://rapidshare.com/files/134933540/Toadies_Live_at_Lollapalooza-Grant_Park__Chicago_8-2-08.rar
Posted by Thomas | August 7, 2008 10:30 AM
Thomas, did you happen to record any other bands from lolla this year.?? if so email me. i was there and t'was the best weekend of my life. flew in from dallas to catch this great festival.
Posted by manny | August 7, 2008 5:50 PM
thanks Thomas.
toadies ftw.
the killed @ the middle east.
i miss lisa.
-10
Posted by tennessee | August 22, 2008 9:07 AM