Dishwalla
Sign in to saveDishwalla is an American alternative rock band from Santa Barbara, California. Formed by vocalist J.R. Richards, guitarist Rodney Browning, and keyboardist Greg Kolanek, they were initially known as Life Talking and then Dish upon adding bassist Scot Alexander and drummer George Pendergast.
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Dishwalla
- Musical artist.image
- Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam Morale, Welfare and Recreation holds 4th of July celebration event 150704-N-ON468-240.jpg
- Musical artist.landscape
- yes
- Musical artist.caption
- Dishwalla performing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam in 2015. From left to right: Browning Cravens, Pendergast, Fox, Wood and Alexander.
- Musical artist.alias
- Life Talking (1990–1992)Dish (1992–1993)
- Musical artist.origin
- Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1990–2005 2008–present
- Musical artist.label
- A&M, Interscope, Immergent, Orphanage, Pavement Entertainment
- Musical artist.current_members
- Rodney Browning CravensScot AlexanderJim WoodGeorge Pendergast Justin Fox
- Musical artist.past_members
- J.R. RichardsGreg KolanekPete Maloney
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- dishwalla.com
- Image
- US Navy 030530-N-1671M-005 The popular band Dishwalla performs for the crew aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68).jpg
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- inception
- 1994-00-00
- Commons category
- Dishwalla
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
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- 55200
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20 sectionsContents
- History
- Formation and eventual change to Dishwalla (1990–1993)
- Major label signing and mainstream success with ''Pet Your Friends'' (1994–1997)
- Moderate success with ''And You Think You Know What Life's About'' and label shifts (1998–2000)
- ''Opaline'', ''Dishwalla'', and departure of Richards (2001–2005)
- Reformation and ''Juniper Road'' (2008–2017)
- ''Alive'' and continued career (2018–present)
- Members
- Current
- Former
- Timeline
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Demo albums
- EPs and live albums
- Singles
- Non-album songs
- See also
- References
- External links
Dishwalla is an American alternative rock band from Santa Barbara, California. Formed by vocalist J.R. Richards, guitarist Rodney Browning, and keyboardist Greg Kolanek, they were initially known as Life Talking and then Dish upon adding bassist Scot Alexander and drummer George Pendergast.
Due to a cease-and-desist letter, the band settled on Dishwalla in late 1993. The Dishwalla name came from a Hindi term for a person providing satellite TV to a neighborhood ("dish" + walla). Kolanek took the name from a Wired magazine article. The band is best known for its 1996 hit song "Counting Blue Cars".