Dean Dinning
| Dean Dinning | |
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Dinning on July 30, 2015 in Hyannis, MA
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| Background information | |
| Born |
June 9, 1967 Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Alternative rock, rock, folk rock |
| Occupation(s) | Bassist, vocals |
| Instruments | Bass, guitar, piano, keyboards, vocals |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Columbia, Abe's Records, United Music Group |
| Associated acts | Toad the Wet Sprocket, Lapdog |
| Website | ToadtheWetSprocket.com |
Dean Dinning (born June 9, 1967) is an American musician and music producer. He is best known as the bass player of the alternative rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket.
Dinning, along with fellow high school friends Glen Phillips, Todd Nichols, and Randy Guss, formed Toad the Wet Sprocket in 1986; having grabbing the name from a Monty Python sketch, created by Eric Idle. The band released their debut album Bread & Circus in 1988 on cassette-only (as well as their own label Abe's Records), and on Columbia Records in July 1989. The album had two singles "One Little Girl" and "Way Away," which both hit the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The following year, they released their second album Pale. Despite the album not being a huge success, it contained two singles "Jam" and "Come Back Down" (which became a Modern Rock chart hit). In August 1991, they released their third and fame-achievable effort fear, which contained hit singles "Walk on the Ocean" and "All I Want". This made fear their first album to become an RIAA-certified platinum album.
The band even released songs for films: "Little Heaven" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and "Brother" (So I Married an Axe Murderer).
After almost three years, they finally released their follow-up to fear in May 1994, Dulcinea (which also went platinum). Dulcinea includes hit singles "Fall Down" (reaching No. 1 on the Modern Rock charts) and "Something's Always Wrong" (which also) hit the charts). The album's opening track "Fly from Heaven" was released as a music video, but never as a single. In October 1995, the group released an album In Light Syrup, which consists of b-sides and rarities, including "Little Heaven" and "Brother". In Light Syrup contains hit single "Good Intentions," which was featured on soundtrack for Friends.
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