Toadies

Toadies
Toadies performing at the White Rabbit in San Antonio, Texas
Background information
Origin	Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock, grunge
Years active	1989–2001, 2006–present
Labels	Kirtland Records, Interscope, Aezra Records
Associated acts	Burden Brothers, 1100 Springs, Baboon
Website	http://www.thetoadies.com/
Members	Vaden Todd Lewis Mark Reznicek Clark Vogeler Doni Blair
Past members	Darrel Herbert Tracey Sauerwein Charles Mooney III Matt Winchel Michael Jerome Lisa Umbarger Terry Valderas Guy Vaughan Dan Kruse

Toadies are an American alternative rock band from Fort Worth, Texas, best known for the song "Possum Kingdom." The band's classic lineup consisted of Vaden Todd Lewis on vocals/guitar, Mark Reznicek on drums, Lisa Umbarger on bass, and Darrel Herbert on guitar. It formed in 1989 and disbanded in 2001 after Umbarger left the group. The band reformed and released an album, No Deliverance in 2008. In 2010, they re-released the album Feeler with Kirtland Records (the album's original release had been denied by Interscope in 1997). The band's most recent album, Heretics, was released in September 2015.

Toadies began in 1989 in Fort Worth, Texas. They recorded a few cassette self-releases and an E.P. titled Pleather before signing to Interscope Records. Their first full-length album Rubberneck was released in the summer of 1994. Featuring a sound described as "distinctly grunge" and "distinctly Texan",Rubberneck included six singles, "Possum Kingdom" (their most successful), as well as "Mister Love", "Away", "Tyler", "Backslider" and "I Come From the Water". "Backslider" can be heard in the film Black Sheep. "Possum Kingdom" would later become a playable track in the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II.