Friday, August 27, 2004
August 26: Sponge - Wax Ecstatic
Not the first Sponge album; I still can't find that one. No, this is the second Sponge album, the one where they stopped trying to sound like Stone Temple Pilots and started trying to sound like the Black Crowes. Which is a bit of a weird shift, considering it was 1996 and the Black Crowes weren't popular anymore. And two songs have the words "drag queen" in their title; what's THAT about? Just what is Sponge trying to tell us here, that even though they're greasy rockers from Detroit, they really want to hang out in New Orleans with she-males and listen to the Allman Brothers? No wonder they got dropped after this.
As a footnote, I saw Sponge live in OKC the night Shannon Hoon from Blind Melon died. The band found out in between the end of their set and the encore, and then did a cover of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" in tribute. It was pretty cool. Really doesn't have anything to do with this album, since this was in '95 on the Rotting Pinata tour, but I thought I'd throw that in.
As a footnote, I saw Sponge live in OKC the night Shannon Hoon from Blind Melon died. The band found out in between the end of their set and the encore, and then did a cover of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" in tribute. It was pretty cool. Really doesn't have anything to do with this album, since this was in '95 on the Rotting Pinata tour, but I thought I'd throw that in.
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