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Totally Crushed Out!
''Totally Crushed Out!'' is the second studio album by American alternative rock band That Dog. It was released on July 18, 1995, on DGC Records. The album produced the single "He's Kissing Christian", for which a music video was directed by Frank Sacramento. ''Totally Crushed Out!'' also includes the band's longest song, "Rockstar", clocking in at well over seven minutes. Background ''Totally Crushed Out!'' is a loosely-based concept album about love and crushes, featuring an album cover that resembles artwork from the ''Sweet Valley High'' young adult book series. This theme is further demonstrated within the rest of the album packaging. The tracks are listed as a table of contents with song lyrics broken up into chapters, while photos of the band appear under an "About the Authors" section, with a short biography on each member. The album's back cover features a brief synopsis of a fictitious story that includes the song titles in their playing order within the text: Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Dog
That Dog (styled as that dog.) is a Los Angeles-based rock band that formed in 1992 and dissolved in 1997, reuniting in 2011. The band originally consisted of Anna Waronker on lead vocals and guitar, Rachel Haden on bass guitar and vocals, her sister Petra Haden on violin and vocals, and Tony Maxwell on drums. The band's original work drew critical comparisons with the output of Redd Kross, Wednesday Week, Dolly Mixture and Buzzcocks. Biography Lead vocalist Anna Waronker is the daughter of record industry mogul Lenny Waronker and singer Donna Loren, and the sister of drummer Joey Waronker of Beck, R.E.M. and Atoms for Peace. She is married to Steve McDonald of Redd Kross. Petra and Rachel Haden are daughters of jazz bassist Charlie Haden. The group began when Anna and a friend, Jenni Konner, began writing short punk songs in her bedroom about boys. Waronker had known Petra and Rachel Haden since high school, so they fluidly found their way in to playing her songs with her. M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |