Toad the Wet Sprocket

Bio

Toad the Wet Sprocket is an alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Santa Barbara, California, by Glen Phillips, Todd Nichols, Dean Dinning, and Randy Guss, who knew one another through San Marcos High School. Phillips sings and plays guitar, Nichols plays lead guitar, and Dinning plays bass; Guss played drums until he stopped touring and left in 2020. Dulcinea (1994) went platinum and included "Fall Down," a No. 1 Modern Rock single. The band has returned to Santa Barbara rooms, including the Lobero Theatre.

The band

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  Glen Phillips

  Glen Phillips is the lead singer and a guitarist of Toad the Wet Sprocket. He formed the Santa Barbara band in 1986 with Todd Nichols, Dean Dinning, and Randy Guss; he was 15 at the time, and the others were connected through San Marcos High School.