Santa Barbara legacy alt band Toad the Wet Sprocket (TTWS) formed in 1986 when, at 15, guitarist Glen Phillips was scarcely a teenager. Inspired by an obscure Monty Python reference, the band earned ...

The music scene is littered with bands that have broken up and later regrouped or have lost a key band member and had to find a way forward without the singer or musician who was a major catalyst for ...

When the owners of Toad, the tiny, beloved pub in Porter Square, let it be known in mid-2023 that they were looking to sell the business, a lot of folks were despondent. For years the shotgun-shack ...

Toad The Wet Sprocket continue to uplift audiences with their melodic alt rock guitars, introspective lyrics, and signature vocal harmonies that catapulted them to mainstream success 30+ years ago on ...