"Leading the pack in a long-running post-grunge music career, Detroit rockers Sponge have exercised their ability to soak up the rays of success while continuing down the path of alternative rock freedom over the past decade and a half. Sponge added to the riotous ‘90s with hit singles like ""Molly (Sixteen Candles)"" and ""Rainin',"" and now more than ever the edgy quintet has shown their ability to push through the changing fads in music to craft the fabric of consistency the band is so well known for.The highly underrated Sponge emerged out of the ashes of the Detroit hard rock group Loudhouse, an ‘80s hair metal band whose biggest accomplishment was having their cover of ""Smoke on the Water"" featured on the soundtrack of the film Point Break. Loudhouse disbanded in the early ‘90s when the band's record label Virgin refused to release any albums after their debut, but some band members skipped no beat in reconvening in the form of Sponge, a more grunge-type version of Loudhouse. Vinnie Drombrowski (vocals), Mike Cross (guitar), Joey Mazzola (guitar), Tim Cross (bass) and Jimmy Paluzzi (drums) gathered together to form Sponge in 1992, inking a deal with Columbia Records and releasing their debut album Rotting Pinata in 1994. Amazingly (since Loudhouse garnered marginal fame) Rotting Pinata instantly shot up the charts, landing at number four on the Heatseekers chart while also gracing the Billboard 200. Singles ""Plowed,"" ""Molly (Sixteen Candles)"" and ""Rainin'"" led the group's debut album to gold status, and Sponge's 1996 follow-up album Wax Ecstatic encompassed an even wider range of musical ability, gathering fans across all genres.Eventually signing with the Beyond label, Sponge released New Pop Sunday in 1999, though the album wasn't enough to keep the band's lineup intact for long; the Cross Brothers left the band soon thereafter and it took years to rebuild to the point of the band's 2003 album For All the Drugs in the World, Man in 2005 and Galore Galore in 2007."