"Named in honor of the Monty Python sketch of the same name, Toad the Wet Sprocket was one of the most popular adult contemporary groups of the ‘90s. Their soft rock music left mother's everywhere singing their songs about obscure adventures and bizarrely described events. From the beachy Southern California town of Santa Barbara, the group formed out of their college days with Todd Nichols (guitar), Dean Dinning (bass), Randy Guss (drums) and lead singer Glen Phillips.The small-town boys formed Toad mostly out of boredom and started performing in the storage unit that was known for housing Santa Barbara's few bands, rented out by Sid Goren, aka ""the Godfather of the Santa Barbara scene."" Originally the Three Young Studs and Glenn, the boys would play at the Shack for free. After changing their name to Toad in 1986, they caught the attention of Brad Nack, lead singer of the local group Tan. Nack, who introduced the boys to his former manager Chris Blake. Before long Toad rented out a garage studio with Nack and Blake managing and recorded their first cassette, Bread and Circus. While the group was receiving some attention outside of their beach bubble, the group continued to perform locally and again personally financed their second recording, Pale. Once the group signed with Columbia, their first two LPs were nationally re-released and the boys started touring, opening for the B-52s, Deborah Harry and Michael Penn.With a strong cult following the group suddenly skyrocketed to mainstream success with their poppy ""All I Want,"" which made the Top 40. The group was shocked at the success of the single, which was unlike anything they had ever recorded. Though the group criticized themselves for this poppy single as they heard similar reactions in the UK, the US loved it. Touring endlessly, the group returned to their live eccentric sound with their fourth album before splitting in 1998."