finetune artist: Wheatus

This Long Island, New York, USA-based guitar pop outfit was created by songwriter Brendan B. Brown (b. 11 October 1973, Glencove, New York, USA; guitar/vocals). After struggling to make an impact in other bands, Brown recruited his younger brother Peter (b. 1 September 1976, Glencove, New York, USA; drums), multi-instrumentalist Phil A. Jimenez (b. 4 April 1975, USA), and Rich Leigey (bass) to record Wheatus' debut album. In an unusual act of faith by a major record label, Columbia Records allowed the band to record and produce their debut. Brown's take on adolescent brat-pop thankfully owes more to the sly humour of Weezer than the shock-rock inanities of Blink-182 and the Bloodhound Gang, with tracks such as the hit single "Teenage Dirtbag", "Sunshine" and "Truffles" displaying a fine understanding of the rudiments of power pop. Leigey was replaced by Mike McCabe shortly before their debut album was released.

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(2000) Wheatus

Teenage Dirtbag
A Little Respect
Punk Ass Bitch
Hump'em n' Dump'em
Leroy

progandother on 2008-07-01 09:58:21.343:
...oh trust me...I live in the UK...they're nothing to shout about...
laurenrtr on 2007-08-09 17:15:32.467:
this is 1 heck of a band....they better not go nowhere...all my friends are startin to feel em....they hear all their songs from me...haha but yeah i agree with party boy....it does sound like german cereal...haha
TokyoPartyboy on 2007-04-04 15:56:04.190:
Hmm, the name always reminds me of a german cereals brand...However, good band. Bad luck that the the other albums aren't avialable outside the UK