The Toadies

Toadies play prickly hard rock punctuated by jagged riffs and misanthropic lyrics. Led by frontman Vaden Todd Lewis, the Toadies are usually dismissed as a one-hit wonder because of their lone breakthrough single, 1995’s “Possum Kingdom,” but the band’s punk-style rock songs made them a snarling remedy to the more commercial sounds of the 1990s’ grunge and alternative-rock superstars.