Lucy

Time to once again throwback to the Grunge heavy days and focus on a band that got lumped into the Grunge movement and like most were quickly forgotten after two albums. Hailing from the Grunge capital of America, Seattle WA, Candlebox made a name for themselves with their debut self titled album in the early 90's and quickly became a regular name in the Grunge scene.

Formed in the early 90's, the band by '93 had released a multi million selling debut self titles album and were becoming the next big thing in Grunge. Candlebox was the first band with success on Madonna's Maverick Records label, which would later go on to sign acts like Alanis Morissette, The Prodigy, and The Deftones. Songs like "Far Behind" and "You" coupled with the distinct voice of frontman Kevin Martin made it easy for Grunge fans to get behind the band. The band would play at Woodstock '94 and even make regular appearances on The Late Show. And I'll be the first to admit, I dug "Far Behind", it was a solid song. I could go with the debut album here, instead I'm going with the follow up and perhaps the beginning of the end of the bands career. 'Lucy' was released in '95 and while it didn't quite make the same splash as the previous effort, the album still managed to go Gold. Led with the singles, "Simple Lessons" and "Understanding" the album wasn't without it's fair share of Radio/MTV airplay. However like most bands of the era, the band soon fell apart by the end of the decade. Citing label issues, the band dissolved in 2000, but again like most bands of the era, reformed in '06 and have been back at it releasing new material and touring. 'Lucy' may not be a great record to most, but for me it's a prime slice of overlooked Grunge.

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