Dishwalla

Dishwalla
Dishwalla
	Alternative rock band Dishwalla performs at a Fourth of July celebration event at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam (2015)
Background information
Origin	Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock; post-grunge;
Years active	1993–2005, 2008–present
Labels	A&M, Interscope, Immergent, Orphanage, Pavement Entertainment
Members	Rodney Browning Cravens; Scot Alexander; Jim Wood; George Pendergast; Justin Fox
Past members	J.R. Richards; Pete Maloney; Greg Kolanek
Website	dishwalla.com

Dishwalla is an American alternative rock band from Santa Barbara, California. The band's name comes from a Hindi term for a person providing satellite TV to a neighborhood ("dish" + walla). In a Vox interview, lead guitarist Rodney Browning Cravens claimed the band took the name from a Wired magazine article.^[1]^[2]^[3] The band is best known for its 1996 hit song "Counting Blue Cars".

^ "DISHWALLA – Origin of their Name". January 7, 2006. Retrieved May 1, 2017 – via YouTube.
^ Greenwald, Jeff (February 1, 1993). "Dish-Wallahs | Wired". Wired. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
^ "Catching Up With…Scot Alexander, Bassist, Dishwalla". headingfortheexits.com. November 2, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2017.

[1] "DISHWALLA – Origin of their Name". January 7, 2006. Retrieved May 1, 2017 – via YouTube.

[2] Greenwald, Jeff (February 1, 1993). "Dish-Wallahs | Wired". Wired. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[3] "Catching Up With…Scot Alexander, Bassist, Dishwalla". headingfortheexits.com. November 2, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2017.

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