That was then. In 2001, the Toadies deliver the new “Hell Below/Stars Above,” and it’s a welcome blast of energy and angst in an era of teen pop and too many ham-fisted metal-rap bands.

I don't think we felt assured until the new record came out." But that new release, Hell Below/Stars Above, isn't Toadies' original follow-up to Rubberneck. The group had recorded another batch of ...

"The Toadies were not feeling fulfilling anymore." The inexplicable thing about all of this is why Interscope would simply dump Hell Below/Stars Above without support. The label had plenty of ...

Toadies: Hell Below/Stars Above (Uni/Interscope)The Toadies, a Texas-based grunge act, sound like the pouting, angst-ridden love child of Soundgarden and Nirvana.With lead singer Todd Lewis ...

For music fans sick and tired of having rap-rock bands and the likes of Matchbox 20 being championed as “rock,” pick up “Hell Below/Stars Above.” And remember the name Toadies, it may be ...

The Toadies figured for a long time their necks ... There's no denying that Hell Below/Stars Above is the sound of release -- catharsis, at long last. "I still believe for every action, there's ...

(The Toadies) In that way, the Jigsaw Girl comic mirrors the “Jigsaw Girl” song. Originally released on the group’s underappreciated 2001 album Hell Below/Stars Above, it’s an improbably ...

There was a major shake-up at the label, but the Toadies’ “Hell Below/Stars Above” was released in 2001. The CD tanked, and as frustrations mounted, bassist Lisa Umbarger quit in midtour ...

Fans applaud during the Toadies performance at Martin ... It boasts the full bodied nature of Hell Below and the strong fruity flavor form Stars Above. This beer, however, will not be sold on ...

And though this might bother a good portion of Dallasites, Fort Worth’s Todd Lewis of The Toadies was as good a ... besides being hell for a word processor’s auto-grammar, is little more ...

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