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Sponge timeline (EN)

2025
tour with Local H and Everclear

In March 2025, it was announced that Sponge would go on tour with Local H and Everclear . A compilation of outtakes and b-sides from the Rotting Piñata era was announced in October 2025, with a release date of November 14 that same year. The compilation’s title, Electric Cattle Gods:…
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2024
1994

Sponge released their tenth studio album, 1994 , on October 18, 2024. The tracklist contains cover songs of alternative rock bands, all of which were originally released in 1994. In fall 2024 Sponge released three music videos in support of 1994 : ” The More You Ignore Me, the Closer…
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Planet Girls

On April 20, 2024, Sponge partnered with Sound City Records to release Planet Girls , their “lost album” previously slated to be released in 1998 before being shelved by Beyond Records. Sponge ultimately re-recorded various tracks off of Planet Girls , added in additional songs, and then changed the name…
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2021
Lavatorium

Sponge also announced tour dates in North America during the spring and summer of 2020. However, the shows were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic , with the aim to reschedule them for a later date. In August 2020, Jason Hartless replaced longtime member Adams on drums. Sponge released a…
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2016
The Beer Sessions

Sponge continued recording new music and performed on the Summerland festival tour again in 2016. The band’s eighth studio album, The Beer Sessions , was released on October 8, 2016 through Three One Three Records. In May 2018 at the annual Detroit Music Awards, the original lineup of Vinnie Dombroski,…
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2013
Stop the Bleeding

Sponge’s seventh studio album, Stop the Bleeding , was released in 2013 and includes songs from Destroy the Boy plus new tracks. Sponge performed on the Summerland festival tour and also toured with Spacehog that year. In 2014, Sponge won the Detroit Music Awards Foundation’s Outstanding National Single award for…
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2007
Galore Galore

In November 2007, Sponge announced that they would release their sixth studio album, Galore Galore , through their new label, Bellum Records. The album was released on December 4, 2007. In 2009, former Sponge producer Tim Patalan replaced Krukowski on bass. The band then independently released an EP entitled Destroy…
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2005
The Man

Sponge’s fifth studio album, The Man , was also released in 2005 and includes songs from Hard to Keep My Cool plus new tracks. Both Crud and The Orbitsuns also released albums around this time as both projects became consistent endeavors for Dombroski.

2003
For All the Drugs in the World

Sponge released their fourth studio album, For All the Drugs in the World , in 2003 through Idol Records . The album includes songs that were previously released independently by Sponge on an EP of the same name, which was only available at shows and on their website. The band…
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2001
performed at Endfest

In 2001, Dombroski was invited by Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney to jam with him in Seattle , along with bandmate Mike Inez on bass and Queensrÿche guitarist Chris DeGarmo . The supergroup independently recorded and released an EP entitled Microfish under the name Spys4Darwin . They performed at…
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