This performance is not available on any of their albums. They also performed a cover of the George of the Jungle theme song for the 1997 movie of the same name. The Presidents also wrote the theme song for the 1998 TV movie My Date with the President's Daughter. Another song on the album, "Man (Opposable Thumb)", appeared in the Nickelodeon-produced motion picture Good Burger but was not directly written or performed for the film. " Video Killed the Radio Star" was included on the soundtrack for The Wedding Singer, while " Cleveland Rocks", originally recorded by Ian Hunter, was chosen as the theme song for The Drew Carey Show. Pure Frosting featured two songs that had previously been used in a movie and as a television show theme. The CD also contained videos for "Lump", "Peaches", "Mach 5", and "Dune Buggy". Pure Frosting, a final album composed of new songs, covers, and demos, was released in 1998. The band broke up in January 2000 as Ballew quit to spend more time with his young family and explore other musical terrain. Pure Frosting, collaborations and break-up (1998–2000) The band began the program with a skit called "Public Domain", performed "Lump" later in the show and " When the Saints Go Marching In" during the end credits. The Presidents turned down an offer to perform on Saturday Night Live in the fall of 1995 because the date conflicted with Ballew's wedding, but later made an appearance on the eleventh episode of Mad TV in January 1996. They also made many appearances in major print media and on radio and TV, including multiple appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and the Late Show with David Letterman in the U.S. and Canada, PUSA made multiple tours of Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. They were introduced with: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Presidents of the United States." In addition to relentless touring in the U.S. In 1996, MTV aired a previously recorded live concert of the band from Mount Rushmore for Presidents Day. Throughout 1995, 19, the band made worldwide tours to support their first two albums. Ī follow-up album, II, received similar praise, but did not match the commercial success that the Presidents' debut album had, though it was still certified gold in the US. Driven by the singles " Lump", " Peaches", and " Kitty", their debut album has been certified triple Platinum by the RIAA. Columbia Records signed the band shortly thereafter and re-released the album in late July 1995. The band also released a limited edition blue vinyl 7" single, "Fuck California", on C/Z Records. In 1994, the band signed with the independent Seattle label PopLlama Records and released their self-titled debut in the following year. Finn also sold the cassette from behind the bar of Seattle's Comet Tavern, where he tended bar. The band sold the cassette at shows in 1994. The Presidents recorded a ten-song cassette, Froggystyle, in early 1994 in one day at Laundry Room Studios. At the time, Finn was also the drummer in the band Love Battery, who had recently changed record labels from Sub Pop to Atlas Records, an A&M subsidiary. Shortly after settling on their name, Ballew and Dederer added drummer Jason Finn the band played their first show as a trio at Seattle's Romper Room in early December 1993. Ballew eventually came upon the name "The Presidents of the United States of America". Initially a drummerless duo, Ballew and Dederer performed a half-dozen or so shows in 1993 as "The Lo-Fis", "The Dynamic Duo", and "Pure Frosting". Ballew had previously been in a punk- busker band called Egg, who wrote many songs that would later be turned into PUSA songs. The band was formed in late 1993 by Chris Ballew (bass guitar and lead vocals) and Dave Dederer (guitar and backup vocals), who met while attending The Bush School in Seattle. 1.7 Post-2016: Solo work, album vinyl re-release. 1.5 Full reformation and new guitarist (2003–2010).1.3 Pure Frosting, collaborations and break-up (1998–2000). The Presidents privately disbanded in 2015, and the news was made public a year later. In 2004, Dederer left the group and was replaced by Andrew McKeag. The group broke up for the first time in late 1997 because their singer Chris Ballew wanted a solo career they performed a farewell concert early the next year. The band became popular in the mid-1990s for their hits " Lump" and " Peaches"-released in 19, respectively-which helped their self-titled debut album go 3× platinum. The three-piece group's initial line-up consisted of vocalist and bassist Chris Ballew, drummer Jason Finn, and guitarist Dave Dederer. The Presidents of the United States of America (occasionally referred to as PUSA, PotUSA, The Presidents of the USA or simply The Presidents) were an American alternative rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1993.
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