Toadies are an American rock band formed in 1989 in Fort Worth, Texas, best known for the song "Possum Kingdom".

Interscope did not properly promote the album for its first year on release, calling it a "marketing strategy",[6] until "Possum Kingdom" became a successful single in late 1995, reaching number nine on the Mainstream Rock Chart.

Toadies toured extensively throughout the 1990s supporting Rubberneck, opening for artists such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, White Zombie, Bush, and The Butthole Surfers.

[7][8][9] In 2000, they went back to the studio, salvaged some of the songs from the Feeler sessions, and released their second full-length album Hell Below/Stars Above in the spring of 2001.

[10] Vaden Todd Lewis decided to break up the band rather than continue without her, a decision which "stunned" Umbarger.

Toadies reformed for a reunion show on March 11, 2006, headlining the Greenville Avenue St. Patrick's Day parade concert, drawing in an estimated 100,000 people.

Vaden Todd Lewis was quoted as saying: "Since there are unfinished versions floating around on the Internet, it is important to us that people hear it as we meant it to be."

A promotional video for the track, "Summer of the Strange," can be viewed on Clark Vogeler's YouTube channel.

[14] On January 7, 2014, the Toadies announced via its Facebook page that its Rubberneck album would be reissued by Kirtland Records with five previously unreleased bonus tracks.

[19] The 2015 Summerland Tour featured Everclear and Toadies, as well as alternative rock bands American Hi-Fi and Fuel.

[23] Toadies released the EP Damn You All to Hell on September 13, 2022, as they began touring North America to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album Rubberneck.