Sponge is an American alternative rock band formed in Detroit and led throughout its career by vocalist and chief songwriter Vinnie Dombroski. The band broke nationally with its 1994 debut album Rotting Piñata, driven by the alternative-rock hits “Plowed” and “Molly (Sixteen Candles),” followed by songs including “Wax Ecstatic” and “Have You Seen Mary” from the 1996 album Wax Ecstatic. Their music combines alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock, and melodic pop influences, and their catalog has continued through albums including New Pop Sunday, For All the Drugs in the World, Stop the Bleeding, Lavatorium, and 1994. Rotting Piñata was certified Gold by the RIAA, while several of the band's singles reached the Top 10 of Billboard's alternative or mainstream rock charts.
