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Tonic is an American rock band that has earned two Grammy nominations. The band was formed in 1993 by Emerson Hart and Jeff Russo. Later members have included Dan Lavery, Kevin Shepard, Pierce Bowers and Dan Rothchild. Signed to a recording contract in 1995, the band released its debut album ''Lemon Parade'' in 1996. The single "If You Could Only See" reached No. 11 on the Billboard Airplay Hot 100, and ''Lemon Parade'' itself reached platinum status. Tonic spent much of the next two years touring, adding to its reputation as a relentlessly gigging band. In addition to extensive touring Tonic produced other work, including songs for feature film soundtracks. After self-producing its 1999 album ''Sugar'', Tonic released its third album ''Head on Straight'' in 2002. Tonic received two Grammy nominations from ''Head on Straight'', including one for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "Take Me As I Am", and one for Best Rock Album. The band then went on hiatus beginning in 2004 while its members pursued other musical endeavors. It wasn't until late 2008 Tonic became active again, embarking on a tour and releasing a greatest-hits compilation, all of which served as a prelude to their fourth studio album, 2010's ''Tonic''. Since the release of that album, Tonic has continued to tour and remain active into the year 2015. ==History== Tonic was founded by Emerson Hart and guitarist Jeff Russo, long-separated childhood friends who randomly crossed paths at a Los Angeles, California area pool hall in 1993. The pair quickly began collaborating on music writing, and soon added bass player Dan Rothchild, whom they met at a venue named the Kibitz room.〔 The final addition to the band was drummer Kevin Shepard, who was recruited at an L.A. venue named Masker's Cafe.〔 Hart later said the original choice for the band's name was ''Radio Flyer'', but upon learning that name was unavailable, selected ''Tonic'' instead (the band later referenced the term ''Radio Flyer'' in their song "Top Falls Down"). The newly formed group performed gigs around the Los Angeles, California area prior to signing their first professional recording contract in 1995. Earning a reputation as a "relentlessly gigging" band, Tonic played over 300 shows in less than two years during the mid-to-late 1990s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theonlinemusicsource.com/tonic.html )〕 Teaming with producer Jack Joseph Puig, Tonic released their debut album ''Lemon Parade'' on July 15, 1996.〔 Music critic Shawn M. Haney said of the album that, "The record as a whole is full of the heavy, distortion-laden Tonic sound, and guitars that make them who they are."〔 Singles for the songs "Open Up Your Eyes" and "If You Could Only See", were released in 1996 and 1997 respectively. The single "If You Could Only See" received the honor of being Rock Radio's most played song of 1997, and ''Lemon Parade'' as an album reached platinum status.〔 Music videos were created for the songs "Open Up Your Eyes," "If You Could Only See," and "Soldier's Daughter."〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/tonic/ )〕 The ''Lemon Parade'' album spent 57 weeks on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, reaching a peak of No. 28 during the week of August 2, 1997. By February 2003 ''Lemon Parades running total of albums sold had reached 1.3 million copies.〔 Dan Lavery replaced Rothchild on bass in December 1996, and around this same time period drummer Shepard ceased full-time activity with the band for family and personal reasons. The year 1997 marked the band's first contribution to an original soundtrack, recording the song "Eyes of Sand" for the ''Scream 2'' soundtrack. Continuing their work on film soundtracks into 1998, Tonic recorded the song "Flower Man" for ', and performed a cover of the song ''Everybody's Talkin''' for the ''Clay Pigeons'' soundtrack. Tonic also performed a cover of the song "Second Hand News" for the album "Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours." The band finished 1998 by contributing a live version of the song "Open Up Your Eyes" to the charitable album ''Live in the X Lounge''. On March 1, 1999 the band released the now out-of-print ''Live and Enhanced'' CD, which featured an acoustic version of "If You Could Only See" and the previously unreleased music video of "Soldier's Daughter".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004T71U )〕 In 2000, Tonic allowed their song "Mean To Me" from their album ''Sugar'' to be released as a single from the soundtrack album for the Warner Bros. film ''Gossip'', which was directed by Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim. The band appeared in the music video for the song, which featured clips from the film as well as actors from it, who seemingly appear to be interacting with the band via webcam as they perform the song. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tonic (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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