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This Alternative-Rock four-piece act was formed in the second half of
the '90s when singer+guitarist Thomas Flowers, guitarist Ric Ivanisevich,
bassist Doug Eldridge and drummer Fred Nelson Jr. started up a new band
taking their name from the highly-poisonous oleander plants which grow
in California.
The Sacramento-based quartet in late 1997 released their independent
debut full-length disc "Shrinking The Blob" which contained
two local radio hits, "Down When I'm Loaded" and "Why I'm
Here".
In the summer of the following year the band was signed to Republic Records
who released in February 1999 their second album, "February Son",
the record cracked The Billboard Top 200 chart and the relit single "Why
I'm Here" smashed into the top 3 of The Mainstream Rock; a second
single "I Walk Alone" made top 20 in the same chart.
Before the band began recording their next album Nelson left and Scott
Devours replaced him on drums.
Almost exactly two years later Oleander issued "Unwind" which
reached the #94 spot on The Billboard 200 Albums chart and its main single,
"Are You There?", hit #6 and #19 respectively on Mainstream
and Modern Rock charts.
The quartet during 2002 inked a new deal with Sanctuary, toured throughout
the United States performing as a support act for Nickelback
and planned the release of their new album; "Joyride" arrived
in the spring of 2003 but failed to chart, the lone single "Hands
Off The Wheel" reached #25 on Active Rock chart.
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