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Ass Ponys

Band Cincinnati United States Active 1988–2005

Ass Ponys formed in 1988 in Cincinnati, United States and was active until 2005. Ass Ponys has 28 chart appearances on 23 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 1994–2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Little Bastard”, which appears on 23 lists with a best position of #83. The station that charted Ass Ponys most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1995.

28appearances
23countdowns
3songs charted
4stations
0#1 finishes
1994–2014years

Ass Ponys came out of Cincinnati in 1988 with a name guaranteed to scare off program directors and a sound that mashed rock and country into something lopsided, funny and faintly haunted. Chuck Cleaver was there from the start, Randy Cheek played bass, John Erhardt played electric guitar, and Dan Kleingers drummed until 1991, when David Morrison took over; Bill Alletzhauser was also in the band from 1995 to 2002.

A&M released Electric Rock Music in 1994, and "Little Bastard", a crooked, twangy thing played with a straight face, became the song alternative radio couldn't shake, with "Earth to Grandma" alongside it. They hit the road across the country with Pavement, Throwing Muses and Possum Dixon, and Some Stupid with a Flare Gun, in 2000, brought "Swallow You Down". The band called it quits in 2005, leaving behind some of the oddest, warmest Americana of the decade.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

Songs by Ass Ponys on radio countdowns

#SongStrengthListsBest#1sPeak year
1 Little Bastard
448		 23 #83 – 1995
2 Swallow You Down
98		 3 #278 – –
3 Earth to Grandma
66		 2 #321 – –

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

Every countdown appearance

Year#SongCountdown
2014 2012 Little Bastard CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013 1936 Little Bastard CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011 1866 Little Bastard CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010 1792 Little Bastard CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009 1751 Little Bastard CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008 1726 Little Bastard CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007 1738 Little Bastard CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2005 1669 Little Bastard CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004 1671 Little Bastard CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003 357 Little Bastard WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003 413 Swallow You Down WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2003)
2003 1671 Little Bastard CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002 257 Little Bastard WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002 322 Swallow You Down WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2002)
2002 1685 Little Bastard CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001 261 Little Bastard WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001 278 Swallow You Down WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001)
2001 1693 Little Bastard CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000 260 Little Bastard WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2000)
2000 1693 Little Bastard CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999 197 Little Bastard WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999 321 Earth to Grandma WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999)
1999 1693 Little Bastard CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)
1996 353 Earth to Grandma WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)
1996 459 Little Bastard WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1996)
1995 83 Little Bastard Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995
1995 97 Little Bastard WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995
1994 469 Little Bastard WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1994)

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