Artist · chart history
Chalk Farm
Band Los Angeles United States Formed 1992
Chalk Farm formed in 1992 in Los Angeles, United States. Chalk Farm has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Lie on Lie”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #93. The station that charted Chalk Farm most often is WHFS (Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1996.
Chalk Farm came together in Los Angeles in 1992 with a rare setup: two lead singers. Michael Duff sang and played guitar, Orlando Sims sang and played bass, and by 1995 Trace Ritter on guitar and Toby Scarbrough on drums had joined, both pitching in on backing vocals.
That four-voice lineup made Notwithstanding for Columbia in 1996, and "Lie on Lie" is its calling card: alternative rock with a pop heart, guitars crunching under harmonies that give the song a lift most of the flannel crowd never bothered with. MTV played it briefly late that year and radio picked it up across the country. The critics liked them and a cult following grew, but the album didn't sell, Columbia dropped them, and Three 2s came out on TIC Records in 2000, the year the band broke up. They had opened for Joe Walsh and Seal along the way, and they show up as the band playing at the end of the film Coyote Ugly.
The four regrouped in 2010, gigging around Los Angeles and putting out the April E.P. and October E.P. in 2011 and Into the Night in 2012. Sims died of cancer in February 2014, and Dan Lavery of Tonic filled in for him on the road.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Chalk Farm on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lie on Lie | 2 | #93 | – | 1996 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1555 | Lie on Lie | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) |
| 1996 | 93 | Lie on Lie | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1996 |
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