Artist · chart history
Creeper Lagoon
Band San Francisco United States Formed 1991
Creeper Lagoon formed in 1991 in San Francisco, United States. Creeper Lagoon has 8 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 1998–2002. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Wrecking Ball”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #43. The station that charted Creeper Lagoon most often is WBER (Rochester, NY), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2001.
Creeper Lagoon started as Sharky Laguana alone with a four-track in San Francisco. He and Ian Sefchick had played together in high school in a Cincinnati punk band called the Rottweilers, and when Sefchick made his own way west, after a brief stint in the Brian Jonestown Massacre, the two reunited in Creeper Lagoon. Geoffrey Chisholm on bass and Patrick Mangan on drums made it a four-piece, with David Kostiner later taking over from Mangan.
A self-titled EP of five songs came out in 1997 on Dogday, a rap label from Oakland of all places, and four of its tracks got a makeover for the 1998 full-length I Become Small and Go, released on Nickelbag, the Dust Brothers' own imprint. It's the record where their woozy, sun-bleached rock came into focus, with "Wonderful Love" drifting out of it on a haze of melody and fuzz.
By 2000 they were sharing a practice space at the Art Explosion Studios in the Mission District with the likes of Deerhoof and Beulah. Take Back the Universe and Give Me Yesterday followed in 2001 with "Wrecking Ball", and their labels over the years have included DreamWorks and Arena Rock Recording Company. These days they are on Neglektra, Laguana's own digital label.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Creeper Lagoon on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrecking Ball | 2 | #43 | – | 2001 | |
| 2 | Chance of a Lifetime | 2 | #88 | – | 2002 | |
| 3 | Wonderful Love | 3 | #63 | – | 1998 | |
| 4 | Up All Night | 1 | #101 | – | 2002 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 88 (tie) | Chance of a Lifetime | WBER Listener Countdown 2002 |
| 2002 | 101 | Up All Night | WBER Listener Countdown 2002 |
| 2001 | 74 | Wrecking Ball | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2001 |
| 2001 | 43 | Wrecking Ball | WBER Listener Countdown 2001 |
| 2001 | 179 (tie) | Chance of a Lifetime | WBER Listener Countdown 2001 |
| 1998 | 103 | Wonderful Love | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1998 |
| 1998 | 63 | Wonderful Love | The End Top 107 Songs of 1998 |
| 1998 | 85 | Wonderful Love | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 1998 |
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