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Local H
Band Zion United States Formed 1987
Local H formed in 1987 in Zion, United States. Local H has 94 chart appearances on 80 radio countdowns from 32 stations on RockLists, spanning 1996–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Bound for the Floor”, which appears on 59 lists with a best position of #10. The station that charted Local H most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 21 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1997.
Local H came out of Zion, Illinois, built around Scott Lucas, who sings and plays guitar and has been the one constant through every lineup. When the early bassist and lead guitarist dropped out, Lucas and drummer Joe Daniels just kept going as a duo, an odd setup for a band this loud, and by 1992 they had made Chicago their base.
Island signed them in 1994, and the debut, Ham Fisted, went nowhere and nearly got them dropped. As Good as Dead in 1996 saved them: a sardonic, sludgy, hook-loaded record that sold more than 320,000 copies, with "Bound for the Floor" becoming the song everybody knows and "Eddie Vedder", "High Fiving MF" and "Fritz's Corner" riding alongside it. Pack Up the Cats in 1998, with "All The Kids Are Right", won critical raves and landed on year-end lists but got lost when a corporate merger swallowed Island's parent company, PolyGram.
They left Island the next year, and Brian St. Clair replaced Daniels behind the kit. Here Comes the Zoo came out on Palm Pictures in 2002, with "Hands on the Bible", followed by Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles? and "California Songs" in 2004, Twelve Angry Months and Hallelujah! I'm a Bum. St. Clair left on good terms in 2013, Ryan Harding took over the drums, and Lucas has kept the fire going with Hey, Killer and Lifers.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Local H on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bound for the Floor | 59 | #10 | – | 1996 | |
| 2 | All The Kids Are Right | 17 | #27 | – | 1998 | |
| 3 | Eddie Vedder | 3 | #22 | – | 1997 | |
| 4 | California Songs | 4 | #44 | – | 2004 | |
| 5 | Fritz's Corner | 2 | #9 | – | 1997 | |
| 6 | Hands on the Bible | 1 | #49 | – | 2002 | |
| 7 | Hackensack | 1 | #491 | – | – | |
| 8 | High Fiving MF | 1 | #664 | – | – | |
| 9 | Cooler Heads | 1 | #70 | – | 2003 | |
| 10 | The Kids Are Alright | 1 | #76 | – | 1998 | |
| 11 | Half Life | 1 | #77 | – | 2002 | |
| 12 | Another February | 1 | #113 | – | 2013 | |
| 13 | Birth, School, Work, Death | 1 | #194 | – | 2004 | |
| 14 | Tag Along | 1 | #90 | – | 1997 |
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.
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