Artist · chart history
Moist
Band Vancouver Formed 1992 90s Canadian alternative rock band
Moist formed in 1992 in Vancouver. Moist has 13 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 1995–2010. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Push”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #136. The station that charted Moist most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 11 appearances.
Moist came out of Vancouver in 1992 with a sound built for the post-grunge moment: big, brooding guitars, a rhythm section that stomps rather than swings, and David Usher's dramatic, slightly haunted vocals floating over the top. EMI signed them in 1994, and the debut Silver landed that year with "Push", a slow-boiling slab of tension, and the shimmering title track.
The core of the band was Usher, Mark Makoway on lead guitar, Kevin Young on keyboards and Jeff Pearce on bass, with Paul Wilcox on drums until he left just before the band's hiatus. Creature followed in 1996, with "Resurrection", "Tangerine" and "Leave It Alone" pushing the sound into moodier, more textured territory. The Junos noticed: they won Breakthrough Group of the Year in 1995 and Video of the Year in 1998, from ten nominations in all. Across three studio albums in the '90s they became a fixture of Canadian rock, and one of the country's best-selling bands at home.
After a compilation in 2001 they slipped into a hiatus that lasted more than a decade. They officially returned in June 2013, released Glory Under Dangerous Skies in 2014, and followed it with End of the Ocean in January 2022.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Moist on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Push | 4 | #136 | – | – | |
| 2 | Resurrection | 3 | #48 | – | – | |
| 3 | Silver | 3 | #158 | – | – | |
| 4 | Tangerine | 1 | #476 | – | – | |
| 5 | Leave It Alone | 1 | #496 | – | – | |
| 6 | Breathe | 1 | #982 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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