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Moonpools and Caterpillars

Band Glendale United States Formed 1989

Moonpools and Caterpillars formed in 1989 in Glendale, United States. Moonpools and Caterpillars has 14 chart appearances on 14 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1999–2014. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Hear”, which appears on 14 lists with a best position of #368. The station that charted Moonpools and Caterpillars most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 14 appearances.

14appearances

14countdowns

1songs charted

1stations

0#1 finishes

1999–2014years

Moonpools & Caterpillars were a Filipino American alternative rock band from Glendale, California, and they took their name, or half of it anyway, from Sealab 2020. Their first record, The Pink Album, captured them live at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, where they played many of their early shows, and they put it out themselves.

Elektra released Lucky Dumpling in 1995, with Richard Gottehrer producing, and it's a bright, bouncy, kaleidoscopic thing. Kimi Ward Encarnacion sings like she can't stand still, and on stage she was known for exactly that kind of energy, while Jay Jay Encarnacion's guitar swings from dreamy, chorus-drenched shimmer to a full wall of distortion. Tim DePala on bass and Gugut Salgado on drums keep it all tethered. "Hear" turned up in a 1995 Volkswagen "Drivers Wanted" commercial, and their music found its way into the films The Baby-Sitters Club, Wish Upon a Star and Frozen Stars.

A third album, 12 Songs, was self-released. With three Filipino members, the band always had a following on the Pinoy rock scene, and in 2014, after one more night at the Whisky, they flew back to the Philippines for the first time in years and found eager crowds waiting.

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

Songs by Moonpools and Caterpillars on radio countdowns

#	Song	Strength	Lists	Best	#1s	Peak year
1	Hear	841	14	#368	–	–

Albums with charting songs

Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.

1995Lucky Dumpling1 charting song

Every countdown appearance

Year	#	Song	Countdown
2014	1380	Hear	CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014)
2013	1325	Hear	CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013)
2011	1265	Hear	CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011)
2010	1211	Hear	CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010)
2009	1177	Hear	CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009)
2008	1154	Hear	CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008)
2007	1162	Hear	CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007)
2005	372	Hear	CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005)
2004	368	Hear	CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004)
2003	368	Hear	CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003)
2002	368	Hear	CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002)
2001	368	Hear	CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001)
2000	368	Hear	CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000)
1999	368	Hear	CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999)

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