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Possum Dixon
Band Los Angeles United States Active 1989–1999
Possum Dixon formed in 1989 in Los Angeles, United States and was active until 1999. Possum Dixon has 10 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 1994–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Watch The Girl Destroy Me”, which appears on 10 lists with a best position of #79. The station that charted Possum Dixon most often is CD101 (Columbus, OH), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1994.
Possum Dixon's self-titled debut arrived on Interscope Records in 1993, and it sounded like Los Angeles seen from a cheap apartment window: wiry, nervy and a little heartbroken. The band had formed in the city in 1989 around singer, songwriter and bassist Rob Zabrecky, and had already put out a string of independent 7-inch singles before Interscope came knocking.
The sound was new wave pop dragged through post-punk's back alleys, all jittery rhythms and hooks that snag rather than soothe. "Watch the Girl Destroy Me", from that debut, is the calling card, a twitchy pop song that sounds like it's pacing the room. Zabrecky kept circling two subjects, romance gone wrong and the aimless drift of slacker life in LA, and he delivered them with a deadpan urgency that made the moping sound like fun.
They called it a day in 1999, ten years after they started, leaving behind a snapshot of the alternative boom's quirkier, skinnier side.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Possum Dixon on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watch The Girl Destroy Me | 10 | #79 | – | 1994 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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