Artist · chart history
Wild Colonials
Band Los Angeles United States Formed 1992
Wild Colonials formed in 1992 in Los Angeles, United States. Wild Colonials has 5 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 1994–2019. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Friend”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #318. The station that charted Wild Colonials most often is WYEP (Pittsburgh, PA), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1996.
Wild Colonials got together in Los Angeles in 1992, and one look at the lineup tells you this was never going to be your standard guitar-bass-drums outfit. Angela McCluskey sang, Shark handled guitar, vocals and percussion, Paul Cantelon played violin and piano, Scott Roewe picked up whatever the song needed, and Ian Bernard sat at the drums. After 1993, Thaddeus Corea and Jason Payne took turns on drums and percussion, and Skip Ward came in on bass.
Fruit of Life, their 1994 album for Geffen, is where that crew made its case, and "Spark" is a fine place to start: McCluskey's smoky, worldly voice curling around sawing violin and a groove that sways more than it rocks. "Losing My Charm" is a moodier, after-hours affair, the kind of song that sounds best with the lights down low. This was alternative rock with a sense of theater.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Wild Colonials on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friend | 3 | #318 | – | – | |
| 2 | Losing My Charm | 1 | #71 | – | 1996 | |
| 3 | Spark | 1 | #97 | – | 1994 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 824 | Friend | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 |
| 2019 | 824 | Friend | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 |
| 2009 | 318 | Friend | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade |
| 1996 | 71 | Losing My Charm | The End Top 107 Songs of 1996 |
| 1994 | 97 | Spark | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 |
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