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The Untold Truth Of Wheatus
ByBrian Boone
Right around the turn of the millennium, a band emerged on the scene fully formed, with a debut, major-label album heralded with a catchy, hook-laden, hard-rocking single with which they would be forever associated.
Wheatus biography definition genre
That band was Wheatus, who came out of Long Island, New York, with their self-titled debut and the classic singalong-ready, anthemic metal nerd-meets-popular-young-woman story song "Teenage Dirtbag."
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For more than two decades, as ABC reports, Wheatus has stuck around, recording plenty more albums' worthy of lyrically honest and quirky power pop.
Touring extensively, and cycling through a lot of like-minded musicians, they have enjoyed a devoted fan base and a stellar reputation built around that one deniable song, their first and only major tune to take off in the United States.
"Teenage Dirtbag" has appeared in movies, became an internet phenomenon, and is fondly remembered by the