Soul Coughing: Whatever Happened To The Band Behind "Super Bon Bon", 'Circles'

[@martinhsl68hw]

And now Soul Coughing are back!

[@kviz1111]

And I just saw them and they are playing great ❤

[@Antonio_Ortiz]

Super Bon Bon was truly cutting-edge. Left a strong impression on me, even as a young Black kid in the 90's. Dove into their discography a few years back as an adult and was not disappointed.

[@angelaa1611]

Super Bon Bon is my dog's favorite song lol! He's had the same fav toy since be was a puppy, a bunny named "Bun-bun." At some point, I played the song for him and told him it's "The Bun-bun song." He's loved it ever since and goes wild when I play it for him.

[@metheus108]

My younger brother was in HS when Super Bon Bon came out and one of his friends had a theory about what the song was about. I'm not saying that this IS what it was about, but the friend said he thought it was about the men's room in one of the NY museums, because the men's room at the time was a pay toilet on the mezzanine level

[@capt_beefheart4159]

I used to annoy my friends with Super Bon Bon Propellerheads remix and used to sing it as "Move aside and let the mango through. Let the mango through." Not misheard, just more entertaining.

[@robash5474]

"Ruby Vroom"" I can't believe this terrific album only sold 70, 000 copies. It was legendary amongst my circle of college friends. I mistakenly thought it was massively popular elsewhere.

[@devilsforkdigital1490]

Sort of the same. Introduced via a friend and "Screenwriter's Blues" which is such an amazing piece of music.

[@drdanr]

thats all? I got at least 70 people into this album all by myself

[@jizmoglass4202]

Get onto the bus, that's gonna take you back to beealzibub. rub-a-dub

[@jizmoglass4202]

yellow #5

[@tegdirb1017]

Ruby Vroom was the most amazing album to hit of the 90’s. Nothing sounded like it. Live they were brilliant. Love you Mike .

[@marpsr]

One of my favorite bands. I never get tired of listening to Ruby Vroom. A true masterpiece. Plus my ex couldn’t stand them.

[@ilznidiotic]

They piss off all the right people.

[@marpsr]

@@ilznidiotic 💯

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

It's funny because that one song that uses like that ominous old cartoon music I've heard people say it scares the crap out of them. I love that song though.

[@Karmy.]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu get on the bus that takes ya back to Beezlebub

[@Muryxkitteh]

@@Karmy. From the moment I first heard that song, I wanted to make a crazy animated video for it. Still want to!

[@scottbartlett4853]

Just saw Soul Coughing play in Denver. Incredible show! The sound was perfect. I had previously seen Mike play with a couple of different backing bands. Those shows were really good, This tour has shown me just what chemistry in a band can do. If you have the chance? Do! Pay too much I'm telling you it's worth it!

[@crudecube]

A popular YT channel covering a band like SC is incredibly rare and I'd like to thank you so much for this. Every day I check KZbin's search results for new videos and none of them surpass 1,000 views. Without a doubt this is my favorite band, and I've been waiting for someone to document the bands history in a video format in depth like this for so long. To cut it short, this is awesome.

[@xavierdennis2161]

Agreed my friend my favorite band as well

[@AlexMi77]

Totally agree. This is one of the most underrated bands in history. Disruptive sound.

[@Karmy.]

Three absolutely brilliant albums

[@17Clovers]

Have you found Dododummy Chanel on YT?

[@johnnydixon5687]

They also did Marcy playground you should check them out. This channel is epic

[@mingtan5104]

Aaaaaand they're back! So excited to see the opening show on their tour in Solana Beach.

[@grimmwerks]

And they sound great

[@JC42023]

I remember actually hearing Soul Coughing's songs Circles and Rollin' on Cartoon Network sometime around the turn of the millennium I never found out who it was but the songs always stayed with me Then I heard Super Bon Bon as a teenager and got interested enough in the band to learn more about them, including coming back to the Cartoon Network songs They're now one of my favorite bands

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Yep, same here. Heard circles and I think I'm rollin'. Then ended up stumbling across CDs of all three of their albums fantastic stuff. I can't think of another band that does stuff like them.

[@leon4000]

Same here. I learned about them the exact same way.

[@talkingfez1265]

Me too!!!!!! Thank you CN for showing this cool band!!!!!!!!!!

[@makehaste6619]

I was a little kid an came across that “grovie” very late at night, it blew my mind and I remember trying to stay awake just so I can hear it again. I remember rollin’ as the beginning of this passion for music I fully realize I have many years later :’)

[@ogami1972]

"El Oso" is still fantastic.

[@DichotomousRex]

All three are great but Ruby Vroom is timeless

[@proyectosfamiliares805]

It’s an album you listen to while “rolling”. 3 subs in the trunk and you feel it’s music

[@okjeffy6581]

So good that a nicktoons villain was named after it.

[@conniebaete2054]

Here in 2024, after seeing them play in SLC. What an amazing show.

[@smathfury]

I got to do sound for one of Mike’s solo shows in 2018. He was so professional, nice and unpretentious.. Very humble. I wish him all the luck in the world!!

[@phoebe5]

its a shame hearing that he got the short end of the stick so to speak when it comes to soul coughing.

[@tomryder3641]

I don't think he did at all. Your bandmates ain't you momma, they're not going to baby you over substance abuse.@@phoebe5

[@seriousbassface]

Just saw them a few days ago, literally one of the best shows I've ever seen and I've seen A LOT. They sounded incredible, super tight, no rust. Honestly if they had recorded what they played it would have been better than whats on the album, which is saying a lot because their albums are great. Absolutely insane, so glad they got back together.

[@happyninja42]

I was actually listening to my favorite Soul Coughing songs last night on my drive home. My favorite is Lazybones. That song has got such a unique, chill vibe to it. The constant guitar notes that start out the song, and stay constant throughout the entire tune. The syncopated drum beats, the low and hypnotic bass line. And then Doughtry's lyrics flowing through, with his signature "uuuhh" sound at the end of nearly every sentence. It's just such a fantastic track. It always reminds me of how I felt as a teenager, on a hot summer evening, right as dusk is fading into night. With nothing to do but watch the sky shift to darkness and stars. The sounds of animals and traffic flowing through my open window as a backing track to the season. That song truly transports me.

[@casetteplayer]

One of my top 5 songs

[@happyninja42]

@@casetteplayer yeah it's one of those songs that is very personal for me. hits a nostalgia bone that most music doesn't.

[@MikeCohenSF]

They are back together! I saw the a few weeks ago and they're fantastic.

[@jdmac44]

Double edged sword of learning more deeply about your favorite bands, when you find out that they weren't really buddies. I hope Mike is healed and thriving now.

[@ronsblahblah]

Just announced their first tour in 25years!!

[@PC__________1973]

the propellerheads remix of super bon bon is absolutely next level and still stands up today....so good.

[@internziko]

El Oso is in my top 5 favorite albums. Thanks for coving this amazing group of artists!

[@SolRC]

Yuval was amazing drummer to watch live. In one summer in the 90's I was privileged to see him and Quest Love do insanely long drum solos . Yuval did his with a dollar bill sweat glued to his forehead. They both looked like machines, amazing.

[@SongJLikes]

Soul Coughing’s catalog is something to be very proud of

[@rzerobzero]

They're back , baby.

[@jonnystromjr9305]

Thank you for doing this! I lived in Minneapolis in the early 90's. I got the chance to see them many times and turned many of my friends. To this day, they are my favorite band.

[@gonesavage]

Well, my longstanding internet moniker comes from Screenwriter's Blues. Just loved how those two words sounded together. Glad to see all the love for this band.

[@digitalbobby42]

Soul Coughing is still one of my favorite bands from the 90's, saw them in Chicago and they were fantastic. I loved their sound which I found to be a mix of alternative, rock, jazz, and spoken word poetry. This band should have been much bigger in my opinion, but they imploded.

[@ryanjenner591]

These guys are insanely underrated! Some of my best memories had songs like “I miss the girl”, “how many cans” and “ down to this” in the background.

[@Everclearfan86]

First discovered Soul Coughing as a little kid when Cartoon Network would play videos to Circles and Rolling set to old cartoons. Ended up re-discovering them as a teenager and devoured their whole discography. El Oso is still one of my personal top favorites.

[@jasoncombs3232]

Love soul coughing. So underrated. Still jam them from time to time

[@loyalbeta]

Soul Coughing has been one of my favorite bands for forever. I’m SO HAPPY you did this as I think they’re constantly overlooked and under appreciated. I saw them live on the El Oso tour, and it was just fantastic. I missed them playing the Metro in Chicago by a week. I’ve been lucky enough to see Doughty live a bunch of times. I’ve talked to him and he’s really nice and gracious to fans.

[@basedsouljah]

Gracious to fans?! What the hell Mike Doughty did you see? haha. Well hey, hopefully hes changed.

[@loyalbeta]

@@basedsouljah we talked for a good 5-10 minutes and signed my copy of Slanky without batting an eye.

[@Roberto-de8xv]

Did you get tickets for the reunion tour? ​@@basedsouljah

[@Roberto-de8xv]

​@@loyalbetaDid you get tickets for the reunion tour?

[@jizmoglass4202]

I love some Mike Doughty. I saw Soul Coughing at a concert In Mpls. with a bunch of other bands called "Zone for the Holidays" because the radio station that sponsored it was "the Zone". Amazing band. Amazing DJ. Mike is amazing. Get onto the bus. Cheers.

[@rblfrmthewstdwn]

Oh shoot I remember them. Dude keep it up with these somewhat obscure bands. I’m still in awe of the jellyfish video. I had never heard their music although was somewhat aware of the band. Now I’m obsessed! Thanks 🙏

[@sidearmsalpha]

Mike's collaboration with BT produced one of my favorite songs of all time. "Never Gonna Come Back Down" The long version is the best!

[@hazeldavis3176]

I forgot all about that song! I wore out that CD. It's so good, gonna go listen to it again.

[@andrewhime7701]

shaaaaaaaa riiiice!

[@bonsaitomato8290]

I would see these guys performing all the time in 1994-95 when I was in graduate school where I was getting an MFA. I lived in Williamsburg Brooklyn and Soul Coughing was playing in all of our studios while we worked. We would leave our studios in Chelsea and head down to the Lower East side and would see them and other great bands at the Knitting Factory or Max Fish or some tiny loft “club” that just sprang up the week before and would probably be closed by the end of the month. They were a gem something only we knew and we hoped to keep it that way. You say they only sold 70,000 albums and I think they all went to me and my friends. Seriously was a great band and a small group of devoted fans that circled around them. Skateboarders , of which I was one, loved them . Was bummed that they broke up but I’m glad to see Mike is doing better I had heard he was in a bad place for a while. Thanks for the video.

[@vansnyder9499]

yup. I was there too. Cheers!

[@iggypyro78]

I saw them for the first time in Cleveland in the Fall of 96 at the Odeon - stood right up front next to the stage, and they brought the place down that night. One of the best shows I've ever seen. It was pure manic insanity. I then saw them three or four more times after that before they broke up, but nothing was like that first time. I only knew one song and just decided to check them out on a whim - Failure opened that night too - and I became a fan for life after that. When El Oso came out, they played the bigger Agora theater - and that show was insane too. Great live band. I really wish they would've lasted longer.

[@AnxiousCowboy]

as someone who spent an important part of my life hanging out inLES and living in bedstuy (cus williamsburg is expensive) from early 2000's cool story-- wish i had been old enough to experience that area in the time youre speaking of

[@boydmanuel9257]

@@iggypyro78 Hell yeah. I was at both of those Cleveland shows. OMG, the El Oso tour at The Agora was so awesome! I’m still in awe of Yuval playing those D&B beats live.

[@NoBrakes23]

I've owned their music for almost 30 years, yet somehow I had never seen the video for Super Bon Bon until today.

[@elmago9547]

Great band!! We used to play Ruby Vroom a lot at the Nova Express, a bar i worked during the 90s in LA. Sugar free jazz...

[@DokkaChapman]

Truly one of my all time favourite bands of the 90's. Doughty's works from then and since has been a constant wash of creative bliss. His vocals for 808 State is just *chef's kiss*. 'El Oso' is still one of my favourites.

[@tomryder3641]

*Doughty's works*? Mark Degli Antoni can likely claim at least half of the success of soul coughing if my suspicions are correct. Yuval & Seb might have something to say too. I only say this because all of Doughty's solo stuff has frankly sounded incredibly lacklustre to me.

[@Shadowbannddiscourse]

I sae these guys live . They were totally avant garde and they put that into their sound

[@RandyDubin]

I remember Circles was played on Alternative Rock radio when it came out alongside Korn, Limp Bizkit, & Kid Rock. Man, the 1990s. What a time.....

[@ranman75]

They use to be one of my favorite bands. I have seen Mike's solo project a couple times too.

[@boydmanuel9257]

The perfect mix of quirky and funky with a hip hop nod and random sounds and samples from Mark. It was perfect for entertaining the adult world in the mid to late nineties. Thanks to a good friend who turned me on to the ‘Ruby Vroom’ album in ‘95. I became an instant fan an never looked back. ‘Irresistible Bliss’ is hands-down still my favorite of the three.

[@skeeter197140]

They had one of the greatest websites of any band, ever. Well crafted, well thought out....lyrics, stories about the songs. The day they split up, the home screen just said (I'm paraphrasing) "After so many years and three albums we have decided to go separate ways". One day it was business as usual, the next they were gone. Sometimes I don't know if I miss them or the website more!

[@KhurtKhave669]

Screenwriter's Blues was played more on alternative and underground radio than any of their other tracks. Another one of those "you had to be there to know" kind of things.

[@cronkitesatellite]

Heeeeeey you did my request!!! Thanks!! I love this band so much. Too bad they never lasted but I suppose all art is temporary. I’ve always had a dream that one day Soul Coughing will reunite but Doughty won’t want to rejoin the group and I wind up filling in on vocals. Someday…. Someday…

[@victorchapa6307]

Well, I’m glad to say your wish came true, my friend. 😉

[@jwal1992]

Amazing that they announced a reunion tour last week with all original members

[@thericeclubpodcast]

got my tickets!

[@dublblind]

Having read Mike's biography, I am absolutely shocked this is happening!

[@tonybilello9340]

No way. I have seen Mike Doughty open for Big Head Todd in Greensboro, NC. I didn't look too deep into his career but I will have to check out this band!

[@PepTV_]

See you guys at the reunion tour!

[@night_speed]

Would love to see a video on The Sneaker Pimps.

[@jimschleich8753]

When they started a buddy of mine misread the name as "Soul COUCH-ing"! They sounded great no matter the name!

[@thedeliberatemyth]

So happy to see this vid. One of my favorote shows of all time was a 1995 show at my college with Morphine and Soul Coughing. SC was so damn ahead of its time. Would absolutely love to see them do a reunion.

[@rnrtruestories]

Thanks

[@martinhsl68hw]

And now they're doing a reunion!

[@claymccoy]

"You get the ankles and I'll get the wrists..." Ruby Vroom is a masterpiece.

[@ogami1972]

It is 5 am....and you are lisssssstening....

[@claymccoy]

@@ogami1972 ...to Los Angeles!

[@lunaoreily6727]

100% agree!

[@ilznidiotic]

We are all of us- in some way or another- going to Reseda someday... _to die_

[@cris_261]

Get on to the bus, that's gonna take you back to Beelzebub.

[@LuxwingGo]

Soul Coughing oh my god. I was obsessed with them as a kid ever since I heard "Circles" on Cartoon Network.

[@ohiotattoo1]

wow. great video on an even greater band. caught them at the Euclid Tavern in Cleveland back in the 90s. props for keeping great stuff alive like this on your channel. oh year, they toured with Cop Shoot Cop, another N.Y.C. band. spotlight the next. Their album Release is more than a banger

[@Fireneedsair]

Ruby vroom is a MASTERPIECE

[@obizhot]

Love Soul Coughing! Got to see Mike Doughty solo not too long after I moved to San Diego in the early '00's. Hated the venue, loved the show.

[@DrTomoculus]

Thanks! I raced right out to um, KZbin to find Bosho's Chop Socky! Excellent stuff, reminds me of Captain Beefheart and/or King Crimson in their Belew phase.

[@justinhill2378]

I would pay sooooo much money to go to a soul coughing reunion show.

[@makyeah]

they're back!

[@JKLauderdale]

11:31 If you come across an asshole during your day, OK so you came across an asshole. If you KEEP coming across assholes day after day afterdayafterday... It might just be that YOU are the asshole That's essentially paraphrased from "Justified" but it still stands true. When EVERYONE out there seems to be a prick, it might be time for some reflection and self-realization. I STILL love cranking Soul Coughing, one of my fav bands to listen to when cycling/driving. However, Doughty might need to look in a mirror and see that he might have been part of, if not THE problem.

[@houseofsolomon2440]

Saw them on tour in Minneapolis promoting their 1st album. Great album, great show ! Also saw Mike Doughty solo show back east. Very cranky, he left show IMMEDIATELY after last song ended. I'm sure I heard him doing a burn-out to escape the venue.

[@jackierobbins8632]

Do you remember if that show was at Fineline or First Ave?? I saw that show too. It was so so good. I’ve been a fan ever since then. Nothing quite like them. I miss live music.

[@houseofsolomon2440]

@Jackie Robbins It was First Avenue, not The Entry (but that venue was cool too : ) One of my favorite shows ~ ever

[@munkduane]

Thank you for this! SC were my favorite band in the 90's. A few notes: Keyboardist's name is Mark DeGli Antoni (pronounced degli Antoni) not Dilianti. Drummer Yuval Gabay's last name is pronounced Gu-Bye like "Goodbye". Otherwise, I love seeing a criminally underrated band getting some attention. Thank you!

[@williamlodges2195]

Saw them a few times and always a serious blast!!! Love SC but I love Mike as well! He is an amazing artist! ✌️♥️🎹

[@anthonymcglinch7503]

Saw Mike Doughty at First Avenue like 12 years ago. Awesome show!

[@wingchun-simplekungfu7584]

I still really enjoy the music this band gave us. Listened to them today by chance. Great songs with cool beats.

[@doctorcXanthophyll]

...and yet, here we are.

[@kevinmackowski8500]

Looks like the Reunion is finally happening!! Sept/Oct 2024!!!

[@tyronebrown9936]

I saw them in Port Chester around 1995 or 96. You could go right up and talk to them before the show; they encouraged interaction and were very cool and friendly. Doughty was fantastic, a little on purpose a little David Byrne and a little avant garde cool. He took a position. I really liked that band and while I liked all the players I thought he was the prodigy who stirred the drink.

[@surfacingcom]

In 96 they were still touring college radio, which is how I met them. I have a compilation album for my local U with them on it from that time. Arguably the widest audience they were ever introduced to was via the X Files album.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

I definitely didn't realize that was a soul coughing song until just now going to have to go look that up.

[@williamjosephdunn5879]

I saw Soul Coughing open up for Cop Shoot Cop at Maxwell’s before their first album came out. They were amazing live. I thought the first album was really good, but didn’t quit capture their live energy. Speaking of Cop Shoot Cop, that’s an under rated band you should do a video on. The singer of ¢$¢, Todd A, later went on to form Firewater that Yuval Gabay ended up playing with for a brief time.

[@philyeary8809]

Cop Shoot Cop is amazing, very original and influential on many current music styles.

[@catmaxwell6691]

‘It only hurts when I breath’ is one of the tightest, sharpest songs I’ve ever heard:)

[@al1976-v7m]

Love Firewater, one of the most original - and overlooked - rock bands out there! Tod A. is the Tom Waits of the new millennium!

[@LoveLawWill]

Just saw SC in Seattle. AMAZING!! So glad they got back together even if only for one tour!!

[@3340steve]

Great story, thank you for sharing this

[@phantomcreamer]

I went to see Mike for one of his solo performances in 2002. It was amazing, the guy really killed it. Afterwards he was wandering around the hallways of the university. He seemed kind of alone. I wanted to invite him to hang out, but didn't want to impose on such a great musician as an 17-year old kid.

[@BrandonMcCarty]

I was lucky enough to see SC at first ave in Minneapolis some years ago when they performed the full album of Ruby Vroom. Was the best show I've ever been to, and one of the few shows where I knew every lyric to every song.

[@billyfinn]

I love this band and listen to the 1 and 2 all the time. His solo stuff is genius. I hope he makes more music .

[@jalcobo]

Gosh darn I loved Soul Coughing. Was my favorite band in the 90s.

[@buzzcomber]

6:14 Love how they put in a picture of Joey Baron on drums - he’s a legend drummer in my books.

[@CaptOrbit]

I saw them touring when they were opening for They Might be Giants. I remember them being one of the few opening acts the Giants ever had the audience really seemed to genuinely enjoy. I was used to one of the Johns having to come out before the opening act and remind the audience to treat the opener with respect because despite what the audience may think, they were chosen to be the opening act because both John and John enjoyed their music. (Soul Coughing and OK Go) are honestly, those are the only two opening acts I've seen with TMBG that I even remember despite having seen them dozens of times. I know I went out and bought their first two albums immediately and then El Oso as soon as it came out. I still have all three of them on rotation to this day.

[@victorchapa6307]

That’s remarkably thoughful and wholesome of them. Another reason to love TMBG. ❤️

[@NolanCoe]

Thank you for making this!

[@kokolorenz]

I accidently discovered them in the Knitting Factory in the beginning of my NYC internship 1993 and joined all their 10 concerts during my half year there. Loved it sooo much. Mark Degli Antoni gave me a demo tape with the most intense version of Screenwriter's Blues, my most favourite SC track. So sad they split up. Best live band I ever saw.

[@rnrtruestories]

Thanks for sharing!

[@nerdtronix3653]

Would you be able to share that demo with us? I'd love to hear that version of it!

[@kokolorenz]

@@nerdtronix3653 No idea, where that tape could be.... 🤷

[@martinhsl68hw]

But now they're back!

[@kokolorenz]

@@martinhsl68hw WTF, I don't believe it! Just saw their new US tour dates. Hmm, hope so much, they'll also come to Europe/Germany again....

[@saramarie7984]

One of my absolute favorite bands..loved this episode!

[@macfilms9904]

'Screenwriter's Blues' is my all-time favorite song about LA...

[@skullnaperyo]

I remember them from that Flintstones Boomerang bumper with that song circles

[@drawwitme8316]

That's how i found them lol i still have the sample cd that song was on. Some shoe store back in the day was handing it out if you bought something.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

The Flintstones one was good but the crazy I'm rolling now Betty boop one was awesome.

[@cynful66]

I saw them last night in NYC so …. They rise again!!

[@allaroundtech1395]

Love Soul Coughing! Love M Doughty. Havent missed an album yet.

[@RyanPetrynka]

Anybody who played Gran Turismo 2 knows Super Bon Bon.

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

I love the song Circles. It brings me right back to being 8 or 9 in the late 90s stealing CDs and cassettes from my older brother.

[@lorddrac_dontaskmetodance]

"You get the ankles and I'll get the wrists"

[@claymccoy]

You come down to this…

[@shaunmarkley2720]

Whatever happened to the band CAKE would make a great episode!

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

As far as I know they're still together. They put out a new album I think just last year or the year before.

[@Fireneedsair]

Cake stole from soul coughing

[@pommol]

This is very very strange. Just played 'ruby vroom' on my old hifi. Now turned on you tube ..an what do i see! :-) You documentery! Wow! :-)

[@callakracker]

"Screenwriters Blues" is still one of the coolest and most unique songs I've EVER listened to. One hell of a band these guys were. Their sound was distinguishable and sexy.

[@ExNihiloComesNothing]

Always been a big fan of Soul Coughing and of Mike Doughty in particular. I bought a copy of skittish on burned CD and had him sign it when he came to my college. I still prize that album and it made it clear he was the Soul of Soul Coughing.

[@proyectosfamiliares805]

And they’re are back on tour original members 👍

[@InfiniteRhombus]

i first heard them I was 11 or 12, I never looked back, since then they've always been one of my favorite bands

[@Dayglodaydreams]

I was 4 when Ruby Vroom came out. I didn't grow up listening to it. I latched onto it later.

[@bangcolt]

My favorite television series in the ‘90s (in fact, of all time) was “Homicide: Life of the Streets” and a “Super Bon Bon” led off the season five finale “Strangers and Other Partners.” It immediately got my attention and before you know it, Soul Coughing became my favorite band of the ‘90s. I love Mike’s solo work, particularly his work from the aughts, but Soul Coughing, the band, was classic and possibly the most unique and certainly most underrated band of the ‘90s.

[@9vbattery297]

YES

[@Quiksilversurf311]

Great band. I miss the 90’s!

[@vladplasmius2854]

I picked up one of Doughty's solo records called Sad Man/Happy Man. It's exceptional.

[@AlexMi77]

it's nice. But no match compared to Soulcoughing. Sorry, he's just a part of the whole magic.

[@sw9979]

Mike wrote all the songs in soul coughing and he formed the band so….there you go

[@sw9979]

And for the top comment, yes! Mike is amazing! Without mikes energy on stage and in the studio and lyrics, the other band mates would not have gone far

[@Corey_Kinger]

I went to a show once to see one of the opening bands for Mike Doughty as a solo artist. It was around the time that “Looking at the world from the bottom of a well” was getting some radio play. I didn’t get to watch his whole performance as the friends I went with weren’t interested. I ended up looking him up shortly after and found his album Haughty Melodic. It became one of the soundtracks to my early 20’s when I was really finding out who I was. It’s still one of my favorite albums. When I heard Soul Coughing for the first time, I didn’t understand it. It was weird to me. The longer I listened, the more I liked them. Really unique stuff. I’ve since seen Doughty play a couple live shows and they were great. It’s a little disheartening to read all of these comments about him being a douche. I always thought he seemed like a nice dude.

[@tomryder3641]

He's a nice dude so long as you don't bring up his former bandmates not nannying him over his substance abuse issues

[@blackpeter70]

The last I heard was when I was watching The X-Files the other day, and their song Unmarked Helicopters was in it. The lead singer's voice was, um, "distinctive", he said diplomatically. 🤔

[@SteveFrench_420]

It's on their "Greatest hits" album, Lust In Phaze.

[@cpfs936]

I'm glad I got to see them. I'm thinking it was the Blind Pig in Ann Arbor. Just a really cool, fun vibe!

[@skeeter197140]

One of my all-time favorite bands. Saw them on the tours for all 3 albums, saw Doughty go from lean, hungry, to skinny, junkie. I still miss this band, although Doughty has given us plenty to keep us satisfied.

[@aVerveQuest]

This band truly hook me in when they came out, and I may be one of the few people alive that can say they are one of the top three favorite acts ever..... Well top 10. (Leonard Cohen, Tom waits, Pink Floyd, the Beastie boys, Weezer, the Eels Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, the verve, Bowie, Annie DiFranco, Sun Kil Moon, Radiohead......0k, top 15.... Still, True Dreams of Wichita and Screenwriters Blues are two of the best songs I've ever heard)

[@dustanw.6845]

As a relatively new Soul Couching fan who discovered the band from finding El Oso and Irresistible Bliss at Goodwill and listening to them in my beat up old truck I have to say I'm really dissappointed that their highest rated song was Circles.