MUSIC THAT MATTERS – “Lyric of the Day”

(Music Cut #1)

Released back in January of 1999…

by July 12th,

this one was still climbing

on rock radio.

Oleander

with “Why I’m Here.”

(Music Cut #2)

The band name

has a darker edge.

I mean — “Oleander”

might sound pretty…

but Google it,

it’s a poisonous plant

that lines highways

in Northern California.

(Music Cut #3)

By 1999,

that pretty-but-toxic

Sacramento band

was suddenly right in the middle

of late-’90s rock:

opening for Our Lady Peace

and Creed…

and playing Woodstock ’99.

(Music Cut #4)

LYRIC OF THE DAY:
“I don’t wanna
Be full of hate
For anybody
But it’s too late.” – Oleander

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