What Happened to Every Band on the 'American Pie' Soundtrack

Unlike the award - win , chart - topping soundtracks forSaturday Night Fever , The Bodyguard , orO Brother , Where Art Thou , theAmerican Piesoundtrack was n’t a widespread ethnic phenomenon . But for the mall - frequenting stripling of 1999 , the album stand as an all important school text of post - grunge horndoggery , thetainted credit card beer cupof pre - millennium rock - radio trends .

But what happen to all of the bands on the soundtrack ? A handful still make newspaper headline today – keepfighting the good fight , Third Eye Blind ’s Stephan Jenkins– but many have on the face of it disappeared like your favourite Warped Tour T - shirt . So , in honor of Stifler , Oz , the Shermanator , Finch , Michelle , Vicky , Heather , Jim , Jim ’s Dad , the pie Jim desecrated , and the movie that made " band inner circle " synonymous with transverse flute masturbation , we look into where every band from the soundtrack is today .

Song:“New Girl"Then : newly off the success of their 1997 ego - titled debut , the San Francisco rock banding was at their post-“Jumper " point and readying their sophomore LP , Blue . Their most popular single , " Semi - Charmed Life , " was featured inAmerican Pie , but the catchy earworm is n’t on the soundtrack , which rather features " New Girl , " a song that has nothing to do with Zooey Deschanel . Now : Despite multiple card changes , gaps between album , and the overall decline of the soil - soda water they differentiate in , Third Eye Blind endures . The group go viral last calendar month thanks to singer Stephan Jenkins gleefullytrolling crowd at the Republican National Conventionand capitalized on that bombilation by discharge the politically charged running " Cop vs. Phone Girl , " which will be sport on the radical ’s upcomingWe Are DrugsEP .

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Blink-182

Song:“Mutt"Then : In the summer of 1999 , Blink-182 was inescapable : tracks like " All the Small Things " and " What ’s My Age Again ? " dominated rock wireless , hollo matches about whether the band " sold out " play out at suburban BBQ ' across the nation , Enema of the Statequickly went Pt , and the soda pop - hood icons even scored a cameo inAmerican Pieas the stripe follow Jim and Nadia during their embarrassing webcast , which was an important patch point in the movie because Snapchat did n’t exist yet . Now : Despite the exit ofUFO - chasingguitarist and singer Tom DeLonge , Blink-182 unblock their seventh studio record album , California , this summertime to generally positive review and substantial ( for 2016 ! ) sales that facilitate it debut at No . 1 on the Billboard record album charts . Like theAmerican Pieseries itself , the group will hold out forever .

Sugar Ray

Song:“Glory"Then : Still soaring from 1997 ’s mega - hit " Fly , " the funk - metal - go - pappa group released14:59 , which proved they were n’t one - strike marvel by scoring two mega - successful singles : the omnipresent " Every Morning " and the MTV beach - party staple fibre " Someday . “Now : First , the band ’s frosted - steer frontman Mark McGrath is not dead – no matter what the internet need you to believe . Despite alawsuit from former extremity of the groupthat makes a raw record increasingly unconvincing , you may still catch Sugar Ray as part of'90s Festthis September , alongside Bone Thugs - n - Harmony , Sister Hazel , and master of ceremonies Pauly Shore .

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Dishwalla

Song:“Find Your Way Back Home"Then : This California mathematical group scored an alternative Carry Nation mega - collide with with " Counting Blue Cars , " which was featured inEmpire Recordsand is probably still playing on some deep - slash VH1 epithelial duct . By 1999 , they had already released a soph record , And You call back You Know What Life ’s About , which help oneself solidify their one - hit - admiration status by break to create another big single . Now : While original tether Isaac Merrit Singer J.R. Richards go away the stripe in 2008 , the grouping has soldiered on with young booster cable singer Justin Fox , and theirFacebook pagepromises young material is coming presently .

Dan Wilson of Semisonic and Bic Runga

Song:“Good Morning Baby"Then : Bic Runga has two songs ( ! ) on the soundtrack , so allow ’s just cover Wilson here . In 1999 , he was still bobble your brain with the Grammy - nominate ' ninety leaving - the - Browning automatic rifle anthem " Closing Time " fromFeeling Strangely Fine . Now : Though Semisonic has n’t released an record album since 2001’sAll About Chemistry , Wilson has become a major force in mod pa medicine , co - write Adele ’s " Someone Like You , " along with writing and producing tracks for Taylor Swift , the Dixie Chicks , John Legend , and more .

Shades Apart

Song:“Stranger by the Day"Then : Like many of the acts on thePiesoundtrack , this New Jersey dance band was ratify to Universal , the same studio releasing the movie , and in 1999 they rack up a venial rock radiocommunication hit with " Valentine , " a bland grunge - y guitar anthem with line like , " The sun is rising somewhere/ bright every day/ We ’ll forget everything and go there/ Nothing ’s in the agency . " Poetry , I screw . Now : The mathematical group has n’t release a full - length since their last Universal disk , Sonic Boom , in 2011 , and they do n’t seem to have an dynamic Facebook pageboy , but accord tothis flier from 2013 , they do recreate the casual local show .

Bachelor Number One

Song:“Summertime"Then : Songwriter Scot Sax was a appendage of the Philly mightiness - pop group Wanderlust , who break away up in 1998 , and then he write this laid - back , " Steal My Sunshine " lite muddle with a circle that has almost no digital step online . Now : agree tothe bio on his website , Sax has compose songs for creative person like Jason Mraz , Faith Hill , Tim McGraw , and Jennifer Love - Hewitt .

Goldfinger

Song:“Vintage Queen"Then : A favorite of anyone who spent long afternoons playingTony Hawk ’s Pro Skater , this LA punk band was a force in the ' ninety ska revival , which made them a logical choice for a movie where a character say , " I stuck a flute in my pussy . “Now : Like many of the bands on this list , Goldfinger still play the casual show , but allot to a2015Fuseinterviewwith lead singer John Feldmann , who produced the fresh Blink-182 platter , you should n’t expect a novel album from the dance band anytime before long .

Bic Runga

Song:“Sway"Then : In 1997 , New Zealand Isaac Merrit Singer - songster Bic Runga releasedDrive , a vast multi - platinum hit in her homeland that never quite caught on in quite the same way in the US , but her ballads were perfect for scoring the emotional moments in a story about a guy who violates a pastry dough . Now : With the achiever of New Zealand creative person Lorde , you ’d think now would be the perfect time for a Bic Runga comeback . She plays show and released a mystery - soaked new track called " I Dreamed a Dream " last class , but we ’re still expect for a Modern album . Bring on the Runga revival meeting !

The Loose Nuts

Song:“Wishen"Then : The Loose Nuts were a New York ska banding , so , as mention before , they needed to be in the flute pussy picture show . Now : While the Loose Nuts are no longer together , you might recognize one member : comedian John Gemberling , who now play fan best-loved Bevers onBroad City . Just do n’t expect a reunion show anytime soon . " I feel like it ’s somewhat dorky for thespian to be in bands , " suppose Gemberling in arecent interview . " Like Sting can be an actor , and it realize sensation – but for an actor to be in a band … like for Russell Crowe to have a band , it ’s pretty weird . "

The Atomic Fireballs

Song:“Man with the Hex"Then : This would n’t be a rightfully beautiful recent ' 90s artifact without a song from the golf shot revival meeting , and horn - filled " gentleman with the Hex " more than dish its purpose . The Atomic Fireballs were technically a " jump blues " grouping , but , like , this is the final stage of the list – let ’s not split hair about the swing revival meeting , OK?Now : The chemical group never get a follow - up to 1999’sTorch This Place– apparently the title of respect was not just a clever name – but you’re able to check out the current work of the group ’s singer John Bunkley over at hisBandcamp Thomas Nelson Page . Like Stifler and the gang , he ’s still doing his thing over 17 years subsequently .

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