Vinnie Dombroski


Vinnie Dombroski is an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist and main songwriter for the rock band Sponge. He also fronted the short-lived supergroup Spys4Darwin, and has been a member of several Detroit-based bands throughout his career.
Dombroski is also the lead vocalist and co-founder of the Lucid alongside bassist David Ellefson, guitarist Drew Fortier, and drummer Mike Heller.
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Early life

Dombroski was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. His father was a guitarist who taught him how to play guitar. He later learned to play drums. By the time he was 12, he was writing his own songs. He listened to various Motown Records R&B artists. Dombroski’s sister would often bring records in which the family would listen to. Dombroski has cited the MC5, the Stooges, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, the Velvet Underground, Alice Cooper, Bob Seger, Aerosmith, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Fear, the Psychedelic Furs, and Hank Williams as musical influences.

Career

Loudhouse

Dombroski played drums for the band Loudhouse, which would release one full-length album titled For Crying Out Loud in 1991.

Sponge

In 1992, most of the members of Loudhouse would get together and form the band Sponge with Dombroski as the singer rather than the drummer. Dombroski would see his first mainstream success with Sponge's debut album Rotting Pinata, particularly the song "Plowed" which would chart number 9 on the mainstream rock chart in November 1994.

Crud, Spys4Darwin, and the Orbitsuns

In 2000, Dombroski and Sponge guitarist Joey Mazzola recruited bassist Robby Graham along with former Sponge drummer Jimmy Paluzzi to form the side project group Crud. In 2001, Dombroski was invited by Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney to jam with him in Seattle, along with bandmate Mike Inez on bass and Queensrÿche guitarist Chris DeGarmo. The supergroup independently recorded and released an EP entitled Microfish under the name Spys4Darwin. They performed at Endfest on August 4, 2001 and continued working together into the following year. Around this time, Dombroski also began performing and recording music with the side project the Orbitsuns. It was also around this time that members of Crud began performing as Sponge, but only for a handful of local shows. Dombroski and Mazzola then created a new solidified lineup of Sponge consisting of drummer Billy Adams, guitarist Kurt Marschke, and bassist Tim Krukowski.

The Lucid

Dombroski joined the Lucid as the singer in 2020.

Personal life

Dombroski is married and has 5 children. He lives in St. Clair Shores, Michigan.

Discography

Sponge

Rotting Piñata Wax Ecstatic New Pop Sunday For All the Drugs in the World The Man Galore Galore Stop the Bleeding The Beer Sessions Lavatorium
  • ''1994''

The Orbitsuns

The Orbitsuns Dollars and Dice Redneck Disco Revisited First Drink of the Day Give the Orbitsuns What They Want
  • ''Xs Over Our Eyes''

Crud

Devil at the Wheel
  • ''Crud on Monster Island''

Diamondbuck

South Detroit Honky Tonks and Other UFOs

The Lucid

The Lucid

Lalar V, the Orbitsuns, and Jennifer Westwood

  • ''Lalar V''

The Sons of Perdition

  • ''Long Walk With the Devil''

Spys4Darwin

Maypops

  • ''Spirits of Agnew''

Sharecroppers of Soul

  • ''Sharecroppers of Soul''

Loudhouse

Warp Drive

  • ''Gimme Gimme''

Plain Vu

Singles

  • "An Angel Drank My Whiskey"
  • "The Leaving"

Guest appearances

Filmography

The Other Country: Starring Burlap to Cashmere, as VinnieBunker Heights, as Vin