Caviar is a pop rock

Pop rock

Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 band from Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

. The band was created around 1999 by singer Blake Smith and bassist Mike Willison after the breakup of their previous band Fig Dish

Fig Dish

Fig Dish was a 1990s Rock band based in Chicago. The band signed to PolyGram Records in 1995 and released two full-length albums before becoming inactive in 1998. They were part of the mid-90s Chicago rock scene that included The Smashing Pumpkins, Veruca Salt, and Local H...

. Guitarist Dave Suh and drummer Jason Batchko were added to complete the lineup. The band has not been active recently and Smith and Willison are now performing with Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas (musician)

David Scott Lucas, born May 10, 1970, is best known for being the singer and guitar/bass player, as well as the only remaining original member, of the post-grunge band Local H....

 of Local H

Local H

Local H is an American rock duo, formed by Joe Daniels and Scott Lucas in Zion, Illinois in 1987. Local H's 1996 album, As Good as Dead, includes the top 10 hit "Bound for the Floor" Author, rock critic and Rolling Stone contributor Greg Kot and the Chicago Tribune named the band its 2008 Chicago...

 in their electronica project The Prairie Cartel

The Prairie Cartel

The Prairie Cartel is an American Rock Music band from Chicago, Illinois whose music and name is featured in a radio station in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and a song in Grand Theft Auto IV The band consists of former members of Fig Dish and Caviar as well as Scott Lucas of Local H...

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They have had several songs played on the radio. The songs "Tangerine Speedo" and "On the DL" are their biggest hits. "Tangerine Speedo" was featured in the first Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels (film)

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movie and "Sugarless" was featured on the soundtrack of Gone in 60 Seconds. Safeway

Safeway Inc.

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 has featured in its TV commercials two songs from Thin Mercury Sound, including "Clean Getaway" in the summer of 2005 and "Lioness" in 2004.

A snippet of their song "The Good Times Are Over" was used in one of the final scenes in the DragonBall Z television special, "Bardock: The Father of Goku".

Discography

• Caviar
  Caviar (album)
  Caviar is the self-titled debut album by Caviar. It was released on August 29, 2000 by Island Records.-Track listing:All tracks by Caviar except where noted# "Ok Nightmare" – 4:15# "Goldmine" – 3:36# "Tangerine Speedo" – 3:19...
  
  (2000)
• Thin Mercury Sound
  Thin Mercury Sound
  Thin Mercury Sound is the second album by Caviar. It was released July 27, 2004.-Track listing:# "Aloha"# "Clean Getaway"# "Lioness"# "Hey Let Go"# "You've Got a Black Black Heart"# "On the DL"# "Last of the Gold"# "Tiny Cannibal Bites"# "666"...
  
  (2004)