Nineties alt-rockers Sponge and Tonic are headlining the inaugural Rock the Heights festival, which takes place June 5 and 6 in Seaside Heights.

1994 was a notable year: Nancy Kerrigan was attacked. Kurt Cobain was found dead. Steven Spielberg won his first two Oscars for “Schindler’s List.” But as for the Detroit rock band Sponge, it marks ...

Sponge lead singer Vinnie Dombroski is a firm believer in 1990s rock. Their songs like “Plowed,” “Molly (16 Candles Down the Drain),” “Wax Ecstatic (To Sell Angelina)” and “Have You Seen Mary” have ...

In 1994 Detroit grunge rockers Sponge burst on to the national scene with their debut album, the platinum-selling Rotting Pi-ata. Three albums, several hits and a slowing career have followed. With ...

There were moments you could close your eyes and it was 1994 again. Running through their old repertoire this week, the five founding members of Detroit band Sponge were back together for the first ...

Last month, Sponge announced an album of covers of songs from 1994 and released a quirked-up version of the Morrissey classic “The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get.” Today, the Detroit alt-rock ...

Alt-rock band Sponge formed in ’91 from the ashes of local hard rockers Loudhouse, and they wasted no time in grabbing the attention of the MTV-soaked, grunge-loving, post-metal kids of the era. The ...

SpongeBob SquarePants has been delighting Broadway audiences since first arriving at the Palace Theatre last fall. At the center of the newly Drama League Award-nominated musical is a star-turn ...