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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...