{"id":890178,"date":"2026-10-22T01:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/890178\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T01:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T01:04:14","slug":"90s-rock-band-sponge-offers-reward-after-guitars-were-stolen-on-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/890178\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201990s rock band Sponge offers reward after guitars were stolen on tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"USA<\/a><\/p>\n

Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY<\/p>\n

Wed, October 21, 2026 at 10:34 PM UTC\"Sponge<\/p>\n

Alt-rockers Sponge<\/a> are hopeful someone has seen their instruments.<\/p>\n

The band behind \u201890s hits \u201cPlowed,\u201d <\/a>\u201cMolly (16 Candles Down the Drain)\u201d<\/a> and \u201cHave You Seen Mary\u201d<\/a> had four guitars and two basses stolen from their trailer outside their hotel in College Park, Maryland.<\/p>\n

Led by singer Vinnie Dombroski, Sponge performed nearby at The Fillmore Silver Spring Oct. 20 and said in a Facebook post<\/a> that the instruments were pilfered overnight from the parking lot of the Holiday Inn while they slept. Their representative provided evidence of the theft report filed with Prince George\u2019s County Police.<\/p>\n

Sponge is asking anyone with information to contact Bobafrog@aol.com<\/a>. The band is offering a $500 reward, no questions asked, for the return of their valuables.<\/p>\n

Sponge is on tour<\/a> with Candlebox<\/a> and thanked their musical comrades for providing use of their instruments to perform Oct. 21 in Buffalo, New York, and the remainder of the tour that will hit cities including Cleveland, New York and Boston before wrapping in Sayreville, New Jersey, on Oct. 30.<\/p>\n

“Thieves tried to silence the music, but due to the generosity from our tour mates in Candlebox and Reverend Guitars<\/a>, we\u00a0will play our shows and finish out the tour, including tonight\u2019s show in Buffalo,\u201d the band said in a statement to USA TODAY.<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/a><\/p>\n

The items taken were:<\/p>\n

Vintage 1990s Orange Reverend Commando guitar<\/p>\n

Black Reverend Signature Pete Anderson Eastsider S guitar\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reverend Warhawk Avocado guitar<\/p>\n

Fender Stratocaster California Corona guitar\u00a0<\/p>\n

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