"Slackjawed" by The Connells

The Connell brothers formed their band back in the mid-80s and quickly became darlings of college radio. While they never attained mainstream success, that moment almost came with a couple of singles from their fifth record, 1993's "Ring".

The band had achieved quite a buzz by this point and the catchy single "Slackjawed" got some decent airplay. The band become better known when their ballad "'74-'75" was released. While still failing to chart in the US, the song did very well in Europe and was featured on the soundtrack to the Liv Tyler movie Heavy. Quite surprisingly, their success in Europe landed the band a spot opening for Def Leppard, which is not the most intuitive pairing of bands!

"Ring" would become the last Connells album to crack the Billboard Top 200, just barely doing so by hitting #199.