Biography
Soon after the breakup of Toad the Wet Sprocket in 1999, Todd Nichols (vocals & guitar) and drummer Randy Guss (drums) formed Lapdog with Johnny Hawthorn (guitar & backing vocals) and Albie Dunbar (bass). Their debut, Near Tonight was released in 2000 with the follow up, Mayfly, released in 2003.
Their official site lapdogmusic.com is still up, but a bit out of date.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.