History Trivia / TenThousandManiacs

* BreakupBreakout: Natalie Merchant had a successful solo career after leaving the band, while the rest of the band remained obscure, despite scoring a hit with a cover of Music/RoxyMusic's [[Music/{{Avalon}} "More than This"]].

* SleeperHit: ''In My Tribe'' only reached number 37 on the Billboard charts, yet made the band into stars. It took nearly two years to go platinum.

* CutSong: In 1989, the band's cover of Music/CatStevens' "Peace Train" was removed from later U.S. CD and cassette pressings of ''In My Tribe'' after Stevens, by then a Muslim convert under the name Yusuf Islam, made comments in interviews that many interpreted as supporting the fatwa against Creator/SalmanRushdie; Islam later claimed that the comments were meant to be jokes. The band's cover later appeared on the ''Campfire Songs'' compilation.

* ThePeteBest: Founding guitarist James Lombardo, who left after ''The Wishing Chair''.

* CutSong: In 1989, the band's cover of Music/CatStevens' "Peace Train" was removed from later U.S. CD pressings of ''In My Tribe'' after Stevens, by then a Muslim convert under the name Yusuf Islam, made comments in interviews that many interpreted as supporting the fatwa against Creator/SalmanRushdie; Islam later claimed that the comments were meant to be jokes. The band's cover later appeared on the ''Campfire Songs'' compilation.

* SequelGap: After Natalie Merchant's departure shortly after the release of ''Our Time in Eden'' in 1992, the band spent five years on hiatus before releasing a follow-up, that being ''Love Among the Ruins'' in 1997. Later, 2013's ''Music from the Motion Picture'' would release nearly a decade and a half after the studio album directly before it, 1999's ''The Earth Pressed Flat''.

* SequelGap: 2013's ''Music from the Motion Picture'' released nearly a decade and a half after the studio album directly before it, 1999's ''The Earth Pressed Flat''.

* BreakthroughHit: "Like The Weather" and its parent album ''In My Tribe'' were the band's mainstream breakthrough.

* CutSong: The band's cover of Music/CatStevens' "Peace Train" was removed from later U.S. CD pressings of ''In My Tribe'' after Stevens, by then a Muslim convert under the name Yusuf Islam, made comments in interviews that many interpreted as supporting the fatwa against Creator/SalmanRushdie; Islam later claimed that the comments were meant to be jokes. The band's cover later appeared on the ''Campfire Songs'' compilation.

* BreakupBreakout: Natalie Merchant had a successful solo career after leaving the band, while the rest of the band remained obscure, despite scoring a hit with a cover of Music/RoxyMusic's "More than This".

* CutSong: The band's cover of Music/CatStevens' "Peace Train" was removed from later U.S. CD pressings of ''In My Tribe'' after rumors spread that he supported the fatwa against Salman Rushdie (which proved to be false). It later appeared on the ''Campfire Songs'' compilation.