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{{short description|American alternative rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Dishwalla
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| caption          = Alternative rock band Dishwalla performs at a Fourth of July celebration event at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam (2015)
| alias            = Life Talking (1990–1992)<br>Dish (1992–1993)
| origin           = [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]], California, U.S.
| genre            = {{flatlist|
* [[Alternative rock]]
* [[post-grunge]]}}
| years_active     = 1990–2005, 2008–present
| label            = [[A&M Records|A&M]], [[Interscope Records|Interscope]], Immergent, Orphanage, Pavement Entertainment
| current_members  = Rodney Browning Cravens<br />Scot Alexander<br />Jim Wood<br />George Pendergast<br /> Justin Fox
| past_members     = [[J.R. Richards]]<br />Greg Kolanek<br />Pete Maloney
| website          = {{url|dishwalla.com}}
}}

'''Dishwalla''' is an American [[alternative rock]] band from [[Santa Barbara, California]]. Formed by vocalist J.R. Richards, guitarist Rodney Browning, and keyboardist Greg Kolanek, they were initially known as '''Life Talking''' and then '''Dish''' upon adding bassist Scot Alexander and drummer George Pendergast.<ref name="93feature">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-23-vl-38187-story.html |title=MUSIC: Santa Barbara Band Hopes New Name Creates Capital Changes |date=September 23, 1993 |last=Locey |first=Bill |access-date=December 21, 2024 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

Due to a cease-and-desist letter, the band settled on Dishwalla in late 1993. The Dishwalla name came from a [[Hindi]] term for a person providing satellite TV to a neighborhood ("[[Parabolic antenna|dish]]" + [[Wallah|walla]]). Kolanek took the name from a ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' magazine article.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK0d0NNVVJE |title=DISHWALLA – Origin of their Name |via=YouTube |date=January 7, 2006 |access-date=May 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/1993/02/dishwallahs/ |title=Dish-Wallahs &#124; Wired |magazine=Wired |date=February 1, 1993 |access-date=Nov 5, 2024|last1=Greenwald |first1=Jeff }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.headingfortheexits.com/catching-up-with-scot-alexander-bassist-dishwalla/|title=Catching Up With…Scot Alexander, Bassist, Dishwalla|website=headingfortheexits.com|date=November 2, 2012|access-date=October 15, 2017}}</ref> The band is best known for its 1996 hit song "[[Counting Blue Cars]]".