 His 1991 single "A Wall I Must Climb", from the album "620 W. Surf", reached #34 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock tracks chart.McDermott released several albums in the 1990s and toured extensively behind them.His lyrics were quoted in the Stephen King books "Insomnia", and in the book "Rose Madder", one of the characters constantly wears a shirt of his that reads "I'm in love with a girl called Rain".