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Gin Blossoms
Alternative power popsters Gin Blossoms were formed
in 1987 in Tempe, AZ. After an impressive 1991 debut EP, Up & Crumbling,
the Gin Blossoms rocketed out of the college pop charts and into the mainstream
with their 1993 hit single "Hey Jealousy." Combining the ringing
guitar hooks of the Byrds and R.E.M. with a solid, rootsy drive, the band's
breakthrough full-length album, New Miserable Experience (which had actually
been released the previous year), was filled with songs equally as strong
as "Hey Jealousy," including the second hit single, "Found
Out About You." New Miserable Experience and its singles dominated
radio and MTV for the following year -- "Hey Jealousy" and "Found
Out About You," both penned by Hopkins, were in heavy radio rotation
nearly a year after their initial release -- pushing the sales of their
debut album to over one million copies.
However, all was not well. Hopkins' battle with alcoholism and depression
had taken its toll on the band during the sessions for New Miserable Experience,
and he was fired shortly after the record's release, with guitarist Scott
Johnson taking his place. Speculation abounded as to whether the band
would be able to maintain their success without Hopkins' melancholy songwriting
voice. Tragically, on December 5, 1993, Hopkins shot and killed himself,
even as the songs he had written were blanketing the airwaves.
In the summer of 1995, the Gin Blossoms contributed "'Till I Hear
It from You," a song they co-wrote with Marshall Crenshaw, to the
soundtrack of the film Empire Records. "'Till I Hear It from You"
became a major radio hit, but was never released as an official single
until it was the B-side of "Follow You Down," the first single
from the group's second album, Congratulations...I'm Sorry. Upon its release
in February of 1996, Congratulations...I'm Sorry charted well, but within
six months, it had disappeared from the charts. Following the supporting
tour, the Gin Blossoms disbanded in 1997.
Strangely enough, the group reunited sans Rhodes on New Years Eve of 2001
for a concert. Deciding to put themselves back together for a tour, the
band hit the road a few months later in the summer of 2002 and released
a live DVD that fall to prepare audiences for a new album, Dusted, which
was followed four years later with Major Lodge Victory.
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