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By 1987, Hopkins and Leen formed Gin Blossoms, and in 1988, Jesse Valenzuela and Phillip Rhodes signed on as the band's second guitarist and drummer, respectively. [2] Robin Wilson, the band's eventual lead singer, joined in 1988 as well. [4] Hopkins had suffered from chronic depression since childhood and had been battling alcoholism for ...
Gin Blossoms is an American alternative rock band formed in 1987 in Tempe, Arizona. They rose to prominence following the 1992 release of their first major label album, New Miserable Experience , and the first single released from that album, " Hey Jealousy ".
When the Gin Blossoms reunited in 2002, Wilson began touring with the band [5] as well as recording the album Major Lodge Victory. Released on August 8, 2006, the album featured the singles "Learning the Hard Way" and "Long Time Gone". [6] Wilson ran his own studio, Uranus Recording in Tempe, Arizona, which he opened in 1994 until its closing ...
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1990s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
Scott Johnson, guitarist for Gin Blossoms Scott Johnson, drum technician killed in the 2012 Radiohead stage collapse Scott Johnson (percussionist) , director of percussion at the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps
Gin Blossoms were the darlings of 9-to-5 radio stations that bragged about never playing the same song twice. A group of guys from Tempe, Arizona, they were one of a few bands we’d label ...
Jeff Cook, Co-Founder of Alabama and a Country Music Hall of Fame Member, Dies at 73. On “Hee Haw,” Stoneman played “the Ironing Board Lady,” Ida Lee Nagger, who would appear during one of ...
Jesse Valenzuela (born May 22, 1962) is an American rock musician and singer who is perhaps best known as a member of the alternative rock band Gin Blossoms. He was originally the vocalist in Gin Blossoms when the band first formed in 1987. [1] In 1988, he switched roles with the band's new guitarist, Robin Wilson. He continued to be a member ...