- New Miserable Experience · 1992
- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Gin Blossoms · 1996
- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Gin Blossoms · 1992
- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Gin Blossoms · 1995
- New Miserable Experience (Deluxe Edition) · 1992
- 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Gin Blossoms · 1991
- Congratulations I'm Sorry · 1996
- Congratulations I'm Sorry · 1996
- Congratulations I'm Sorry · 1996
- New Miserable Experience · 1992
- No Chocolate Cake · 2010
- New Miserable Experience · 1992
- New Miserable Experience · 1992
Essential Albums
- Arizona’s Gin Blossoms distilled sun-baked alienation into tunefully rueful folk-rock of a high order. Built around the damaged psyche and unquestionable talent of founder/lead singer/guitarist Doug Hopkins, the group’s finest hour was its 1992 major-label debut New Miserable Experience. The torment (and twisted humor) implied by its title speaks volumes — the music here soars and jangles like the Byrds and R.E.M. at their best, while the lyrics unsparingly detail failed love affairs and blown opportunities. The combination is oddly exhilarating, as evidenced by the album’s two big hits, “Hey Jealousy” and “I Found Out About You.” “Cajun Song” and the country weeper “Cheatin’” add some diversity to the high-octane rock thrust. At the heart of it all are Hopkins’ dysfunctional dreams, revealing a panorama of romantic stalemates (“Mrs. Rita,” ”Allison Road”) and free-floating angst (“Lost Horizons,” “Hold Me Down”). The alcohol-soaked despair of “Pieces Of The Night” is genuine — Hopkins was forced out of the group, then took his own life not long after New Miserable Experience was released. The band carried on without him for a time, yet never equaled their earlier brilliance.
Albums
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Music Videos
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Artist Playlists
- Chiming guitars and jangled nerves turn into alt-pop bliss.
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About Gin Blossoms
Before naming themselves Gin Blossoms, the Arizona alt-rock band was called Cap’n Crunch, Algebra Ranch, and The Psalms. ∙ Along with The Meat Puppets and The Refreshments, Gin Blossoms were well-known graduates of Tempe, Arizona’s Mill Avenue indie-rock scene. ∙ In 1989, they were named Best Unsigned Band in America by College Music Journal. ∙ Their breakthrough album, 1992’s New Miserable Experience, sold 4 million copies in the US. ∙ “Hey Jealousy” became a smash hit nearly a year after it was released, reaching No. 25 on the Billboard 200 chart. ∙ Gin Blossoms had the honor of closing out Wayne’s World 2 by performing “Idiot Summer” at the movie’s “Waynestock” festival. ∙ Late Show with David Letterman musical director Paul Shaffer frequently used Gin Blossoms songs to segue in and out of commercials.
- ORIGIN
- Tempe, AZ, United States
- FORMED
- 1987
- GENRE
- Rock