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Tempe, Arizona, United States (1987 – 1997, 2002 – present)

Gin Blossoms are an alternative rock band formed in 1987, in Tempe, Arizona, United States. The band originally consisted of Robin Wilson (vocals, guitar), Jesse Valenzuela (guitar, vocals), Doug Hopkins (guitar), Bill Leen (bass) and Phillip Rhodes (drums). Shortly after finishing their debut record “New Miserable Experience”, the band fired Hopkins (who was also the band’s principal songwriter and penned their hits “Found Out About You” and “Hey Jealousy”) and replaced him with Scott Johnston. Sadly, Hopkins committed suicide in December of 1993. Rhodes left the band shortly after their 2002 reunion, and returned for a brief period in 2005. Currently the band does not have a permanent drummer.

They took their name from a photo of W.C. Fields which bore the caption “W.C. Fields with gin blossoms,” referring to the actor’s gin-ravaged nose. The band, who were musically weaned on The Byrds and Tom Petty, released three albums and had several hits in the mid 1990s, before breaking up in 1997. Five years later in 2002, the band reunited, released a DVD, resumed touring, and promised a fourth album. Major Lodge Victory, the Gin Blossoms’ first album in ten years, was released on August 8, 2006 on the Hybrid Recordings label.
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  • xtalbal

    Is there a line I could write, sad enough to make you cry?

    Saturday morning

  • anseb

    Hey Jealousy ♥

    last week

  • ride_her

    rip doug hopkins

    last month

  • bpbeelen

    "found out about you" is the best song anyone has ever written.

    December 2011

  • IbnuAthoilah

    my uncle's favorite band, and i like it too

    September 2011

  • Hanvoy

    ok dusted is the name of the album... the song i was calling dusted there is lost horizons

    August 2011

  • Hanvoy

    their original recording - before new miserable experience has much better version of dusted, hey jealousy maybe even found out about you, i dont know why whoever made the decision, wanted to slow down the tracks massively, dusted sounds incredible fast

    August 2011

  • slowyouroll

    Found Out About You (PIANO VERSION) http://soundcloud.com/alliedee/found-out-about-you-piano

    August 2011

  • Klonki

    too slow, and boring

    August 2011

  • My_Sharona

    <3

    August 2011

  • Uncumbered

    This is such a good song... Reminds me of someone.

    May 2011

  • DemonSanctuary

    "hey jealousy sounds exactly like goo goo dolls :O" Listen to the version on their debut album "Dusted" Sure, that was just another band who tried to emulate The Replacements (along with early days of Goo Goo Dolls and Soul Asylum... to name just a couple others), but it is still cool to hear in a more raw fashion.

    March 2011

  • kinotherapy

    along with goo goo dolls, my favorite modern rock bands of all time.

    March 2011

  • Phlunked

    I liked them when I was 23. Now... I just don't care. Sorry.

    March 2011

  • Phlunked

    Yes... They are almost the epitome of a three-chord band, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. What I think happened with the Gin Blossoms in the 90's is that mainstream top 40 radio considered them to be a less edgy version of the Alt-Rock and Grunge that was dominating Modern Rock stations back then. The Gin Blossoms were basically a Top 40 version of 'alternative.'

    March 2011

  • CrybKeeper

    Anyone else notice, all their riffs are the same or a slight variation of the same? I cannot tell one song from the next. Oh well, I do like one song - "Follow You Down" is a good tune and if you like one, you like them all, lol.

    March 2011

  • oliskye

    well maybe I don't want to take advice from fools .. I'll just figure everything is cool

    December 2010

  • NikkiOnFire

    You guyz are aaaaaaaaamazing! I watched your concert last Thursday in Araneta. Come back to the Philippines!!!! xx

    November 2010

  • idiotintraining

    well the goo goo dolls did do a cover of hey jealousy....

    October 2010

  • tmanrocker

    new album is great ... great guys too.... and tht guy who says sounds like goo goo dolls is muffcabbage

    October 2010
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