Golden Smog are a loosely connected group of musicians (arguably a
supergroup) comprising, at various times, members of
Soul Asylum,
The Replacements,
Wilco,
The Jayhawks,
Run Westy Run,
The Honeydogs and
Big Star. The group took their name from the name of a Flintstones character, which, in turn, was a parody of singer
Mel Torme's nickname; the Velvet Fog. The group first came together in the Minneapolis area in 1989 as a
country-rock reaction to the
punk and
hardcore music that dominated the Twin Cities' musical scene at the time; eventually Golden Smog became something …
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