Band Had 7 Big Hits in Just 3 Years...What HAPPENED to Them IS Truly TRAGIC... | Professor of Rock

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Coming up… an interview with the most underappreciated band of the first half of the 90s, the Gin Blossoms. They created a newly flawless major label debut New Miserable Experience, but during the recording of it, their primary songwriter and guitarist Doug Hopkins had to be fired due to his out-of-control drinking. Then their debut album imploded when it was first released in the summer of 92. The Gin Blossoms thought they were DOA. But then a year later, their music video for Hey Jealousy caught fire on MTV and radio started playing this debut single which was over a year old and the band blew up. They would have four big hits including Hey Jealousy, Until I Fall Away, Allison Road, and Found About You and the album would sell 4 million copies, but with their rise, their former bandmate watched all of this from the sidelines and ended up taking his own life. The band would go on to have another three hits off their next album.. 7 hits in just over 3 years but then just a quickly as they blew up, they imploded… breaking up a short time later. I tracked down singer Robin Wilson and guitarist Jesse Velenzuala to get into it. The story is next on Professor of Rock.
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Hey Music Junkies, Professor of Rock always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. if you remember making a pitcher of Kool Aid with just the right mix of sugar and the packet growing up you’ll dig this channel of deep musical nostalgia make sure to subscribe below right now and click the bell so that you always know when our new ones drop g. . also check out our exclusive content on Patreon and our latest merch… It’s time for out latest edition of Revelations- where featured artists go deep on their greatest songs. Stories you won’t hear anywhere else! Today we have a special session with one of the most underappreciated group of the 90s. one of my favorites of the time. In 1993 when Grunge was coming off of its peak and Hip Hop and Rap were starting to dominate the charts there was band that didn’t quite fit into a category. they weren’t grunge, they weren’t really alternative, there weren’t Pop they were an anomaly. Gin Blossoms released New Miserable Experience in the late summer of 1992… It didn’t do anything for almost a year.
Gin Blossoms were comprised of lead singer Robin Wilson, Guitarist Jesse Valenzuela bassist Bill Teen, Drummer Philip Rhodes and guitarist and primary songwriter Doug Hopkins who was credited for his performance and writing but not as an active band member. That’s because Hopkins who suffered from depression and alcoholism was fired near the end of the sessions and replaced with scott Johnson who didn’t play on the record. The band’s breakout hit was Hey Jealousy, it was written clear back in 1989 and released in 92 as the lead single from New Miserable Experience but it flopped. Things were going downhill fast.
However, A&M Records commissioned a video for the song and actually Three different videos were shot before the label approved one and sent it to MTV, This got them play and the label. re-released the song in the summer of 1993, and with the rise of the video and a steady stream and radio play it gave the band their first hit and sent the album into the stratosphere, eventually going 4-time platinum.

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@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Poll: What is your pick for the GREATEST song of the 90s?

@peterd.9978 3 месяца назад

What It's Like - Everlast

@Sweet--Richard.4981 3 месяца назад

Tomorrow Silverchair

@christineml1476 3 месяца назад

Weird Al's "It's All About the Pentiums" Just started tech school when it came out, provided motivation and humor.

@80s-el9vc 3 месяца назад

Megadeth - Symphony Of Destruction

@surlechapeau 3 месяца назад

“Smooth”- Santana ft. Rob Thomas. Runnerups: “You Oughta Know”-Alanis Morissette; “Are You Gonna Go My Way”-Lenny Kravitz; “Mr. Jones”-Counting Crows; Don’t Speak”-No Doubt.

@breakercassidy6946 2 месяца назад

RIP Doug Hopkins. “Found Out About You” and “Hey Jealousy” are maybe the two best songs ever written about a break up.

@JoeBlow-fp5ng Месяц назад

I agree 100%.

@melissacharman827 3 месяца назад

Tempe. AZ in the 90s. What a lucky girl I was then. Local bands like the Gin Blossoms used to play house parties just for fun. They were my backyard neighbors and you could hear them practicing out of their open windows. Cycling by Mrs Rita's everyday on the way to class. I sure do miss those days.

@JoeVideoed 3 месяца назад

I lived at Ocotillo Hall @ ASU for the 1st 3 years I went there. They played @ Mariposa Hall across the street from us. I still remember seeing their picture of that gig on the front of The State Press. A quintessential Tempe band. Being able to hear their music on local radio (98 KUPD primarily) 2 years before they broke nationally, which other local bands never were able to accomplish beforehand, is something I'll always cherish as an ex-Zonie. They really opened the flood gates for many other Phoenix area bands to get played locally & then nationally.

@GringoLoco1 3 месяца назад

I was a regular at Long Wongs when they played there. Even sat with Dave Pratt (KUPD) a couple of times. They were *OUR* band, right? Loooong time ago

@TJTurnage 3 месяца назад

Were the Meat Puppets around there then? If so, they’d have been great to see too.

@wickedspank 3 месяца назад

The Refreshments were part of that scene as well, weren't they? Always been a fan of them/Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers

@GringoLoco1 3 месяца назад

@@TJTurnage they were "around" but more early 80s? Think I saw them at the Jar but weren't really my cup of rum 😉

@barrysmith8920 3 месяца назад

R.I.P. Doug 🌹 Doug Hopkins was my friend.. His earlier band The Psalms, opened for my band Gentlemen Afterdark many times in the Phoenix area. He was a very kind, brilliant and somewhat introverted person.. 🙏🏼

@raywalsh9152 3 месяца назад

Sorry that you lost a friend. Couldn't give a thumbs up. Felt morbid. I hope you have wonderful memories of Doug.

@barrysmith8920 3 месяца назад

@@raywalsh9152 Thank you so kindly 🙏🏼

@mikefigueroa4075 3 месяца назад

I saw The Gentlemen many times. Great music scene in Tucson and Phoenix at that time. (Gents were my fav😃The violin added so much to that sound back then) Doug was so good.

@barrysmith8920 3 месяца назад

@@mikefigueroa4075 Thank you!

@davidfancher5228 3 месяца назад

I remember Gentlemen Afterdark. Now I am really getting nostalgic.

@pbales8951 3 месяца назад

I can honestly say that the Gin Blossoms were never underappreciated by me. I've listened to them almost constantly since 1992, and I have all of their albums. Doug Hopkins had some of the most brilliant and gut-wrenching lyrics that have always resonated with me. "She had nothing left to say, so she said she loved me. And I stood there grateful for the lie" from Lost Horizons. "If you don't expect to much from me, you might not be let down" from Hey Jealousy. Some of music's finest lyrics and literature's greatest works come from those troubled souls that were able to express those feelings that we "normal" people cannot.

@barrysmith8920 3 месяца назад

Doug was my friend. He was absolutely brilliant, hugely sensitive and very kind.

@marcwhite9234 3 месяца назад

Doug Hopkins was a brilliant lyricist and his songs were gold.

@marcwhite9234 3 месяца назад

@@barrysmith8920 he was so great. I wish we still had him.

@thaddaeusluper 2 месяца назад

@@barrysmith8920 Truly fantastic writer… that is for sure. I also remember dusty and Roger had some tense rivalry with that whole blossoms crew… it was a really exciting time to live in the Tempe/mesa area if you loved music… even dead hot and One were playing great shows

@barrysmith8920 2 месяца назад

@@thaddaeusluper Yes, so true! ..the Star System/Merlins, Long Wongs, Edsels Attic, Sun Club, Sail Inn, Hollywood Alley, etc. A scene as vibrant as any.

@TommyRibs 3 месяца назад

Hard to believe that this music came out over 30 years ago. Time is having its way with us.

@JoeBlow-fp5ng Месяц назад

Yes, it is. But it beats the alternative, as they say.

@SoapDishMama Месяц назад

It doesn’t feel like it does it!!?? I was just a kid when this came out, but I remember it like yesterday and still listen.

@user-en9qd5nx8w 11 дней назад

I still listen to them all the time. The absolute loudest concert I ever went to was the Gin Blossoms. Mid-90's close to when they first came out. La Luna concert house, Portland, OR. For whatever reason they played that stuff so loud, I'm sure my ears are ringing to this day due to that concert.

@steveokahn7249 3 месяца назад

For me, Gin Blossoms and Toad the Wet Sprocket are the "must see" bands when in town. Both just did things their own way and just produced great music. I have always said that if I could have been in a band it would be one of those two because it is music you could play every day and not grow tired of it...just in that perfect groove in energy and listenability.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Agreed. I just saw Glen solo!

@beeonthyme5760 3 месяца назад

Loved Both bands!

@flohough1870 2 месяца назад

Agree 100%, two of my favorites. I remember when I first heard the Gin Blossoms thinking "if I had a band, this is what I would want them to sound like".

@90LPPlayer 2 месяца назад

@@ProfessorofRockabsolutely love Toad and Glen Phillips’s solo stuff. Brilliant song writer!!!

@lamazejohnson4909 Месяц назад

Saw them on a tour they did together with BNL. Love Toad too. Great 90s pop rock.

@GoddessLadyRei 3 месяца назад

Bless their hearts for giving Doug credit where credit is due.

@davidanderson-wn4ep 3 месяца назад

Congratulations, I'm Sorry is a very good album, but New Miserable Experience is in my Top 20 Albums, I always assumed Doug was the secret sauce.

@slamjackson2137 Месяц назад

Dusted might be even better.

@shelliemedema165 3 месяца назад

I was born in the 60s, grew up in the 70s, partied in the 80s, fell in love with 90s. I absolutely love your channel. You bring it all back for me❤

@danieldetrick1230 3 месяца назад

@shelliemedema165 You and I both grew up in the same era. Although, I was born in '71. The Professor definitely brings back all those great memories and puts it into perspective and gives credit to those that never received it in their time too.

@andreabeth2352 3 месяца назад

I have never stopped listening to Gin Blossoms. They will always be one of my all time favorite bands.

@JoeBlow-fp5ng Месяц назад

Always will be on my mp3 player.

@nathanpickett202 24 дня назад

Same!

@greggroovy001 3 месяца назад

Found out about you .... still one of my all time favourite Songs! I actually played it earlier today. I've never got sick of this song, no matter how many times I've listened to it. A real Masterpiece.....

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Same! Good call Greg!

@alexjams3241 3 месяца назад

I fulfilled a dream of being in a band a couple years ago, just a dad band but still something I’m really proud of and really love doing. Found Out About You is one of our songs. I chose it. Always one of my favorites. When we play it, it always goes over really well, even for those that have never heard it.

@ColtraneTaylor 3 месяца назад

Me too.

@SW-fn7cl Месяц назад

Amazing song so dark, what a chorus! The lyrics go from hurt and sad to vengeful and menacing. Brilliant songwriting

@billystutz55 3 месяца назад

Doug Hopkins was amazing talent and songwriter. Criminally underrated. Had his demons not got the best of him he could’ve potentially became one of the greats. R.I.P. Doug Hopkins

@MzShonuff123 3 месяца назад

These songs are me driving in my first car during college. It's wild how music is the soundtrack of our lives.

@MannyDMedina 2 месяца назад

Letting the cops chase you around?

@jonathanfloming1045 3 месяца назад

Every once in a while....there comes a band with the right sound.. bringing the right words ...at the right time. 🔥

@KnuckleHunkybuck 3 месяца назад

He asks really good questions with such sincerity that you can tell he really, really loves music, and this isn't just some RU-vid profit idea he had. I never get tired of seeing how excited fellow musicheads get when they're talking about music.

@L.Spencer Месяц назад

This channel is a gem!

@StevieDrawStuff 3 месяца назад

I love how humble they are and that they are giving credit to Doug still.

@flavellinator 3 месяца назад

Bands like the Gin Blossoms, Toad the Wet Sprocket, and Better Than Ezra gave me hope during the grunge area of the '90s...

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Same here Flave!

@stephenhanft1226 3 месяца назад

I stopped following music because of the Grunge era. If those groups have nothing in common with Nirvana nor the other Grunge bands, I'm willing to give them a listen.

@mikeschmidt3382 3 месяца назад

@@stephenhanft1226Stephen, we already saw your main comment. So if you have nothing to do with being a stinky turd maybe somebody will care what you have to say.

@jerryb4453 3 месяца назад

@@stephenhanft1226I think you should listen to Toad The Wet Sprocket’s “Fear,” from 1991. If you love that (like many of us do), go back to 1990 and listen to their “Pale,” album. Or 1994’s “Dulcinea.” Or 1989’s “Bread & Circus.” They still tour and sell out 2-3k seat theaters. Nicest bunch of guys, too. My band used to play with them during their first three years back in Santa Barbara area-shared a lot of shows. Honest music, thoughtfully written and played.

@stephenhanft1226 3 месяца назад

@@jerryb4453 Thank you for your recommendations. Definitely sounds like a group I need to look into and explore their catalog.

@ericgaskins571 3 месяца назад

I saw these guys at Saturday night live in 96. Phil Hartman was the host. It was the last time he was ever on the show. We got to meet the band when they were coming in for sound check. They were really nice to us and I got a pic with them. One of my favorite bands. The 90s were just the best years. Today sucks

@DarrellSt.Blaine 3 месяца назад

The Gin Blossoms and the Counting Crows really defined that era for me.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Same!

@spiffy8576 3 месяца назад

Along with Spin Doctors and Soul Asylum for me.

@mistersniffer6838 3 месяца назад

You all make me shake my head... I only have 4 words "Toad the Wet Sprocket"!

@scottp.5055 3 месяца назад

I would add Our Lady Peace to that list as well.

@DarrellSt.Blaine 3 месяца назад

@@mistersniffer6838 TtWS was awesome though I have to admit I didn't really fall in love with then until Coil. That album just had such a great edginess to it. 🤟 Their earlier stuff was great but a bit mellower than what I was listening to at the time.

@deantoso5376 3 месяца назад

As a kid in the 70's I thought rock was dying fast in the 90's. These guys were one of the few groups I really enjoyed on the 90's. I was sad the group did not continue on. I think they really had sound of there own and it spoke to me.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Same here! Good call!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 3 месяца назад

I haven’t listened to them…but I will today!

@kevinmcconnell3641 3 месяца назад

90’s, I were borned in 1956, I quit music radio in 1981!! Because nothing new was being done, it was just more “he/she done me wrong” songs that had been done from 1955-1980!! Still today in 2024 it’s nothing new. Yes new bands, yes new songs, but it’s still just rock n roll, nothing new!!

@GrizrazRex 3 месяца назад

They called it "desert rock," but I had a band in LA in 1988 that sounded awfully similar. It's a style that's essentially timeless rock, but it can still take a back seat to a more prevalent trend, a good deal of the time. Grunge was massive in 1992. The Gin Blossoms were in the back seat.

@christopherbatio5600 3 месяца назад

Honestly, I like all of their hits but really did not realize they were all Gin Blossoms songs. Talk about a talented group that is underappreciated. Thanks Doc for telling their story.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Thanks for listening!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 3 месяца назад

Me neither! They all sounded familiar!

@aprilrich807 3 месяца назад

I used to confuse Gin Blossoms and Toad The Wet Sprocket for some reason. 🤷‍♀️

@DashCrashCam 3 месяца назад

Adam, you literally read my mind. I've been really getting into this band again lately, and wanted to ask you to cover "Hey Jealousy" as it's been a childhood favorite of mine along with Allison Road due to my father loving this band and playing this song a lot as a kid. I'm Gen Z, but their songs still speak to the same anxieties and troubles people face today. Truly a tragic story of a great songwriter, while I feel the band did him dirty at the time by making him sign away half his royalities, I do understand that a band can't function with a severe alcoholic. It's too bad that mental health wasn't commonly talked about in those times, but I think his songs have really stood the test of time today and are still very relatable.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

So sad. Hope you enjoy the interview!

@siriusfun 3 месяца назад

Excellent comment. Cheers.

@peterd.9978 3 месяца назад

I remember this song was played on the radio ALL the time. Never grow tired of it regardless.... Quintessential 90s song/sound that will always bring you back to the 90s.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

FOr sure!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 3 месяца назад

For real!

@rhondafox8703 3 месяца назад

OMG! I knew it was the Gin Blossoms!!!! My favorite!❤

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Very cool!

@the-dave-house-project 3 месяца назад

I wasn't 100% sure. The title had me thinking The Tragically Hip... but they had a longer run than 3 years.

@carollynnklimeck6678 3 месяца назад

me too!

@michaelrochester48 3 месяца назад

Found out about you is one of my favorite songs of the 90s. There is a feeling of sadness in their songs. It is almost like a poppy version of Wilco.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Good way of putting it Michael!

@siriusfun 3 месяца назад

Yes, Wilco were definitely influenced by The Gin Blossoms - that's clear.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

@@siriusfun They'd never admit it.

@austintrousdale2397 3 месяца назад

@@ProfessorofRock 😆

@Online_ToughGuy 3 месяца назад

@@ProfessorofRockJay Bennett seemed like the type of guy that wouldn’t be above admitting something like that. Tweedy wouldn’t be caught dead though, the prick.

@christineml1476 3 месяца назад

"New Miserable Experience" is so solid. My favorite track is "29" - really spoke to me and hit my heart, but it didn't get the love I thought it deserved.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Thanks Christine!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 3 месяца назад

I will have to listen!

@sel128 24 дня назад

"29" is not only my favorite Gin Blossoms song, but one of my favorite songs of all-time. I will never tire of praising it.

@IronSikh44 3 месяца назад

When the Gin Blossoms rose to prominence, I was going to university. You couldn’t go anywhere back then without hearing their great songs. Very melodic and catchy tracks! Great episode.

@brianjones6210 3 месяца назад

I saw them at my university in 1996! I never understood why the played such a small venue, it was literally on the basketball court of a D3 school. But I'm glad they did.

@i-Maven 3 месяца назад

The Gin Blossoms were definitely one of those bands who’s sound help shape and define the 90s era. There was so much great music unique to the time and the Gin Blossoms are most definitely. I remember moving to Tempe a few years after they had been made their mark and after their principal songwriter was no longer with them. Everyone was so proud of them. My favorite song if you can choose one is Found Out About You.

@stephenculpepper6818 3 месяца назад

I'm 73 and the Gin Blossoms were as good as any band in my Era of the 1960's. New Miserable Experiece is one of my favorite albums.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Very cool!

@ColtraneTaylor 3 месяца назад

I love 60s folk and Gin Blossoms as an 80/90s child. Moody Blues, Byrds, Pentangle ...

@willymccoy3427 3 месяца назад

I grew in the 60s, became an adult in the '70s always loving the music. As I got older in the 80s, it became less important for me. Then in the early 90s, I heard Hey Jealosy on the radio and it rekindled my love for rock and I was hooked as a Gin Blossums fan. Which got me listening to other 90s bands like Goo Goo Dolls, Collective Soul and Coldplay. I still listen to them as much as I do my 60s and 70s rock that I grew up with. I've always felt it was a great shame that Doug Hopkins couldn't get his life straightened out. The band was never the same without him.

@Bloodangel1977 3 месяца назад

Gin Blossoms was a staple of the 90s. This album is nothing but good memories for me.

@bishdizzle67 3 месяца назад

They were the perfect transition from 80's to 90's pop. Very easy to listen to with thoughtful lyrics.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

I agree! Good call!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 3 месяца назад

They’ve certainly got unique music unlike any other band I have listened to.

@__cypher__ 3 месяца назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980That's the most accurate, yet nicest, description of gin blossoms I've ever heard.

@FullRaidersAlchemist 2 месяца назад

Gin and Better than Ezra were two bands that had their own styles and still got mainstream success. Very talented Gin crew an array of strong albums!

@chrispfeifer7628 3 месяца назад

A reminder that mental health and addiction are intertwined into each other. They feed each other in a neverending loop if a person can't find their way to step out of it. This has to be a individual decision or choice by the person spiralling in and out of control. People in the outdoors can't fix it or force it. You can't make someone want to like themselves and want to be better. Supporting them is the only and best way to help. Just be their friend and hope they find a way out

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 3 месяца назад

Right. Addiction can often have a negative impact on mental health.

@GrizrazRex 3 месяца назад

The sole purpose of some lives is to be an example to others, positive or negative. Doug Hopkins spoke to me and he spoke for me. While I never got to meet or know him, I have always felt a sense of emotional kinship. It's in my will that my cremated ashes are to be released from the Mill Avenue bridge. I want them to mingle in the Salt River bed with Doug's.

@HotRod12667 3 месяца назад

I watched a coworker spiral downward. Our boss and I tried to help but we really couldn't do much. She died of alcohol related organ failure. I still miss her.

@amyjohnson135 3 месяца назад

They are the only one that can save them. They have to want it. And rock bottom can be a real bitch sometimes. It’s very difficult to witness, knowing you are helpless to stop the spiral.

@sc100ott 3 месяца назад

Unfortunately, addiction and mental illness seem to be painfully common among the most creative people.

@harborhobby 2 месяца назад

I was introduced to New Miserable Experience via the cassette player in my father’s blue 1989 Chevy Blazer. I was 10 and the blazer was my father’s primary residence at the time. We would drive around all night listening to the Gin Blossoms. My father never let me know how hard things were for him at that time but in hindsight, I believe he got the message across through the music he shared. The Gin Blossoms automatically became my favorite band.

@johnb5482 3 месяца назад

Never saw anyone rock as hard with a smile on his face as Scotty Johnson when the band was on SNL back in the day. I got to meet Scotty at a corporate gig in Boston a few years back. A really nice guy.

@shakarocks 3 месяца назад

New Miserable Experience is one of the best albums of the nineties.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

No question.

@drh0d3s 3 месяца назад

“Competition Smile” on “Congratulations I’m Sorry” is absolutely beautiful and one of my all-time favorites. Love Gin Blossoms.

@detroitwillwinsuperbowl59 3 месяца назад

"Looking all around the room, I see the clutter and the gloom" That line forever hangs over my head. Love it.

@drh0d3s 3 месяца назад

@@detroitwillwinsuperbowl59 Agreed. “Not Only Numb” where those lyrics are from is also a highlight of CIS album.

@QueenOfTheNorth65 3 месяца назад

I can’t tell you how much I love this band. I still remember every song from this album and the order they’re in on the album. This album represented one of the happiest times in my life. I’d just gotten married, moved to a new state gotten a great job, and felt that the world was at my feet. Great times. Thanks for helping me relive that today. ❤️

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Very cool!

@hollyking2580 3 месяца назад

I've always loved the Gin Blossoms! I'm lucky enough to work at a radio station that still plays their music.

@guywillis1281 3 месяца назад

This is why I love this channel. The Gin Blossoms music was never anything that moved me in any way, but also music I don't turn off when it comes on. However, listening to these interviews and stories are what really stick with me and this video alone made me truly respect them. That's what music is all about.

@fredgroenke2586 3 месяца назад

The early 90’s were a defining period in my life: got sober, married a women with 3 small kids and got promoted and relocated several times. Music went onto the back burner. I never realized that the Gin Blossoms were that good. I’m going to have to revisit them. Thanks, PArofessor!

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Do it! Thanks Fred!

@fredgroenke2586 3 месяца назад

@@ProfessorofRockthanks Adam. I will, and I apologize for the typos!

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

@@fredgroenke2586 No problem!

@tse90723 3 месяца назад

I could say almost the same thing. Walked away from addiction in 1992, joined the Navy, served 4 years, met a woman that had two kids but not custody, married her, came home and had 3 more kids. Loved the Gin Blossoms and took her to to them at HOB. Good times.

@mistersniffer6838 3 месяца назад

90's plowed into the 2000's pretty good!

@BewitchCraft 3 месяца назад

Its so wild that this is todays upload because I was literally reading a thread about "songs that hit different once you know the history" and someone said Hey Jealousy and I fell down a rabbit hole about reading about the band. Someone once asked me what band I thought best represented the "air of the 90s" for me and I said Gin Blossoms. The music reminds me oof walking home from elementary school, cruising with my older sisters, wearing sunflower dresses + jean jacket+ doc martins and a mini backpack LOL anyway, what timing on your part! I love lifes little synchronicities like that.

@cellyblank9919 3 месяца назад

New Miserable Experience was the greatest purchase for my first year of university. Too busy studying and tuition poor, I played it front to back and never wanted for any other grunge artists. Truly one of the greatest tapes of the 90s! And tough interview, after all the genius behind their success is no longer with us and Robin and Jesse were cautious about speaking for Doug. But you were able to pull out some golden nuggets, great interview.

@susangodejohn315 2 месяца назад

I moved to phx in the early 90’s and made friends with a coworker who was into the local music scene. Spent many nights seeing the Gin Blossoms around Tempe before they hit it big. They were local hero’s playing grungy bars ( like the Sun club) and were always so much fun! It was a great time for the local music ❤ . Thanks for bringing back good memories

@pricey6177 3 месяца назад

Was 11 when Hey Jealousy was released and was hooked immediately and it’s still on my daily playlist. Massively underrated band.

@chadbartlett771 3 месяца назад

What I loved about the Gin Blossoms was that the lyrics were absolute poetry and, as the Professor mentioned, they tapped into the zeitgeist for those of us that were coming of age at the time. Practically every song lyric is profoundly sad but the upbeat sounds of the songs made it feel like everything was going to be okay. So it was a tragedy that Doug's demons got the better of him while his lyrics gave us all the hope that we needed. The world lost a true artist.

@jasonfortier4074 3 месяца назад

Finally!! One of my all time favorite bands covered on my all time favorite RU-vid channel!! Thank you so much! I was born in 78 and got into music in the early to mid 80s, I listened to so much from the 50s and 60s and loved Buddy Holly, The Beatles, Turtles, The Association, Platters, Coasters, Little Richard, etc. Then I moved on to 70s rock and especially KISS, but as I "came of age" in the early 90s grunge had just broke and I was in love with so much music from the contemporary time period for the first time in my life. I have a deep appreciation for so many genres of music from country-rock to punk and all points in between. All that said, no album has meant more to me than GIn Blossoms New Miserable Experience. It was the soundtrack to my early teen years, the first band I was in, the first girl I was in love with, that album was with me through it all and still continues to be there with me as I stare down 50. I have listed to it thousands of times and it never gets old. It is a shame that the band and album I fell in love with no longer existed by the time I first heard Hey Jealousy for the first time. NME is Doug Hopkins masterpiece. He is all over that album. He is that album. I still listen to the Gin Blossoms work after this album and have seen them many times live and I have even met Robin, Jesse, Bill and Scotty. Even had a few beers with them at a casino in the middle of nowhere Northern Michigan. But they never could match the greatness that is NME. What a fantastic work of art from a moment in time that I cherish the most. Thanks for this video Adam. Keep up the solid work.

@joustwave6541 3 месяца назад

Even to this day, Robin still has one of the most hauntingly beautiful voices I've ever heard.

@toddsmith3199 3 месяца назад

I was a hard rock head and a Dead head. I heard Hin Blossoms "I heard about you"and instantly i loved the sound. At the time I was 30. I still absolutely love them!

@DC8091 3 месяца назад

“if i hadn’t blown the whole things ago, I might not be alone . . . The past is gone but something might be found to take its place. . . . “ Kristopherson & Dylan would be DAMM proof of that lyrical gold!

@todddickinson3262 3 месяца назад

100%!!!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 3 месяца назад

Yup!

@DC8091 3 месяца назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 😉

@brandonkock 3 месяца назад

Gin Blossoms are my jam! They just opened up for George Thorogood at Carb day in Indianapolis. Their songs connect with a lot of generations. They have some classic songs I can put on anytime of the day and it will put me in a good mood. Glad you got to meet him. I always thought Hey Jealousy was about a girl that wanted to get a guy to settle down with her, but he didnt want to. So he slept with her and crashed at her house.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

I bet you could make an argument for that meaning in the song. Thanks for watching!

@zacharysmithingell5460 3 месяца назад

Was just thinking this, re: carb day! Good timing on this video. Love Indy, and this is a great band.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 3 месяца назад

Have you seen them live?

@aaronwhite3298 3 месяца назад

Oh Yes thank you Professor for this 90's installment. The Gin Blossoms debut album is one of my favorite records of all time. Till I Hear it from you from the Empire Records soundtrack is a great song from a great movie. Follow You Down is my favorite song by them. Congratulations on over 1 million subs. I'm happy to be one of your crowd!

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

THanks Aaron!

@rockmamaoff5796 3 месяца назад

In my long life every decade has some fantastic music but the 90’s hold a very special place in my heart. Bands like Gin Blossoms, Tonic, Collective Soul, Semisonic, Matchbox 20, Dishwalla and Bush dominated the soundtrack that constantly ran through my head. Recently I’ve had Found out about you stuck in my head so it makes me smile on how good your timing is! Thank you, Adam. *Currently obsessed with Walk on the Ocean by Toad the Wet Sprocket. Awesome band.

@chrisggoodwin777 3 месяца назад

I'm a native Arizonan and didn't know these guys were a homegrown band. I really like all of the songs mentioned in the video; they were in heavy radio play during my Jr high/high school years

@allrequiredfields 3 месяца назад

The Posies' Frosting On The Beater was the REAL hidden gem of the 90s.

@chadbartlett771 3 месяца назад

I was partial to Dear 23 mainly because of "Any Other Way" but Frosting on the Beater was also great. Such an underrated band.

@allrequiredfields Месяц назад

@@chadbartlett771 It's absolutely insane to me that FotB isn't a huge album. It's absolutely worlds better than Gin Blossoms - and I like GB.

@joebobhenrybob2000 Месяц назад

Thanks. I'm halfway through listening to it for the 1st time and it's awesome. (how would I describe it to someone who hasn't heard it yet? Imagine crossing Matthew Sweet with Pavement? Small dash of something English and a very TINY dash of an alternate reality, less infantile, not retarded Weezer? Occasionally I'm thinking Elliot Smith combined with The Pixies. They're their own thing, but if I had to describe it from first impressions, there it is.) My own hidden 90's gem: Sugar's Beaster EP which in my opinion is superior to Copper Blue. Thanks again for your post, FotB is GREAT. Best musical discovery in 2024 since I found KNOWER.

@rabby-u 3 месяца назад

Adam, tragic rock n roll stories, are always tough to hear, but in hearing them, they're like bitter medicine. Hey Jealousy is a tune that I could spin for hours, anytime it comes on the rotation, its the center of my universe. Rock on Prof! 🙏🕊🤘😎

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Very cool! Thanks Rabby!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 3 месяца назад

That’s the only song I’ve known from them so I have to dig into more of their stuff!

@rabby-u 3 месяца назад

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Hey Jealousy, reminds me so much about being young and confused about love and life, so let's just get in the car and drive wherever the road leads you. Sort of desperation behavior, if cars didn't exist, I don't how I would have gotten through life.

@fusionbaguio8941 3 месяца назад

Finally!!! Someone is giving this band its due. i absolutely love them!!!

@TuzeTea 3 месяца назад

When I was 13 (in 1992) my parents moved us from the city, 2 blocks from a mall and a bus stop where I could catch a city bus to anywhere I wanted to go, out to the county in a new subdivision that was supposed to be this rich area but there was NOTHING to do. there was one park but any time teenagers gathered there the cops came and kicked us out, so we always ended up sneaking into unfinished houses or having bush parties and the cops did chase us around. I just assumed it was a universal thing at the time because of the line in this song + my experience lol.

@JamesErxleben 3 месяца назад

Hey, Professor! Long time viewer here! Just wanted to say that this is an awesome in-depth video. I have been very privileged to get to know leading man, Robin Wilson, as I became friends with his son, Grey, in college. They are both so great and so talented, and I am grateful to know them and to have worked with them. All of us here are big fans of the history, and in terms of everything you have provided in this video… THANK YOU for bringing attention back to the Gin Blossoms and their history. Amazing interview. Much love!

@DveMcGuire 3 месяца назад

Excellent promotion of an amazingly under appreciated band.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

For sure!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 3 месяца назад

Right! They need more recognition.

@siriusfun 3 месяца назад

One of my favourite albums of that era! Nice! I always considered them a cross between alt-rock/country, southern gothic and college radio. If the mixes had the electric guitars bumped a bit, they would've sounded heavier but that was a production aesthetic that really stuck out at the time and worked well with the plaintive, fragile vocal Cheers from Toronto and thanks for another great ep!

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Great comment! Love it.

@ColtraneTaylor 3 месяца назад

What southern gothic bands do you like?

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 3 месяца назад

They definitely mixed in a few genres.

@jrodohio 2 месяца назад

Doug was such a great lyricist, and he had a huge part in their success. I'm glad his legacy lives on in those songs. Such a great band. Still love them to this day. My favorite song by them was Keli Richards. Wongs forever!

@IheartDogs55 3 месяца назад

My introduction to Gin Blossoms was "Congratulations I'm sorry". My daughter was in high school she got the album. I'm a baby boomer & she's a millennial, but we bonded over that CD; (yes, I'm old). Then she got "New Mierable Experience." Over six years, from high school into through her first two years at university are the most valuable and nostalgic of my life. My childre, husband, and I had nothing but tumult going on. Music from 1996-2001 kept me sane. This album brings back deeply cherished memories like no other.

@janisi9262 3 месяца назад

Congratulations I'm Sorry is still one of my favourite album titles, and I love so, so many Gin Blossoms songs.

@MillerGenuineDraft1980 3 месяца назад

So many other great songs from New Miserable Experience. Pieces Of The Night, Hold Me Down, Lost Horizons Drunk drunk drunk in the gardens and the graves.

@thomasdesmidt6967 3 месяца назад

Awesome line!

@jsedbe0624 3 месяца назад

Hold Me Down - a criminally underrated song off of NME.

@jimshipp7776 Месяц назад

Absolutely!!

@aliwantizu 3 месяца назад

They played a local Labor Day Weekend festival called Arts Beats and Eats maybe in 2013 and at the time the stage was set up near train tracks and during one of their first songs a train came thru and they stopped because of the noise. After it was gone the lead singer made some comments about it and rather than finish the song that was interrupted they performed Folsom Prison Blues because that song starts off with lyrics about a train. Brilliant. They played all their hits, even the "radio hits," and sounded great.

@katylake212 3 месяца назад

I wore out the DVD on NME. Loved, loved, LOVED Gin Blossoms!!

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Thanks!

@jeffmiller8020 3 месяца назад

Met these guys in Reading PA right after their sound check at Albright College. Super friendly. Robin spent a lot of time just talking with me. A local radio DJ was waiting impatiently to take them to the station for an online interview, but Robin wouldn’t have any of it. He was with a fan. So much respect for him and the rest of the band. Have been a lifelong fan.

@Bobainthome 3 месяца назад

My FAVORITE band of all time...

@gajukes 3 месяца назад

I'm so glad you could interview this band, one of those great bands that lost someone important so it must be harder for them to do interviews since they don't want to keep talking about and reliving the loss of their friend and bandmate. New Miserable Experience is a complete album that has no filler

@Emcee_Shan 3 месяца назад

Did you love me? only in my head! Truest line ever written!

@authentichealthcoach4142 2 месяца назад

This album was the first album played at all of our bonfire lake parties. Crack the hatch of the car and pump the tunes from the car and this album continues to drive tons of memories from 93 and 94

@frankieconcepcion7860 3 месяца назад

What Happened to Doug is one of the saddest things in all of rock history. If he could’ve got clean and kept writing who knows how the 90s would’ve went. Him, Kurt and Jeff are my biggest 90s what ifs

@chrisk1635 28 дней назад

“Until I Fall Away” was a very emotional song for me as 15 year old at the time of its release and I still get the same feelings when I listen to it today. Doug left a legacy to be very proud of.

@brettkoranda3922 3 месяца назад

Thanks for this one, Prof! I'm a huge fan of Gin Blossoms! I've seen them perform a half a dozen times, and they never fail to deliver. We even covered "Hey Jealousy" in one of the bands I played with in the 90s.

@andywylie6784 3 месяца назад

One of the best bands of the 90’s, without a doubt. I still blast the first few releases regularly.

@rhondafox8703 3 месяца назад

Favorite songs: Found out about you, Lost Horizons, Hold Me Down. They still record and tour! The Professor didnt mention this! Saw them live in 2006, excellent show! Part 2 is coming soon I hope. Thanks POR!

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

It will be!

@GrizrazRex 3 месяца назад

The magic came from Hopkins' pain. That's the long and the short of the Gin Blossoms story. A story of my own: One fine Mesa, AZ evening in 2015, I found myself scratching my gigging itch at a local brewpub's open mic. I had gigged heavily from 09-14, and was not quite ready to let go of playing out completely (as I now have; COVID was the final straw). I found myself on bass and lead vocal, and was told to select a song from the house band's list. My eyes settled on one that I knew, but had never ever played or sung before. It was Hey Jealousy. I got up there, and with the band, pulled it off flawlessly. The crowd wanted me to remain up there, it was that well-received/ Bill Leen's line was effortless, and the vocal is in my conversational range. Open mics are about the start of a journey, and not the end, so I politely thanked and got off the stage. It was then that a vaguely familiar guy came up to me, shook my hand, and said that he hadn't heard the song done that well since he'd experienced Doug playing on it. At that I was floored, but the gentleman was not done. He mentioned my recent ex-drummer telling him that I was a great player. My brain began to connect the dots. Drumming Dave had done a reunion tour with the Blossoms. The gentleman complimenting me was none other than Scottie Johnson himself. This is one of a small number of anecdotes from my gigging life that I carry with me into old age. It's one of the ones suitable for the young grandkids to hear. As for the song itself, it REALLY resonated within me for the exact same reasons it did with its' composer. I had met the perfect girl at 15, only to not win her due to our journeys separating and my own bad decisions. The song came along as our 10th high school reunion approached (I did not attend). I would always think of her, whenever I heard Hey Jealousy. I did NOT allow myself to feel the lyrics as I delivered them, which may have been a saving grace. I once crucified Man In a Box by allowing too much emotional immersion in the moment. It can be a very delicate tightrope-walk to sing a song that resonates within too sharply. You either need to be emotionally secure, or completely focused on solid execution. The preference would be a balanced mixture of the two, which I had that night. There was no fighting myself onstage. Doug Hopkins' most meaningful and memorable song is NOT Hey Jealousy. It is Lost Horizons, the opening cut of NME. Doug was proud of that one; lyrics of bleak despair over beautiful soaring major chords exploring the dichotomies of modern life that we find ourselves in: "She had nothing left to say, so she said she loved me. I stood there grateful for the lie. I'll drink enough of anything to make this girl look new again." The song, its' lyrics, and yes, the band's name all arose from power-drinking. W.C. Fields was a renowned drinker known to have the condition known as gin blossoms. The band's story ends where it starts; at the bottom of a bottle that one cannot swim in (and that is a Mrs. Rita lyrical reference; still there at 115 W University Dr. Tempe, AZ 85281 all these years later -no website to link). Several years ago, there was an article in Time magazine (IIRC) about "remaindered men." I saw Doug Hopkins as their spokesman. His lyrics were the voice of the remaindered men, myself included. These days, the talk has shifted to leftover women; men have always been deemed expendable by society, but that's a topic for elsewhere.

@thepayne7862 3 месяца назад

The Gin Blossoms aren't one of my favorite 90's bands, they are one of my favorite bands of all time, they just happened to be a 90's band. I can listen to New Miserable Experience from start to finish over and over again. When I first got the album it was the only music I listened to for about 5 days. According to Amazon prime music for 2023 , Hey Jealousy was number 23 out of the 50 songs I listened to the most.

@kingdave77 3 месяца назад

Gin Blossoms are my favorite band from the 90s. Listening to their songs takes me back….

@dereklewis4321 3 месяца назад

They really do have a bunch of hits but arnt talked about like other bands from the 90s. Sick discography.

@Sweet--Richard.4981 3 месяца назад

Silverchair!

@DashCrashCam 3 месяца назад

I think they fit in with groups like Collective Soul and Tonic, not really grunge or alternative but more easy and accessible rock music.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

@@Sweet--Richard.4981 Another great one!

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

@@DashCrashCam Good call.

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

For sure.

@jaredblair9239 3 месяца назад

I’m feeling really psychically bad today, I’m glad for good rock, and good deep dives into rock.

@molsongrrrl 3 месяца назад

Not forgotten by me! I love the Gin Blossoms. Great episode!

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching!

@jameslegrand1624 3 месяца назад

Had all of their albums. One of my favorites of the 90s, and still today…

@musclecarmitch908 3 месяца назад

Great band! The early 90's were a great time for me and hearing the Gin Blossoms brings back that great feeling! Great interview Professor!👍

@chadweaver9626 3 месяца назад

What a great time to be a college kid and finding new music! I miss it.

@prufrock1977 3 месяца назад

Holy moly! I loved that album. Thanks for sharing their story!

@bufferkiller 2 месяца назад

One of my top two favorite bands of all time, and one of the best to see live. Thing that has always blown my mind at their live shows is how Robin Wilson's voice is so clear and pristine that the album versions have to have some extra grit added to it. Absolutely adore this band.

@heydhd7091 2 месяца назад

What's the other band?

@bufferkiller 2 месяца назад

@@heydhd7091 Taking Back Sunday. I'm an Elder Emo.

@RestrainingHollywood 3 месяца назад

I was Never a Huge Fan of this Band. More into Faith No More. Soundgarden. Beastie Boys. Nirvana. Jane's Addiction, etc. Regardelss, "Hey Jealousy" & "Found out about you" Helped Define the 90s...Such Great Songs! When I hear them they take me back to a Simpler Time. My Teen Angst , Chasing Girls, Loving Life & being optimistic about the Future ❤

@johnvannewhouse 3 месяца назад

Loved these guys while I was in college...."found out about you" is one of my ALL-TIMERS!!!

@RaiderfanCali 3 месяца назад

I haven’t forgotten! Thanks for posting!!

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Thanks for listening

@garydean0308 3 месяца назад

These songs were the soundtrack of my life then. Sorrow, joy, redemption, unrequited love, it is all there.

@theCaslin 3 месяца назад

Gin Blossoms scratched the itch beneath the scab of grunge

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

For sure!

@ColtraneTaylor 3 месяца назад

Great take.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 3 месяца назад

I like how you put it.

@rexology_bg 2 месяца назад

I was a college radio music director in the early 90's and remember this album coming out with no A&R support and thought it was a great album. Was happy that it found traction. Had one of the longer lives of any album of the time.

@rogertemple7193 3 месяца назад

the Gin Blossoms had a great sound and their videos were on MTV everyday and they were really good while they lasted and I still hear their music occasionally from time to time thanks Adam.🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎵🎶🎼

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

I agree. They really had a big impact for a short time.

@kenmusial1685 3 месяца назад

I saw these guys open for Toad in Norfolk, VA back in 92. I was lucky enough to find the original basketball CD and I wore it out. I couldn't believe it when I turned on MTV over a year later, and there they were. One of the best pure pop/rock albums of all time.

@Lee-nr7ob 3 месяца назад

We're all pushing 60 now

@ProfessorofRock 3 месяца назад

Whoa!

@chrisoakley5830 3 месяца назад

Yes we are, I'll be 58 in October, can't believe it.

@Whisper_292 3 месяца назад

And still rocking.

@magiccheeseball 3 месяца назад

It's already in my rear view mirror

@andrewkeehan8059 3 месяца назад

New Miserable Experience is still one of my favorite records. Exceptional song writing and singing performances that bring back so many memories. One of the most perfect moments is when the solo/bridge drops out on Hold Me Down, and there’s just a hint of a pause before the music comes back. Gets me every time.