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Like those groups, theGin Blossomsexcelled at marrying world-weary lyrics with ebullient melodies. “We were always about that. The name of the band says it all,” Wilson says. “It sounds really happy, but it represents something dark.” Superficially, the songs onNew Miserable ...
the Gin Blossoms kicked Hopkins out of the Gin Blossoms in 1992, before the release ofNew Miserable Experience. “Making the decision to fire Doug was the most difficult thing we’ve ever done,” Wilson says — offering, as someone close to Hopkins had more recently suggested...
Wilson joined the Gin Blossoms in 1988, two months after their first show when they were already the pride of Tempe; a half-decade later, the alt-era jangle-pop of their brilliant major-label debutNew Miserable Experiencewas on its way to going quadruple platinum and making the group ‘90s...