Over/Under is 8
NoSleepRaz Over/Under is 11
Only nine. But I'm betting I'm the only one here who got Bill Leen. ;-)
I would say you're correct. I do like the Gin Blossoms (after looking him up).
I also like them but didn't know his name and obviously would neither recognize him by sight.
Nobody pays attention to the bass player. ;-)
Gin Blossoms was Doug Hopkins' band. I knew Doug through people. I admired his songwriting, and when he was drunk - which was usually - he said nice things about mine. I imitated him some. Then they got signed to A&M and went off to Nashville to record their first album.
Suddenly I heard Doug was back in Tempe, and he'd been fired from the band. I managed to catch up with him once, but he was blotto, and I mean so drunk he couldn't carry on a conversation. So Gin Blossoms is suddenly Dave Letterman's favorite band, appearing on Late Night singing Doug's songs, and Doug's forming another band. The Chimeras. They played a gig in Tucson and it sucked, and he basically quit onstage. Then the word went round that Doug was dead. Suicide. It was a surprise, but only because most people figured he'd drink himself to death.
Gin Blossoms could never match Doug's writing on that first album, "New Miserable Experience." It was unfair, because they did some quite good work of their own without him. It just suffered by comparison.
