Gin Blossoms indelible jangle-pop sound was evolving during radio’s diverse mix of hair bands and grunge music superstars like Nirvana. After their hometown Phoenix New Times chose them the city’s best rock band, they qualified to play at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin Texas in 1989. That same year, College Music Journal dubbed them the “Best Unsigned Band in America” and added an invitation to perform on MTV’s New Music Awards in New York City. Gin Blossoms signed a record deal with A&M and recorded their first EP Up And Crumbling in 1991. But, it was not until their breakout record New Miserable Experience in 1992 that their rise to fame began. “New Miserable Experience” kept the band on the charts for almost 3 years with singles “Hey Jealousy,” “Allison Road,” “Until I Fall Away,” “Mrs. Rita,” and “Found Out About You.” The album took the airwaves by siege and held MTV hostage with multi cross-over hits in 4 different radio formats. It was this record that rocketed the band into the mainstream going on to sell over 5 million copies making the band a 90’s radio mainstay. In 1995, Robin Wilson, Jesse Valenzuela and veteran composer Marshall Crenshaw wrote the band’s 4th of 9 sound track inclusions; “Til I Hear It From You.” The smash hit was released as a Gin Blossoms single and it appeared on the platinum sound track for the film Empire Records.
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It's All Your Fault, Tyler Price!
The Hudson Theatre (11/7 - 12/15) | ||
Leslie Odom, Jr. The Christmas Tour - Deck the Hall Holiday Concerts
Walt Disney Concert Hall (12/1 - 12/1) | ||
HUGH PANARO: MAN WITHOUT A MASK, the Los Angeles Debut!
Catalina Jazz Club (12/5 - 12/5) | ||
Batsheva Dance Company
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion at the Los Angeles Music Center (2/14 - 2/16) | ||
West Side Story
Canyon Theatre Guild (1/18 - 2/23) | ||
Nuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical
Desert Theatreworks (12/6 - 12/29) | ||
Hamlet
Center Theatre Group at the Mark Taper Forum (5/28 - 7/6) | ||
Ambrosia
The Canyon – Agoura Hills (12/20 - 12/20) | ||
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center (1/10 - 1/12) | ||
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