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Robin Wilson (born July 12, 1965) is an American musician most notable for his work as the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Gin Blossoms. Career. Wilson replaced Richard Taylor as guitarist of Gin Blossoms in 1988, but switched places early on with vocalist Jesse Valenzuela.
3 de feb. de 2022 · Hey Legacy: Robin Wilson Talks the Gin Blossoms’ Complicated Journey and Why the Band’s ‘Stock Is Up’ After 30 Years. Hiking in Long Island with the singer for one of the best – and with their...
- 'You Sort of Get Sucked Back Into That World'
- 'We Actually Tried and Failed A Couple Times'
- 'There Was A Cloud Over Us The Whole Time'
- The Heartbreaking Dismissal of Doug Hopkins
- 'It's Like A Movie That I Saw Once'
- The Breakthrough of 'New Miserable Experience'
- 'We Knew When We Did It That It Was A Great Record'
Playing the album in full on a recent tour celebrating the 30th anniversary put those memories of just how screwed up the band was in the spotlight. "We're always doing a lot of songs from that record," Wilson says. But playing the album in sequence? "It's a little bit more focused on the legacy of the record and the entire experience of having mad...
By the time they got to Ardent Studios in Memphis to work with producer John Hampton, Gin Blossoms had been a band for five years. Formed in 1987, they released an independent album, "Dusted," in December 1989. By then, the lineup featured on "New Miserable Experience" had fallen into place with Wilson, Hopkins, Jesse Valenzuela on guitar and vocal...
In 1992, they decided to fire Hopkins, who'd written both the album's biggest hits, because his drinking had become unmanageable. "There were moments when we were tracking at the beginning where we were playing well together," Wilson says. "But there was a cloud over us the whole time. Doug was imploding mentally. And finally, eventually, it got to...
It wasn't easy sending Hopkins home. But as Wilson says, "He was a mess. And we couldn't rely on him. We needed him to have, like, a leadership role. And he was dragging us all down with him. I think it was Paul Stanley who says, 'If your friend is drowning, you throw him a life preserver. But if he starts pulling you down with him, you gotta let g...
Sometimes, when he thinks about those days, "it's like a movie that I saw once," Wilson says. "It's kind of hard to sometimes truly understand, 'Well, this actually happened to me and to Jesse and Bill. We were the ones that did all this.' It can be kind of intense and emotional." Wilson remembers a sense of relief when they finally finished the re...
Released in August 1992, "New Miserable Experience" was not an overnight success. It took nearly a year for the bittersweet jangle-rock crunch of "Hey Jealousy" to go Top 40, hitting No. 25 and doing even better on the Mainstream Rock chart. In the meantime, they toured, with guitarist Scott Johnson stepping in for Hopkins. "It's a relentless grind...
By the time a second Hopkins-written rocker, "Found Out About You," topped Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, Hopkins was dead. And still they toured. A total of four songs from "New Miserable Experience" went Top 40 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts (the two hits, "Mrs. Rita" and "Allison Road"). By May 1996, the album had been certified ...
- Ed Masley
- Pop Music Critic
ROBIN WILSON. Robin enjoys describing himself, is like, really smart, and super-good at music, art, and science. SCOTT JOHNSON. Scott enjoys the Miller High Life, hiking, and singing old Bob Wills songs. He also enjoys teacup collecting. SCOTT HESSEL. “Hess” has been playing drums with the Gins since 2012.
31 de dic. de 2021 · I spoke with Robin Wilson about returning to the stage in 2021 and the economics of live performance as the Gin Blossoms gear up for a winter tour scheduled to begin on February 18, 2022 in...
5 de ago. de 2020 · by Katherine Yeske Taylor August 5, 2020, 9:13 am. Relaxing in his backyard in a tranquil Long Island, New York neighborhood, The Gin Blossoms frontman Robin Wilson is amused as he contemplates...
3 de jun. de 2022 · Gin Blossoms are still a few days out from the opening night of Barenaked Ladies' Last Summer on Earth Tour when lead singer Robin Wilson checks in from Chicago to discuss the tour that brings...
