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Gin Blossoms: The Tragic Story of the Band & The Death Of Doug Hopkins, Band Behind "Hey Je Hotney 7 Streams • 3 years ago

Gin Blossoms: The tragic story of the band and the death of guitarist Doug Hopkins

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0:00 - Early Years
2:43 - New Miserable Experience
7:22 - Doug Hopkins Death
9:02- Long lasting success
10:07 - Congratulations, I'm Sorry
13:45 - Breakup.Reunion

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Gin Blossoms were a staple of the 90’s music
scene. The band’s history is intertwined

with luck, patience and great tragedy. Today
let’s explore whatever happened to the Gin

Blossoms

Hailing from tempe, Arizona, the LA Times would state
the following about Gin Blossoms on a 1993

profile about the band.

“Let’s face it, Tempe, Arizona., is notexactly
a thriving rock ‘n’ roll mecca.

It seems more like one of those places that
a budding rock band leaves, then later reminisces

about for its boring but lovable qualities.”

Gin Blossoms were born and raised on R.E.M.,
Tom Petty, Cheap Trick, and the Replacements,

which offered a stark contrast to the other
popular bands of the early 90’s who were

fed a healthy diet of punk rock, metal and groups
like The Pixies. Gin Blossoms married

joyful sounding melodies with young adult
anxieties. Hailing from Tempe Arizona, Gin

Blossoms first formed in 1987 thanks to a
Tower Records store in the city, where frontman

Robin Wilson and bassist Bill Leen both worked.
Initially first lineup consisted of Gin Blossoms had guitarists Jesse Valenzuela as the lead vocalist before Robin WIlson took over. Back in the lae 80's it was pretty common for club owners to hire bands who mostly played covers. TO satisfy club owners The Gin Blossoms would adop the alter

ego Del Montes whose plan it was to play cover
tunes at clubs around the city and earn some

money while they would also be writing their own
original material. Soon enough the sets The

Gin Blossoms were playing around the city of tempe didn’t stra too far
from the Del Montes. THe del montes would most famously play
television show theme songs
including the Jeffersons Movin on up. By 1988 Gin Blossoms developed a name around
town and became one of the hottest acts in

the City. In both 1988 and 1989 The Phoenix
New Times newspaper named the band

The Best of Phoenix. Soon enough other press
outlets outside of Tempe picked up on them

with the College Music Journal referring to
them as and i quote “The Best Unsigned Band

In America in 1989. The same year the group
played a showcase at the south by southwest

festival and soon enough,
they put out their self funded debut record

Dusted the same year. The band also started playing
outside of Tempe heading to Austin and playing

at the south by southwest showcase, while
also playing in clubs in Los Angeles including

Raji’s, Club Lingerie and the Coconut Teazer.
They would eventually attract the attention

of A&M records in 1990,

While the band should’ve been celebrating their success, guitarist
Doug Hopkins was not. Having suffered from

severe depression from a young age he was
against signing with a major label feeling

pressure to deliver and also feeling like
someone else’s property. His drinking would

only escalate once the band signed a smajor
recording contract.. According to Rolling

Stone magazine hopkins would frequently showed up intoxicatedat
gigs, while band practices resulted in verbal

screaming machines. The band first convened
in Los Angeles in 1991 to record their major

label debut but
it was a complete disaster. The group spent

close to $100,000 and had nothing to show
for it and were almost dropped by their label.

Frontman Robin Wilson would tell Rolling Stone
,“We were a fragile mess. We were all just

treading water trying to make the record.
We knew this was our last chance. It was an

intense experience on every level" he'd remember.
During a a separate interview with billboard

magazine he also credited the band’s label
with helping turn things around letting them release an EP titled up and crumbling and touring a
bit revealing “they gave us a chance to

succeed or fail to learn about the studio
and toughen up”. As the band attempted to take

a second stab at their first LP for A&M recordthey
chose a different producer and location. The band would move from LAto memphis and that’s not to say

Thalia Ft. Fat Joe - Me Pones Sexy (I Want You) [Official Video] (Remastered HD) Hotney 6 Streams • 3 years ago

Thalia Ft. Fat Joe - Me Pones Sexy (I Want You) [Official Video] (Remastered HD)

“I Want You/Me Pones Sexy” es el primer sencillo de Thalia, que se desprende de su álbum crossover “Thalia”. En la canción y el video la acompañó Fat Joe. El sencillo fue todo un éxito en el mercado anglosajón se mantuvo por varias semanas en las listas de popularidad. La versión en español tuvo excelente aceptación en América del Sur, llegando al #1 en varios países y llegó hasta el #23 en los charts de los Estados Unidos. La canción fue escrita por Cory Rooney, Davy Deluge, Gregory Bruno, Fat Joe, Thalia y Brenda Russell y fue producida por Cory Rooney.

La canción entró en varias listas alrededor del mundo. Logró el éxito de la radio en general en países como Turquía, Grecia, Rumania, Hungría, así como en México, América Latina y en Japón, donde logró posicionarse como multi-platino.

El videoclip "Me Pones Sexy" fue dirigido por Dave Meyers y filmado en el Bronx, New York. Ganó el premio de "Video del Año" en Premios Lo Nuestro.

"I Want You" / "Me Pones Sexy" is the first single from Thalia’s 2003 crossover studio album “Thalia”. The track and video feature American rapper Fat Joe. The song was a success in the U.S. market, and it remained for weeks on the popularity lists. Both songs were written by Cory Rooney, Davy Deluge, Gregory Bruno, Fat Joe, Thalia, and Brenda Russell, and produced by Cory Rooney and Davy Deluge.

The song entered various charts around the world. It achieved mainstream radio success in countries like Turkey, Greece, Romania, Hungary, Mexico, and Latin America and Japan, where it was a big hit and received multi-platinum status.

The music video for "I Want You" was directed by Dave Meyers and shot in The Bronx, New York. It won an award for "Video of the Year" at Premios Lo Nuestro.

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Album: Thalia 2003
Remastered HD: Ricardo Oliveir - Ricdiolive@gmail.com
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Video Support: Lucas Cannito

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