In their early years, the Gin Blossoms became well-known around their hometown of Tempe, Arizona. Fields with gin blossoms', referring to the actor's telangiectasia-ravaged face and rhinophymic nose by the slang term for the skin condition known as rosacea. Fields in Kenneth Anger's infamously erroneous book, Hollywood Babylon, which bore the caption 'W.C. The band's name comes from a photo of W.C. Members of the band's early years include the guitarist and songwriter Doug Hopkins, the bass guitarist Bill Leen, the vocalist Jesse Valenzuela, the guitarist Richard Taylor, Taylor's original replacement Steven Severson, the drummer Chris McCann, McCann's replacement Dan Henzerling, and Taylor's later replacement Robin Wilson. They reunited in 2002 and released a fourth album, Major Lodge Victory, in 2006, and a fifth, No Chocolate Cake, in 2010. After a series of charting singles, the band broke up in 1997.
They first came to notice with the song 'Hey Jealousy' from their first major label album, New Miserable Experience (1992), but this achievement was coupled with the firing and eventual suicide of the song's author and band co-founder Doug Hopkins, prompting the title of their follow-up album, Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996). Gin Blossoms are an American rock band formed in 1987 in Tempe, Arizona.
