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.
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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. The album eventually reached platinum status.Gin Blossoms New Miserable Experience Rarities Edition Doug Hopkins New Miserable Experience Album Page Links: The album's title, according to the lead singer Robin Wilson, came from the response band members usually received from people who both wanted to congratulate the band for the success of New Miserable Experience, while then offering apologies for their friend and former band member Doug Hopkins. One common complaint was that most versions of the album lacked the successful 1995 single 'Til I Hear It From You', from the however, some editions of the album did contain the track as its final. Reaction to Congratulations I'm Sorry was mixed, with some critics feeling that the music lay too close to the sound of the previous album. The album was named in reference to the success of 1992's New Miserable Experience, followed closely by the suicide of the former band member in 1993.