Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2020 population of 180,587. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale and the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community on the north, Chandler on the south, and Mesa on the east. Tempe is also the location of the main campus of Arizona State University.
Duane Eddy is an American instrumental rock guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had a string of hit records produced by Lee Hazlewood, which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" sound, including "Rebel-'Rouser", "Peter Gunn", and "Because They're Young". He had sold 12 million records by 1963.
Gin Blossoms is an American rock band formed in 1987 in Tempe, Arizona. They rose to prominence following the 1992 release of their first major label album, New Miserable Experience, and the first single released from that album, "Hey Jealousy". "Hey Jealousy" became a Top 25 hit and went gold, and New Miserable Experience eventually went quadruple platinum; four other charting singles were released from the album. The band's follow-up album, Congratulations I'm Sorry (1996), went platinum and the single "As Long as It Matters" was nominated for a Grammy Award. Gin Blossoms broke up in 1997. Since reuniting in 2001, the band has released Major Lodge Victory in 2006, No Chocolate Cake in 2010, and Mixed Reality in 2018.
New Miserable Experience is the second studio album by rock band Gin Blossoms, released on August 4, 1992. The album was released to little fanfare and relatively lackluster reviews. However, nearly a year after its release the lead single "Hey Jealousy" entered the top 40. With "Found Out About You" following a few months later, the album eventually reached multi-platinum status.
Douglas Owen Hopkins was an American musician and songwriter. He co-founded the Gin Blossoms, a popular modern rock band of the early 1990s, with Richard Taylor. He was the band's lead guitarist and a principal songwriter.
The music of Arizona began with Indigenous music of North America made by Indigenous peoples of Arizona. In the 20th century, Mexican immigrants popularized Banda, corridos, mariachi and conjunto. Other major influences come from styles popular throughout the rest of the United States.
Marshall Howard Crenshaw is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for hit songs such as "Someday, Someway," a US Top 40 hit in 1982, "Cynical Girl," and "Whenever You're on My Mind." He is also the co-author of one of the biggest radio hits of the Gin Blossoms, "Til I Hear It From You." His music has roots in classic soul music and Buddy Holly, to whom Crenshaw was often compared in the early days of his career, and whom he portrayed in the 1987 film La Bamba.
Robin Wilson is an American musician most notable for his work as the lead vocalist of the rock band Gin Blossoms.
Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers is an American rock band from Tempe, Arizona.
The Refreshments were an alternative rock band from Tempe, Arizona. The band is best known for the single "Banditos" from their 1996 breakthrough album Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy, and also for "Yahoos and Triangles", the theme song to the long-running animated series King of the Hill. The latter was a piece the band traditionally performed at soundchecks. The Refreshments disbanded in 1998, although Roger Clyne and P.H. Naffah continue to tour and play Refreshments songs along with new music as Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers.
Hans Olson, is an American musician and songwriter. He is a singer and plays an amplified acoustic guitar and a harmonica in a neck rack. He is known as one of the best "harp-in-a-rack" players in the world. Olson helped to establish and organize the Phoenix Blues Society (1988), the Arizona Green Party (1991), the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame (1995), the Arizona Music Heritage Foundation and the Arizona Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (2002). In 1996, Olson was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame. Both Phoenix Magazine and Phoenix New Times named Olson as one of the most influential musicians in Arizona.
Bruce Connole is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was the lead singer for The Jetzons and several other bands based in the Southwest United States.
Stephen Ashbrook is a Portland-based singer songwriter. Ashbrook rose to fame in the mid-1990s in his home state of Arizona, riding the wave of the Tempe music scene while performing with his band Satellite. Many bands, including the Gin Blossoms, The Refreshments and Dead Hot Workshop, found success with this guitar-driven rock music. Ashbrook has toured with Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, among others, and has performed for President Bill Clinton.
Long Wong's on Mill was a club in Tempe, Arizona. Long Wong's on Mill was the center of the Tempe music scene, which peaked in the early 1990s, and it was where the Tempe band the Gin Blossoms got their start. In turn, the popular band made the club famous. Long Wong's also featured Tempe based bands such as Dead Hot Workshop and The Refreshments, who would all go on to sign with major record labels. Long Wong's closed on April 3, 2004.
Dead Hot Workshop is an American rock band based in Tempe, Arizona.
Twang Bar King is the second solo album by American musician Adrian Belew. It was released in 1983 on Island Records.
Nico Holthaus is an independent American autodidact/polymath, writer, musician, filmmaker, producer of music, haunted attractions, and documentary and narrative films. He has won critical acclaim as the executive producer of the national Main St. Inc series and Dear America, a documentary that promotes Senator Mike Gravel’s National Initiative for Democracy, featuring Direct democracy proponents such as Ralph Nader, Noam Chomsky, Daniel Ellsberg, Pete Seeger, Max Brooks, production members of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series, ex-Nirvana bassist and chairman of FairVote Krist Novoselic and Chancellors, Senators, Representatives and other notable public figures around the world.
Motortrain is an American southern rock band, formed in 2010 in Westville, Oklahoma. They are signed to SlamBang Records. The band consists of Aaron "Ump" McCollum, Sam Blossom, Michael "Sig" Sigulinsky, and a rotating guest drummer. Motortrain has released one studio EP, "Straight Six".
Arthur Eugene "Buddy" Edwards III is an American writer and musician. He has written three novels and the screenplay for the movie adaptation of his first novel Stuck Outside of Phoenix. He was co-founder, co-songwriter and bass player with The Refreshments, a band that sold over 400,000 units worldwide, had a hit single "Banditos", and wrote and recorded the theme song for the Fox television series King of the Hill.
Prehab is an American band that formed in 1992 in Tempe, Arizona, United States. During the period of the 1990s the band was known as the Bedspins and were a popular fixture on the Tempe music scene. Tempe was referred to as "The Next Seattle" by the music industry during this time. The band played along Tempe Arizona's Mill Avenue for many years and also played shows in New Mexico as well as Texas and Oklahoma. During this time the band opened shows for bands such as Blood Hound Gang and Def Leppard. The Bedspins began working with producer Andy Barrett who had worked with Gin Blossoms and Stevie Nicks on an album of original material. The band played an average of 200 shows a year between 1993 and 1996. During this time the Bedspins were approached by Virgin Records and Island Records. Nothing materialized with either label and the band disbanded in 1997. The death of a mutual friend brought all four members together at a funeral service in 2007. The four bandmates Chris Kay, Jason Kay, Chris Cantu and Jeff Bourne decided to reunite. This new band was called Prehab. The band had planned to record some of Chris Kay's new songs in the hopes of getting a publishing deal. The demos were eventually re-recorded at Tall Cat Studios and released as One Is Too Many in 2009. The band played several shows in Arizona to promote the new music. In 2011, the band began recording at Ardent Studios with producer John Hampton. I Haven't Been Completely Honest was released in 2012. Drummer Jeff Bourne left Prehab in 2013. The band then added Phillip Rhodes. Prehab began writing songs with Rhodes and playing shows in Arizona. In 2014 band went to Sonic Ranch in El Paso with producer Owen Morris. Prehab released Light Up The Sky in 2015. The album was added to Pandora Radio and played on college radio.
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