Kelly Clarkson’s ongoing Kellyoke project — the thing where Clarkson covers a different song every day on her daytime talk show — has recently been digging into ’90s alt-rock: Gin Blossoms, Garbage, Soundgarden. But other than the odd My Chemical Romance cover, Kelly Clarkson has mostly stayed away from th...

The whole Gin Blossoms story is just insane. The Arizona band signed with A&M in the early ’90s on the strength of the songs written by Doug Hopkins, the band’s guitarist. Hopkins had serious issues with alcoholism and depression, to the point where he wasn’t remotely functional, and he poured those issues ...

Gin Blossoms have long been the pride of Tempe, and now the Arizona city has officially honored the band. A stretch of Eighth Street between Rural Road and Una Avenue will now be known as Allison Road Avenue — a reference to the group’s 1994 hit “Allison Road.” There was a ceremony unveiling the street sign today,...

Barenaked Ladies (aka Tom’s favorite band) are currently on their Last Summer On Earth 2022 tour, which hit Red Rocks Amphitheatre on June 21. During their set, the crew welcomed Toad The Wet Sprocket and Gin Blossoms onstage and the entire crew covered Traveling Wilburys’ classic “Handle With Care” during...

The Phoenix Suns are hosting the Los Angeles Clippers tonight in game two of the Western Conference Finals. The halftime entertainment: ’90s power-pop hit-makers and Tempe hometown heroes the Gin Blossoms. They’re even setting up a Charles Barkley bobblehead on their drum kit, which is some brilliant synchronicity since Barkl...