SPIN DOCTORS

Spin Doctors

Spin Doctors is an American jam band/alternative rock group formed in New York City, best known for their 1992 hits, "Two Princes" and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong," which charted at 7 & 17 on the American pop chart, respectively.

The current members are Chris Barron (lead vocals), Eric Schenkman (guitar and vocals), Aaron Comess (drums), and Mark White (bass guitar).

history

In 1990, the Spin Doctors were signed to Epic Records/Sony Music by A&R executive Frankie LaRocka. The band's Epic debut EP Up for Grabs...Live was recorded live at The Wetlands Preserve in Lower Manhattan, and released in January 1991. (In November 1992, these EP tracks were remixed and supplemented by additional live recordings to form the album Homebelly Groove...Live.) The Spin Doctors were known for great shows, sometimes jamming even more than is evident on these live album releases. They performed some legendary double bill gigs opening for their friends Blues Traveler, with members of both bands all jamming together. The Spin Doctors have many songs from the early club days that were never released, but are cherished by their hardcore fans via bootleg concert recordings.

The Spin Doctors' debut studio album, Pocket Full of Kryptonite was released in August 1991. The band continued to play extensive live shows, gaining grassroots fans, as the album was mostly ignored commercially. In the summer of 1992, the band toured with the first ever line-up of the H.O.R.D.E festival, sharing the stage with fellow jam bands like Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler and Phish. That summer, commercial popularity heated up, as radio and MTV began playing "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" and "Two Princes". The album went gold in September 1992, and then received another boost in sales after the band's appearance on Saturday Night Live in October 1992. Additional videos and singles followed for "What Time Is It", "How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?)", and "Jimmy Olsen's Blues". By June 1993 the album was triple platinum. Ultimately it sold over five million copies in the U.S. and another five million overseas, and peaked at # 3 on the Billboard top 200 album chart.

The Spin Doctors second studio album, Turn It Upside Down (June 1994), was not quite as commercially successful as Pocket Full of Kryptonite, though it did sell a million copies in the U.S. and a million overseas. The second single, "You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast," was a modest hit (# 42 on the pop chart). This album also featured "Cleopatra's Cat", "Mary Jane", "Hungry Hamed's" and "Bags Of Dirt." The band set out on a three-month headlining tour, and played to immense crowds at Woodstock '94 and the Glastonbury Festival. Shortly after the release of Turn It Upside Down, original guitarist Eric Schenkman left the band in September 1994, citing musical/personal differences, and being weary of the road. Eric was replaced by Anthony Krizan.

Band member details


Mark White (born 7 July 1962, New York) - bassist, active 1989-1998, 2001-Present

Eric Schenkman (born 12 December 1963, Massachusetts) - guitarist, active 1989-1994, 2001-Present


Chris Barron (born Christopher Barron Gross, 5 February 1968, Hawaii) - vocalist, active 1989-Present

Aaron Comess (born 24 April 1968, Phoenix, Arizona) - drummer, active 1989-Present


Anthony Krizan (born North Plainfield, New Jersey ) - guitarist, active 1994-1997


Eran Tabib (born 1972, Tel Aviv, Israel ) - guitarist, active 1997-1999


Ivan Neville (born 19 August 1959 , New Orleans, Louisiana) - keyboardist, active 1996-1999
Carl Carter bassist, active 1999