finetune artist: Spin Doctors

This four-piece band came together in 1989 when Christopher Barron (b. 5 February 1968, Hawaii; vocals) and Eric Schenkman (b. 12 December 1963, Massachusetts, USA; guitar) met Aaron Comess (b. 24 April 1968, Arizona, USA; drums) at the New School of Jazz in New York. With the line-up completed by Mark White (b. 7 July 1962, New York, USA; bass), the band signed a recording contract the following year. 1991's Pocket Full Of Kryptonite was a varied collection of well-crafted, tuneful rock songs flavoured with funk rhythms and witty, intelligent lyrics. It also displayed the band's considerable musical ability, playing in a wide range of styles from the light, jazzy feel of the softer numbers to hard funk reminiscent of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with almost nonchalant ease, while retaining a recognizable sound of their own. Undeterred by the album's lack of initial success, the Spin Doctors took to the road in the USA, touring to the point of physical and financial exhaustion. When a Vermont radio station began to plug the album heavily, others soon followed, and the band's popularity spiralled upwards. Pocket Full Of Kryptonite became a major hit, producing a US Top 10 single in "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong", despite the small storm caused by the track's opening line, "Been a whole lot easier since the bitch left town" (the lyric was in fact aimed satirically at Barron's former stepmother rather than an exercise in rock misogyny).

Listen to Spin Doctors at Finetune.

(2008) You've Got To Believe In Something
(2005) Nice Talking To Me
(1999) Here Comes the Bride
(1996) Just Go Ahead Now: A Retrospective
(1994) TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN
(1992) HOMEBELLY GROOVE
(1991) Pocket Full Of Kryptonite

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Little Miss Can't Be Wrong
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