The Wallflowers

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The Wallflowers
The Wallflowers (2014)
The Wallflowers (2014)
General information
Genre (s) Rock, pop, country
founding 1990
Website www.thewallflowers.com
Founding members
Vocals, guitar
 Jacob Dylan
bass
 Barrie Maguire
guitar
 Tobi Miller
Keyboard
 Rami Jaffee
Drums
 Peter Yanowitz
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar
 Jacob Dylan
bass
 Greg Richling
guitar
 Stuart Mathis
Drums
 Jack Irons
Keyboard
 Rami Jaffee

The Wallflowers (Engl. The Wallflower ) is a rock band from Los Angeles , California . She was founded in 1990 and released her debut album of the same name in 1992 . The band currently consists of Bob Dylan's youngest son Jakob Dylan ( guitar and vocals ), Jack Irons ( drums ), Rami Jaffee ( keyboard ), Stuart Mathis (guitar) and Greg Richling ( bass ). Musically, the band is based on greats like Bruce Springsteen , Tom Petty , Van Morrison , Counting Crows or The Clash . From this she developed her own style, which is composed of elements of rock , country and pop .

Career

With their 1996 album Bringing Down The Horse and the accompanying titles One Headlight and 6th Avenue Heartache , the band made their breakthrough. It was followed by the hit single Heroes , a cover version of the song written by David Bowie , which was used in the soundtrack for the film Godzilla .

One Headlight made it to number 2 on the American Billboard Hot 100 chart. The Wallflowers received two awards at the 1998 Grammy Awards . The band received a Grammy for the best performance by a duo or a group with vocals in the rock category and another Grammy for One Headlight for best rock song .

After almost four years, the Wallflowers released their next album. Breach contained the singles Sleepwalker and Letters from the Wasteland .

In November 2002 the band released their fourth studio album, Red Letter Days (RLD). RLD was the first Wallflowers album on which singer Jakob Dylan did a large part of the guitar parts himself. RLD was much more aggressive in sound than the previous albums. The single When You're on Top became a hit on American AAA radio stations. However, the sales of the album could not match those of its predecessors.

In May 2005 the Wallflowers released the CD Rebel, Sweetheart . The album was produced by Brendan O 'Brien.

After the record contract with the Interscope label had expired, the band members initially concentrated on other projects. Keyboardist Rami Jaffee went on tour with the Foo Fighters , the then drummer Fred Eltringham worked with the Dixie Chicks and band leader Jakob Dylan made a name for himself as a solo artist with two critically acclaimed acoustic folk albums: In 2008 Dylan's solo album Seeing Things was released , Women + Country was released in April 2010 .

In January 2012, The Wallflowers went into the studio to record their new album. The album was released in October 2012 and is entitled Glad All Over .

occupation

  • Jakob Dylan (guitar and vocals)
  • Jack Irons (drums)
  • Greg Richling (bass)
  • Rami Jaffee (keyboard)
  • Stuart Mathis (guitar)

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1996 Bringing Down the Horse - AT40 (4 weeks)
AT 		- UK58 (3 weeks)
UK 		US4th
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(98 weeks)US
First published: May 21, 1996
2000 (Breach) DE88 (2 weeks)
DE 		- CH48 (6 weeks)
CH 		- US13
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US
First published: October 10, 2000
2002 Red Letter Days - - - - US32 (4 weeks)
US
First published: November 5, 2002
2005 Rebel, sweetheart - - - - US40 (4 weeks)
US
First published: May 24, 2005
2012 Glad all over - - - - US48 (2 weeks)
US
First published: October 2, 2012

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
2009 Collected: 1996-2005 - - - - US137 (1 week)
US
First published: June 2009

More albums

  • 1992: The Wallflowers
  • 2010: Looking Through You: Another Collection

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1996 One Headlight
Bringing Down the Horse 		DE88 (9 weeks)
DE 		- - UK54 (2 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: November 1996
1997 Three Marlenas
Bringing Down the Horse 		- - - UK93 (1 week)
UK 		-
First published: October 1997
1998 Heroes
Godzilla (OST) 		DE85 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: September 1998
2000 Sleepwalker
(Breach) 		- - - - US73 (6 weeks)
US
First published: October 2000

More singles

  • 1996: 6th Avenue Heartache
  • 1997: The Difference
  • 2001: Letters from the Wasteland
  • 2002: When You're on Top
  • 2002: Closer to You
  • 2002: How Good It Can Get
  • 2005: The Beautiful Side of Somewhere
  • 2005: God Says Nothing Back
  • 2012: Reboot the Mission

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.monstersandcritics.de/artikel/201231/article_201967.php/The-Wallflowers-verlaublichen-Glad-All-Over  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.monstersandcritics.de  
  2. ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
  3. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US