Gin Blossoms

Gin Blossoms graduated from the college rock circuit to the pop charts in 1993, when the singles "Hey Jealousy" and "Found Out About You" cracked the Billboard Top 40. Compared to the waves of grunge produced in the wake of Nirvana's breakthrough, the Gin Blossoms evoked an earlier time -- specifically, the big jangle of the '80s, when the South was alive with bands who strove to replicate the ringing sound of R.E.M. Certainly, New Miserable Experience, the group's 1992 major-label debut, sounded like a kindred spirit to '80s college rock, even if it was goosed with loud guita...