Band
Holds writing credit on 74 of 75 tracks
Members are credited on 74 of the band's 75 studio tracks and 54 of those carry no writer from outside the band. Jesse Valenzuela is on 38, Robin Wilson on 25 and Doug Hopkins on 13.
Across all 75 tracks: how many Gin Blossoms wrote alone, how many they co-wrote, and how many were written by others. The bracket marks every track they hold any writing credit on.
Share of all 75 tracks where they are personally credited, by role.
Percentage of all 75 tracks, across every album, where each member holds a credit - split by role.
| Member | Period | Lyrics | Music | Production | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Wilson | 1988-present | 33% |
33% |
4% |
0% |
| Jesse Valenzuela | 1987-present | 51% |
51% |
27% |
0% |
| Bill Leen | 1987-present | 15% |
15% |
0% |
0% |
| Scott Johnson | 1992-present | 12% |
12% |
0% |
0% |
| Scott Hessel | 2002-present | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Doug Hopkins | 1987-1992 | 17% |
17% |
0% |
0% |
| Phillip Rhodes | 1988-1997 | 7% |
7% |
0% |
0% |
| Richard Taylor | 1987-1988 | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Chris McCann | 1987-1988 | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Steven Severson | 1987-1988 | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Dan Henzerling | 1987-1988 | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Phil Leavitt | 1988 | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Gary Smith | 1988 | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| Scott Kusmirek | 1997 | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
| John Richardson | 2001-2002 | 0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Gin Blossoms's writing credit per album, in release order. Hover any bar for the album.
Where Gin Blossoms sits on the scale from a pure performer (0%, sings songs written by others) to a complete author (100%, writes everything). The bright marker is their catalogue authorship score, plotted against other artists on the site.
Reference artists spread across the scale, closest by genre and era.
None of the signature songs above fall in this category.
Six studio albums. The band broke up in 1997 and reformed in 2001. Doug Hopkins, who wrote the songs that made the second album, was fired during its recording and died in 1993.
San Jacinto
A&M
A&M
Hybrid
429 Records
Cleopatra
No albums from this decade.
Gin Blossoms75 tracksBubble size = tracks worked on together. JH John Hampton · DW Danny Wilde · DD Don Dixon · RH Rich Hopkins · SS Sue Sandberg · JS Jim Swafford
Data Insight
Members are credited on 74 of the band's 75 studio tracks and 54 of those carry nobody from outside. Jesse Valenzuela is on 38 and Robin Wilson on 25, but Doug Hopkins is on 13 across two albums and wrote the songs everyone knows. After he left the writing spread out and the singles stopped.
Quick Facts
Creative Fingerprint
A band that wrote nearly everything itself, and lost the writer who made it matter before the hits were over.
The Story
Gin Blossoms formed in Tempe in 1987 around Doug Hopkins, who wrote the songs that made New Miserable Experience sell four times platinum. He was fired during the recording and died in 1993, before the album's biggest singles had run their course. The band broke up in 1997, came back in 2001, and has six studio albums in all.