Gin Blossoms are an alternative rock band formed in 1987, in Tempe, Arizona. They took their name from a photo of W.C. Fields which bore the caption "W.C. Fields with gin blossoms," referring to the actor's gin-ravaged nose. The band, who were musically weaned on The Byrds and Tom Petty[citation needed], released three albums and had several hits in the mid 1990s, before breaking up in 1997. The band reunited in 2002, touring, releasing a DVD, and promising a fourth album, Major Lodge Victory, which was released on August 8, 2006 on the Hybrid Recordings label.

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