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- The original line-up featured lead singer Chris Barron, guitarist Eric Schenkman, and harmonica-man John Popper of Blues Traveler fame—who went to high school with Barron. Popper later quit the band to focus on Blues Traveler, and Barron and Schenkman added drummer Aaron Comess and bassist Mark White, changing the name to the Spin Doctors in 1989.
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History. The group originated in the late 1980s in New York City, originally as a band called Trucking Company; this band included Canadian guitarist Eric Schenkman, [7] harmonicist John Popper, and later vocalist Chris Barron, who was Popper's Princeton, New Jersey high school friend.
- New York City, New York, U.S.
- Chris Barron, Aaron Comess, Eric Schenkman
- 1988–1999, 2001–present
Feb 2, 2023 · In its early years, dating back to the late-1980s, Spin Doctors first called themselves Trucking Company. At the time, the group included Canadian guitarist Eric Schenkman, Popper, and Barron.
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Jun 10, 2023 · By Lorenzo Tanos / Updated: June 10, 2023 12:39 pm EST. It's easy to think of the Spin Doctors as a one-hit-wonder that deserved more than just one hit. For much of 1993, their song "Two Princes" was all over the radio, consistently on heavy rotation on MTV, and a must-have on your setlist if your high school garage band was playing on prom night.
Apr 25, 2010 · The Spin Doctors formed in New York City in the late ’80s under the moniker Trucking Company. The original line-up featured lead singer Chris Barron, guitarist Eric Schenkman, and harmonica-man John Popper of Blues Traveler fame—who went to high school with Barron.
Aug 6, 2022 · ” On September 7th, 2001, the original members of the Spin Doctors: Chris Barron (lead singer), Aaron Comess (drummer), Eric Schenkman (guitar), and Mark White (bass guitar) took the stage at the Wetlands Preserve in NYC.
Nov 23, 1991 · By Paul Farhi. November 22, 1991 at 7:00 p.m. EST. CAMBRIDGE, MASS., NOV. 22 -- He tells stories, dozens of them, an amazing tumble of dates, clients, causes and other oddments from decades of...
The Spin Doctors formed in New York City in the late 1980s when three of the four original members were students at the New School for Social Research. Vocalist Barron had been a military brat, spent several formative years in Australia, and then attended high school in Princeton, New Jersey.