Spin Doctors Biography

The Spin Doctors were formed in New York City in the late 1980’s, founded initially as the band Trucking Company. The band’s original members consisted of John Popper, Eric Schenkman, and Chris Barron. John Popper left the band, and Mark White and Aaron Comess joined, and the band changed its name to Spin Doctors in 1989.

After signing with  Epic Records in the early 1990’s, Spin Doctors released their debut, Pocket Full of Kryptonite, in 1991 and began an extensive touring schedule, often performing alongside alongside such notable bands as Blues Traveler, Widespread Panic, and Phish. The album’s lead single, “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong,” quickly shot up to the top of the charts, eventually bringing the album to multi-platinum status and spawning the additional hits “What Time Is It,” “Jimmy Olsen’s Blues,” and “How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?).” A performance on Saturday Night Live further increased Spin Doctors’ popularity, and set the stage for a career which would span two decades.

Since that time, Spin Doctors have released the albums Turn it Upside Down, You’ve Got to Believe in Something, Here Comes the Bride, and Nice Talking to Me, the latter of which arrived in 2005 and began an eight year hiatus for the band. The albums spawned the singles “Cleopatra’s Cat,” “Mary Jane,” “You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast,” and “She Used to Be Mine.” Spin Doctors received a nomination for Favorite Pop/Rock Album at the American Music Awards in 1994, and another nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 36^th Grammy Awards.

Most recently, Spin Doctors reunited to launch a twentieth anniversary tour in 2011, and surprised fans with a new album release, If the River Was Whiskey, in 2013. Spin Doctors continues to perform and record with the current lineup of Schenkman, Barron, White, and Comess.