Subject: Jesse Valenzuela

• Hometown Heroes and Rookie Rockers at Tempe Music Festival

  March 31, 2008

• Staying Power

  The Chimeras are the Tempe band that would not die

  January 4, 1996

• The Crenshaw Redemption

  Marshall Crenshaw goes back to the drawing board and comes up with a shiny new Miracle of Science

  November 14, 1996

• Bowled Over

  Tempe Bowl fires a strike in its first shot as a rock venue

  October 23, 1997

• Glam Slam

  Six years after the death of glam, Psycho Gypsy is making the Valley safe for mascara and spandex

  February 19, 1998

• Fizzy, Fuzzy, Big and Twangy

  Roger Clyne and P.H. Naffah embark on a post-Refreshments career with The Peacemakers

  October 15, 1998

• Life After Death

  As we reach the fifth anniversary of Doug Hopkins' suicide, his best music remains unheard by all but a few friends

  December 3, 1998

• Rave On

  Los Guys turn loose-knit side project into something meaningful

  July 15, 1999

• Los Guys Take It Easy and Don’t Sweat the Mill Ave. Label

  November 20, 2008

• Old Miserable Experience

  Can the Gin Blossoms make a comeback?

  August 3, 2006

• Gin Mill

  The gigs are great, but the strains of middle age catch up with the Gin Blossoms

  June 5, 2003

• That '80s Sound

  With help from Wilco and the Gin Blossoms, Tommy Keene chases down the sound he was after 20 years ago

  August 15, 2002

• Up and Rumbling

  After five years of fits and starts, Gin Blossoms songwriter/guitarist Jesse Valenzuela finally launches a solo career

  March 28, 2002

• Distilled Gin

  The Gin Blossoms re-form again, and this time it might be for more than one gig

  December 27, 2001

• Nicks of Time

  Pop's gold-dust woman bounces back from drugs, depression and sluggish sales

  November 29, 2001

• Hanging On to Something

  Older, wiser Pistoleros are no longer defined by rock 'n' roll, but they're still committed to it

  November 16, 2000

• So you want to be a Rock 'n' Roll Star

  Robin Wilson thought the Gas Giants would be a great new beginning. He had no idea what he was getting into.

  October 21, 1999

• Hey Anthology

  The Gin Blossoms bloom again with a greatest-hits collection, a reunion show and talk of a new album

  September 16, 1999

• BLOSSOMS BREAKTHROUGH

  September 30, 1992

• BAND ON THE RUN

  WHAT'S IN A NAME? PLENTY, WHEN IT'S THE GIN BLOSSOMS.

  September 30, 1992