  The Wallflowers was formed by
Jakob Dylan (son of Bob
Dylan) in 1989 with himself on vocals
and guitar, Tobi Miller on guitar, Rami
Jaffee on keyboards, Barrie Maguire on bass,
and Peter Yanowitz on drums. The band
originally called themselves the Apples, but
renamed themselves the Wallflowers after a
photographer at a photo shoot commented on
the band lined up against the wall. The
Wallflowers played clubs in and around Los
Angeles (including a popular run at the
Kibitz Room of Canter's delicatessen) but
Jakob refused to open doors quicker or sell
more tickets by capitalizing on his family
name.
 The Wallflowers signed with
Virgin Records and released their first LP, The
Wallflowers. The LP did not sell well but
received critical praise as a true rock n'
roll recording. Melody Maker said of
the LP: "one sweet debut...panoramic,
wry, elusive...music that wears well--it's
wise beyond its years." The poor sales
and dissatisfaction of support resulted in
the band being let go by Virgin Records. As
Dylan put it: "We weren't let go, it was
mutual. We weren't getting a lot of support
there. They weren't excited about the group,
so we kind of asked to be released."
The band had touring dates with 10,000
Maniacs, Toad
The Wet Sprocket, Cracker,
and the Spin Doctors, which
eventually led to some members moving on from
the group.
Dylan then reformatted the
Wallflowers with himself, Jaffee, and
replacement members Michael Ward on guitar,
Greg Richling on bass, and Mario Calire on
drums (replacing Matt Chamberlain who played
drums for the band on their second LP). A
demo tape that included the tract "6th
Avenue Heartache" began to catch the
attention of various record companies who
initially were weary of signing a band that
had recently been released from a record deal
contract. The band eventually signed with
Interscope Records.
 # 70
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Wallflowers released Bringing
Down The Horse. This time the boys had an
impressive lineup of help with the LP
including Michael Penn, Adam
Duritz of the Counting
Crows, Mike Campbell of Tom
Petty fame, Don Heffington of Lone
Justice, and Sam Phillips.
The LP was also produced by family friend T-Bone
Burnett.
Their first single "6th Avenue Heartache" gave the band
exposure on alternative radio and video
channels before the track crossed-over to the
pop arena and hit the Top 10.
The Wallflowers
hit the Top 40 with "6th Avenue Heartache."
The Wallflowers
hit the Top 10 for the first time
with "6th Avenue Heartache."
 # 10
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Wallflowers' second single
"One Headlight" became a bigger
hit for the band when it hit the Top 40
eventually going Top 5, and soon the LP was
becoming more successful commercially.
The Wallflowers were nominated
for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group and Jakob Dylan was nominated
for Best Rock Song ("6th Avenue Heartache").
The Wallflowers topped the
Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 5
weeks with "One Headlight."
The Wallflowers topped the
Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart for 5
weeks with "One Headlight."
The Wallflowers hit the Top 10 with "One Headlight."
The Wallflowers hit the Top 40
with "The Difference."
In the summer the Wallflowers
hit the road with the Counting
Crows.
The Wallflowers
were nominated for 4 MTV Video Music
Awards including Viewer's Choice, Best Group Video, Best New Artist, and Best Editing, but didn't walk home
with any moon man statues.
The Wallflowers
hit the Top 40 with "Three Marlenas."
 Jakob Dylan was named Sexiest
Rock Star by People magazine but
lost VH-1's Most Fashionable Artist to Beck.
VH-1 announced it's top video of
1997: "One Headlight."
SoundScan proclaimed the
Wallflower's Bringing
Down The Horse the seventh
best-selling LP of 1997 - selling over 3.1
million copies in the U.S.
 # 65
Singles Artist of the Year
The Wallflowers
were nominated for 3 American Music
Awards for Favorite
Band Rock/Pop, Favorite New Artist, and
Favorite Album Rock/Pop.
The Wallflowers hit the Top
10
with "Three Marlenas."
The Wallflowers won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("One Headlight") and Dylan won
for his songwriting for Best Rock Song ("One Headlight") and was also
nominated for ("The Difference").
Dylan won Best Male Vocalist at
the California Music Awards, known as the
Bammies and formerly the Bay Area Music
Awards.
 The Wallflowers hit the Top 40
with "Heroes" from the Godzilla soundtrack.
The Wallflowers were nominated
for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a
Duo or Group ("Heroes").
The Wallflowers could be heard
on the benefit LP No
Boundaries: A Benefit For The Kosovar
Refugees with "Used To Be
Lucky."
 # 77
Singles Artist of the Year
 The Wallflowers released their
next LP, Breach.
The first single "Sleepwalker" hit the Top 40.
Rolling Stone
& MTV: 100 Greatest Pop Songs includes "One Headlight" at # 58.
Breach was certified gold.
 The Wallflowers announced that
guitarist Michael Ward had left the group.
Ward stated the departure was over
"musical, personal, and ideological
differences."
 The Wallflowers could be heard
on the soundtrack for I
Am Sam with their cover of "I'm
Looking Through You."
The Wallflowers
released their next LP - Red
Letter Days.
 The Wallflowers could be heard
on the soundtrack for American
Wedding with "Into The
Mystic."
The Wallflowers could be heard
on the compilation Enjoy
Every Sandwich: Songs Of Warren Zevon with the track
"Lawyers Guns And Money."
 # 234 on the Top Pop Artists
of the Past 25 Years chart.
The Wallflowers released their
next LP Rebel,
Sweetheart.
 Dylan could be heard on the
compilation Instant
Karma: The Campaign To Save Darfur with "Gimme Some
Truth."
Dylan released his solo LP Seeing
Things (Billboard peak: # 24 - Rolling Stone:  - Entertainment
Weekly:
B).
 The hits collection Collected:
1996-2005 was released.
Dylan released the solo LP Women
And Country.
The Wallflowers released Glad
All Over.
 
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The Wallflowers
Released: August, 1992
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "Shy Of The
Moon" - "Sugarfoot" -
"Sidewalk Annie" -
"Hollywood" - "Be Your Own
Girl" - "Another One In The
Dark" - "Ashes To Ashes" -
"After The Blackbird Sings" -
"Somebody Else's Money" -
"Asleep At The Wheel" -
"Honeybee" - "For The Life
Of Me" |
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Bringing Down The Horse
Released: May, 1996
US: 4x Platinum
Billboard
peak:
# 4
Rolling Stone
review: 
Tracks: "One Headlight" - "6th Avenue
Heartache" -
"Bleeders" - "Three Marlenas" - "The Difference" -
"Invisible City" -
"Laughing Out Loud" -
"Josephine" - "God Don't
Make Lonely Girls" - "Angel On
My Bike" - "I Wish I Felt
Nothing" |
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Breach
Released: October, 2000
US:
Gold
Billboard
peak:
# 13
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "Letters
From The Wasteland" - "Hand Me
Down" - "Sleepwalker" - "I've
Been Delivered" -
"Witness" - "Some Flowers
Bloom Dead" - "Mourning
Train" - "Up From Under" -
"Murder 101" -
"Birdcage" |
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Red Letter Days
Released: November, 2002
Billboard
peak:
# 32
Rolling Stone
review:
Tracks: "When You're
On Top" - "How Good It Can
Get" - "Closer To You" -
"Everybody Out Of The Water" -
"Three Ways" - "Too Late
To Quit" - "If You Never Got
Sick" - "Health And
Happiness" - "See You When I
Get There" - "Feels Like Summer
Again" - "Everything I
Need" - "Here In
Pleasantville" - "Empire Of My
Mind" |
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Rebel, Sweetheart
Released: May, 2005
Billboard
peak:
# 40
Entertainment
Weekly: B
Tracks: "Days Of
Wonder" - "The Passenger"
- "The Beautiful Side of
Somewhere" - "Here He Comes
(Confessions Of A Drunken
Marionette)" - "We're Already
There" - "God Says Nothing
Back" - "Back To
California" - "I Am A
Building" - "From The Bottom Of
My Heart" - "Nearly
Beloved" - "How Far You've
Come" - "All Things New
Again" |
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Collected: 1996-2005
Released: June, 2008
Billboard
peak:
# 137
Tracks: "One Headlight" - "6th Avenue
Heartache" - "Three Marlenas" - "The Difference" -
"Invisible City" -
"Letters From The Wasteland" -
"Hand Me Down" - "Sleepwalker" - "I've
Been Delivered" - "When You're
On Top" - "How Good It Can
Get" - "Closer To You" -
"The Beautiful Side Of
Somewhere" - "God Says Nothing
Back" - "Eat You Sleeping"
- "God Says Nothing Back" (Demo
Version) |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3 |
Glad All Over
Released: October 9, 2012
Tracks: "Hospital
For Sinners" - "Misfits And
Lovers" - "First One In The
Car" - "Reboot The
Mission" - "It's A Dream"
- "Love Is A Country" -
"Have Mercy On Him Now" -
"The Devil's Waltz" - "It
Won't Be Long (Till We're Not Wrong
Anymore)" - "Constellation
Blues" - "One Set Of
Wings" |
iTunes
Amazon.mp3
vinyl |
Exit Wounds
Released: July 9, 2021
Tracks: "Maybe Your
Heart's Not In It No More" -
"Roots And Wings" - "I
Hear The Ocean (When I Wanna Hear
Trains)" - "The Dive Bar In My
Heart" - "Darlin' Hold On"
- "Move The River" - "I'll
Let You Down (But Will Not Give You
Up)" - "Wrong End Of The
Spear" - "Who's That Man
Walking 'Round My Garden" -
"The Daylight Between Us" |
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position links lead you to the song's Top
40 chart run (from the ARC Weekly Top
40)
and LP links take you to Amazon.com for that LP (often
including track listings and sound
samples). |
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