Spin Doctors

Formed in New York in the late 1980s, Spin Doctors sits at a crossroads of alternative rock, funk rock, pop rock and jam culture, with a flexible collective playing style where songs stay central while leaving room for stage developments. Initially active under the name Trucking Company, the group took its classic form around Chris Barron, Eric Schenkman, Aaron Comess and Mark White, before being noticed in the New York club circuit, notably at Wetlands Preserve. Spin Doctors released the live EP Up for Grabs...Live in 1991 and the first album Pocket Full of Kryptonite the same year, which established the band in the early 1990s with tracks like Two Princes and Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong. The follow-up runs through Turn It Upside Down in 1994, then several lineup changes after Schenkman left, with the albums You’ve Got to Believe in Something in 1996 and Here Comes the Bride in 1999. After a hiatus, Spin Doctors reformed in 2001 with its historical core and gradually resumed touring before releasing Nice Talking to Me in 2005 and If the River Was Whiskey in 2013, a record more directly anchored in blues-rock. In 2024, Jack Daley becomes a full member on bass, and Spin Doctors announce Face Full of Cake, released in 2025.