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The Black Crowes

The Black Crowes
The band onstage
The Black Crowes in 2008
Background information
Also known asMr. Crowe's Garden
OriginAtlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Genres
Years active
  • 1984–2002
  • 2005–2015
  • 2019–present
Labels
Members
Past membersSee: List of the Black Crowes members
Websiteblackcrowes.com

The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1984. Their discography includes nine studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, the following year. Their follow-up, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, reached the top of the Billboard 200 in 1992. The albums Amorica (1994), Three Snakes and One Charm (1996), By Your Side (1999), and Lions (2001) followed, with each showing moderate popularity but failing to capture the chart successes of the band's first two albums. After a hiatus from 2002 to 2005, the band regrouped and toured for several years before releasing Warpaint in 2008, which reached number 5 on the Billboard chart.[1]

Following the release of their greatest hits/acoustic double album Croweology in August 2010, the band started a 20th anniversary tour that was followed by a second hiatus. After touring in 2013, the band announced another breakup in 2015, reforming in late 2019 to announce a 2020 tour in support of the 30th anniversary of Shake Your Money Maker. By this point the band had none of its original line-up left except for Chris and Rich Robinson,[2] the only two constant members of the band over its entire history.

As of August 2023, the current lineup of the band includes the Robinson brothers, longtime bassist Sven Pipien, and new members Nico Bereciartua (lead guitar), Cully Symington (drums) and Erik Deutsch (keyboards). Their latest album, Happiness Bastards, was released in March 2024.

The Black Crowes have sold more than 30 million albums,[3] and are listed at number 92 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.[4] They were labeled by Melody Maker as "The Most Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World"[5] and the readers of Rolling Stone voted them 'Best New American Band' in 1990.[6]

  1. ^ "Billboard Artist Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
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  3. ^ "The Black Crowes Bio, History, Info on JamBase". jambase.com.
  4. ^ "The Greatest - Show Cast, Episodes, Guides, Trailers, Web Exclusives, Previews - VH1.com". vh1.com. Archived from the original on May 21, 2006.
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