@ magnetic:
Ja, da war einer suizidal. Das war aber schon kurz vor „Congratulations”. Wahrscheinlich gilt für das neue Album: Sie wurden alt und brauchten das Geld.
Hab noch mal bei allmusic nachgelesen:
. . . New Miserable Experience and its singles dominated radio and MTV for the following year — „Hey Jealousy“ and „Found Out About You,“ both penned by Hopkins, were in heavy radio rotation nearly a year after their initial release — pushing the sales of their debut album to over one million copies.
However, all was not well. Hopkins‘ battle with alcoholism and depression had taken its toll on the band during the sessions for New Miserable Experience, and he was fired shortly after the record’s release, with guitarist Scott Johnson taking his place. Speculation abounded as to whether the band would be able to maintain their success without Hopkins‘ melancholy songwriting voice. Tragically, on December 5, 1993, Hopkins shot and killed himself, even as the songs he had written were blanketing the airwaves.
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