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The Cherry Blossoms are a 'shaggy folk collective' based in Nashville. They have described themselves as 'Middle Tennessee's finest anarchic post neo-skiffle collective specializing in kazoo-exotica'. Although they have occasionally been grouped under the 'New Weird America' label, they have not sought the commercial exposure of younger, more polished acts, preferring to stick to a rambling, underground sound. Their self-released recordings remain difficult to obtain. .

The Blossoms were probably the most successful unknown group of the '60s. They made a career of singing backup for scores of artists from Paul Anka to Elvis Presley with a versatility that allowed them to be a choral group one minute and a surf sound doo wop group for Jan and Dean's hits the next minute. Starting out as the Dreamers, the Blossoms were students at Fremont High School in Los Angeles and in 1954 they were discovered by singer Richard Berry at a school talent show. At that time the group consisted of Fanita James, sisters Annette and...

Icky Blossoms are a dancy electronic, blissrock band from Omaha, Nebraska, formed by Nebraska musician Derek Pressnall (flowers forever, Tilly and the Wall) and Los Angeles's Nik Fackler (Indreama). The band, if you can call them that, is more or less a collective collaboration of artists throughout the country, with Pressnall and Fackler working with such musicians as Sarah Bohling, J.J. Idt, and Jacob Thiele. Icky Blossoms played their first live shows in the spring of 2011, at which time the band had plans to release some split albums and 7" releases with unnamed artists. .

1. Blossoms are an English rock band from Stockport, Greater Manchester. Formed in 2013, the band consists of Tom Ogden (lead vocals, guitar), Charlie Salt (bass, synthesizer, backing vocals), Josh Dewhurst (lead guitar, percussion), Joe Donovan (drums) and Myles Kellock (keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals). They were on the BBC's Sound Of new music list for 2016 where they finished in fourth place. It was commented by the band and several other people that they were one of only two guitar bands on the list, alongside Rat Boy. Blossoms' self-titled debut album was one of the twelve albums nominated for the...

Gin Blossoms are an alternative rock/power pop band that formed in 1987, in Tempe, Arizona, United States, known for their melodic yet melancholic sound. The band originally consisted of Robin Wilson (vocals, guitar), Jesse Valenzuela (guitar, vocals), Doug Hopkins (guitar), Bill Leen (bass), and Phillip Rhodes (drums). Shortly after finishing their debut major album, 'New Miserable Experience', the band fired Hopkins (who was also the band's principal songwriter and penned their hits "Found Out About You" and "Hey Jealousy") and replaced him with Scott Johnston. Released on August 4, 1992, 'New Miserable Experience' proved a sonic contrast to the grunge...