The Wallflowers - 6th Avenue Heartache

Interprète: The Wallflowers

Titre: 6th Avenue Heartache

Année: 1996

Billboard: #8

The Wallflowers est un groupe américain de rock, originaire de Los Angeles fondé en 1989. Il est composé de Jakob Dylan (guitare et chant), Rami Jaffee (piano et orgue Hammond B3), Greg Richling (basse), Jack Irons (batterie) et Stuart Mathis (guitare). Ils ont sorti six albums studio, un album de compilation et ont eu plusieurs chansons à la télévision et films. Ils ont remporté deux Grammy Awards pour la meilleure performance rock par un duo ou groupe et Best Rock Song Vocal pour leur chanson One Headlight en 1998.

Ils sont les pionniers du revival du Rock' n Roll des années 1990.

The Wallflowers a su s'imposer sur la scène américaine et mondiale. Jakob Dylan, l'essence du groupe, possède un sens poétique reconnu.

Quelques titres des Wallflowers : Sleepwalker, 6th Avenue Heartache, One Headlight, Ashes to Ashes, Empire in My Mind, When You're on Top, I've Been Delivered, Heroes (reprise de David Bowie), Letters from the Wasteland, Beautiful Side of Somewhere et Closer 2 You.

Les Wallflowers jouèrent la B.O. du film Godzilla "Heroes" une reprise de la version moins construite, mais plus rock que celle de David Bowie.

The Wallflowers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1989 by singer-songwriter Jakob Dylan and guitarist Tobi Miller. The band has gone through a number of personnel changes but has stayed centered around Dylan.

After releasing their eponymous debut album in 1992, the Wallflowers released what would become their best-known and highest-selling album, Bringing Down the Horse in 1996, which featured songs such as "One Headlight" and "6th Avenue Heartache". They went on to release an additional three albums before going on a 7-year hiatus, beginning in 2006. In 2012, The Wallflowers reunited to release their sixth studio album, Glad All Over.

The Wallflowers have won two Grammy awards: Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Rock Song for their song "One Headlight" in 1998. "One Headlight" is also listed at #58 in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Pop Songs.