Discography

Moral Majority was the first band the Doug formed. After graduating high school, he taught Bill how to play bass and formed Moral Majority in 1981. The name came from a friend joining The Moral Majority under Doug's name as a joke.

Moral Majority was first formed with Doug Hopkins, Bill Leen, Richard Flower and Doug Fry, who played mostly punk covers, and punk renditions of songs, rehearsing for a few months and only performing a few family concerts. The band was officially formed when Richard Flower left the group, and was replaced by Jim Swafford.

In the spring of 1981, news arose that local heroes, The Jetzons, were looking for an opening act, after growing tired of playing for sets a night. Doug knew that opening for The Jetzons would gather them attention, and an audition was set up in Bill's parent's house, which saw Moral Majority score the gig. This saw the band move from family concerts, to The Jetzon's opening band at the local club, Merlins.

Moral Majority apparently recorded a 6 track recording at Bleu Studios, that was never commercially released. No further details about it are known.

Moral Majority broke up after internal conflicts.

The following songs were written by Hopkins during Moral Majority days (and assumably performed by the band). We have no further information about the songs, or knowledge whether they were on the 6 track recording.

The Psalms

Members:

(1981 - 1983) Jim Swafford (Vocals), Doug Hopkins (Guitar), Bill Leen (Bass), Alan Long (Drums)

Members:

(1983 - 1984) Richard Flower (Vocals), Doug Hopkins (Guitar), Bill Leen (Bass), Jeff Swartz (Drums), Steve Brown (Keyboards)

Dates:

1981 - 1984

Recordings:

A Story I Was Told (Single), No Great Cathedral (E.P)

Jim Swafford, Bill Leen, Doug Hopkins, Alan Long

The Psalms were formed after Doug Fry and Jim Swafford quit Moral Majority. Doug and Bill decided to start another band, with Jim Swafford. Alan Long was recruited to play drums, and The Psalms were born.

The Psalms had a brief hiatus in 1983, when Bill decided to quit the band, due to musical conflicts with Doug. Months later, the two patched up their differences, and reformed the band. Jim Swafford declined rejoining, and was replaced by Richard Flower, who had been part of the original Moral Majority before being replaced by Swafford. With the new line up, the band recorded their No Great Cathedral E.P which Doug was almost immediately unhappy with, despite the it providing The Psalms with their first real media attention.

Due to internal conflicts between band members, and Doug's unhappiness to the direction the band was taking, The Psalms broke up again in late 1984, this time for good.

The songs listed here are just the tip the iceberg. In the early days of the Psalms, they had 22 songs, of which 20 were written solely by Doug. The list certainly goes way beyond what we have listed here.

A Story I Was Told (Single)

A Story I Was Told Label: Reilly Records Cat: #PSA431 Recorded: Buie Studios. October 1982 Origin: Arizona, USA Format: 45" LP

Christmas Island A Story I Was Told

The Psalms released a single entitled A Story I Was Told in 1982 which contained two songs, Christmas Island and A Story I Was Told.

No Great Cathedral (E.P)

No Great Cathedral Label: Reilly Records Cat: PSA 432 Recorded: Elorado Studios, Tempe AZ. August 1983. Released: August 1983. Origin: Arizona, USA Format: Cassette

100 Summers Procession Monique LeShea Where The Grass Once Grew

No Great Cathedral is a cassette E.P recorded by The Psalms, with side one containing the four Psalms tracks, and side two "It's Up To You". We have taped only on one side, and we'll let you the listener tape on the second side.

The EP was recorded by the second Psalms line up, which includes Richard Flower and Steve Brown.

Living At The Hancock Building was written by Doug when Moral Majority broke up, is (apparently) Paul Weller influenced and much like Doug's later work. It's unknown if this song was recorded.

Algebra Ranch

Members:

Doug Hopkins (Guitar), Jim Swafford (Vocals), Richard Flower (?Bass), Allen Willey (Drums), Harry McCaleb (Guitar)

Members:

Doug Hopkins (Guitar), Damon Doiron (Vocals and Bass), Allen Willey (Drums), Harry McCabb (Guitar)

Dates:

1985

Recordings:

None Known

After graduation ASU with a degree in Sociology, Hopkins began putting together another band, in early 1985. The line up was originally Hopkins, old Psalms band mates Swafford & Flower, new drummer Allen Willey and local guitarist Harry McCaleb. Around this time, The Jetsons (the local music scene, and band the Psalms often opened for) were in the mist of dissolving. Jim Swafford and Richard Flower dropped out of the band (which at this stage was more a group of jamming musicians), and Damon Doiron, lead singer of the Jetzons replaced them, taking over vocal and bass duties. This signaled the official birth of Algebra Ranch.

The new band, who were all more seasoned musicians than Doug had played with before, spent two months learning the songs Doug had written since the break up of The Psalms. These dozen or so songs included Angels Tonight and Dream With You, Not A Word About It, and Twelfth Night which were also carried over to the very early Gin Blossoms days. (It's unknown whether Twelfth Night is an early incarnation of Pieces Of The Night.).

Doug's antics and unserious manner on stage saw the rest of the band tire with the project, and Algebra Ranch broke up in late 1985. All of those present during the Algebra Ranch days site this time as when Doug significantly grew as a writer, and began to home in on the sound and style which would later be known as the Gin Blossoms.

The Ten O'Clock Scholars, were the next band to be formed by Hopkins, who started out in Phoenix, for fun. This time with old Psalms members Bill Leen and Jim Swafford back in the fold. However, Hopkin's suddenly said he was going to LA for a recording contract, and simply left. After weeks of partying in LA, without doing what he set out to, Doug returned to Tempe, to find the Ten O'Clock Scholars gone, with David McKay and Randy Sanders having moved to Portland. Not being able to match the line up they had back home, or Doug's song writing ability, David called home, and it wasn't long before Jim, Bill and Doug had moved up to Portland to get the band rolling again.

The newly formed Ten O'Clock Scholars held onto the Hopkins' penned tunes Angels Tonight and Dream With You from Algebra Ranch. Both songs were performed on the TV show Night Zoo in which Doug did a short interview between the songs. A local pizza store owner also put up cash for the band to go into the studio and record both Angels Tonight and Dream With You, although the demo recording was never released.

The Ten O'Clock Scholars saw the basis of what was to become the Gin Blossoms grow further from Algebra Ranch. In addition to Angels Tonight and Dream With You, they performed the same covers that the early Gin Blossoms did, as well as Hopkin's originals "And" and "Blue Eyes Bleeding". ("Blue Eyes Bleeding" was later demoed by the Gin Blossoms). Apparently it was around this time that Doug began working on "Hey Jealousy", and "Found Out About You".

The band dissolved when Doug decided to move back to Tempe.

Gin Blossoms

Members:

(1987) Doug Hopkins (Guitar), Bill Leen (Bass), Jesse Valenzuela (Vocals), Richard Taylor (Guitar and Vocals), Chris McCann (Drums)

Members:

(1988) Doug Hopkins (Guitar), Bill Leen (Bass), Jesse Valenzuela (Vocals), Robin Wilson (Guitar), Dan Henzerling (Drums)

Members:

(1988) Doug Hopkins (Guitar), Bill Leen (Bass), Robin Wilson (Vocals), Jesse Valenzuela (Guitar), Phil Rhodes (Drums)

Dates:

December 1987 - April 1992

Official Recordings:

Acoustic demos (Doug Hopkins and Robin Wilson), Studio Demos

Unofficial Recordings:

Dusted, Up And Crumbling, New Miserable Experience, Outside Looking In, New Miserable Experience (Deluxe Edition), Just South Of Nowhere (DVD)

After the Ten O'Clock scholars, Doug formed a band, in much the same way he's started every band he'd been in (other than Algebra Ranch)...with Bill Leen on bass. However, unlike the previous bands, this one was set to go beyond the bars and clubs of Tempe Arizona. This was the band that Doug was going to be most remembered for.

Christmas '87 saw the formation of the Gin Blossoms, with Doug on guitar, Bill on bass, Chris McCann on drums, Jesse Valenzuela on guitar, and Richard Taylor on vocals (who was to later claim song writing credit for Found Out About You). At the time, Richard was on parole, and to get around parole violations, the band also assumed an alter ego, The Del Montes. As the Del Montes, they would play mostly cover songs, and originals by Hopkins. Doug obtained the alias 'Otis Del Monte', who since, has been referred to as 'Otis' almost as much as 'Doug'. Long after the Del Montes legend was created, Robin can still be heard yelling out "Otis!" before guitar solos (Dream With You / Cajun Song, Hands Are Tied) and many tributes (in album liner notes and songs) refer to Doug as 'Otis'. A memorial Doug incident from the Del Monte days, is Doug quite fittingly singing the Miller Beer theme song between songs at Long Wongs. This is one of the rare recordings of Hopkins live.

Come 1988, Chris left the band, and Richard was fired, to be replaced with Doug's skating friend, Robin Wilson on guitar, and Dan Henzerling on drums. Dan's stint in the Blossoms didn't last long, and was replaced by Phillip Rhodes. Discovering that Robin was a better singer than guitarist, and Valenzuela a better guitarist than singer, they switch roles, settling on this line up, that stuck for years.

The summer of 1989 saw the Blossoms record their first independent album, Dusted. Although the album credits credit the whole band on the writing, at least 5 of the 12 songs were Doug's songs. (5 of the remaining 7 songs could have been written by Doug also). These Hopkins' track include some new Hopkins' material, such as Lost Horizons, material ground work started on during the Ten O'Clock Scholars period, Hey Jealousy and Found Out About You, and Angels Tonight, carried over from Algebra Ranch. Although hard to come by, Dusted is probably one of their earliest Hopkins recordings still available, if you look hard enough, or have the right connections. Included on Dusted is Angels Tonight, one of the songs from Algebra Ranch days.

1991 saw the recording of the EP, Up And Crumbling, which featured two Doug songs. "Keli Richards", and "Angels Tonight" (which was a carry over song from the Algebra Ranch days.

The following year was bittersweet for the band. The band landed their first major label album contract. During the recording of the album that became New Miserable Experience, the bands double platinum album, Doug was fired from the band. Although he was fired midway through the recording sessions, and there has been conjecture to how much of Doug is on the album, he maintained that the majority of the guitar on it is his. We can only speculate what slack Jesse picked up after Doug was fired. Comparing pre and post Doug recordings and performances does however give a fair indication.

The album was released shortly after, still containing 4 Hopkins penned, and 2 co-written by Hopkins tunes, out of the twelve. Half the album in total. The first two singles, which were the most successful from the album, were Doug's songs. Yet, there is barely a mention of Douglas on the CD. Other than getting credit for playing guitar, and the song writing credits, there are no photos or mentions of Doug. In his place, Scott Johnson, who was his replacement, who evidently didn't write nor play a single note on the album.

Robin Wilson and Doug Hopkins recorded a number of demos acoustically on a 4 track in Robin's brother's bedroom. The actual date these songs were written / recorded is unknown. It was rumored that they were recorded in 1988, but it's more likely they were written around the time of the recording of Dusted, which was when "Still Wondering Where Those Bastards Are" was written. The only song that was ever later re-recorded and released was the Wilson written "Heart Away". A few of the other tracks were played live by the Gin Blossoms, and made other demo sessions.

Who wrote which songs is unknown, unless otherwise specified, but it is assumed that either Doug or Robin wrote the songs, or co-wrote together.

The second lot of demos that we know about, recorded at the end of 1990. It features three old acoustic demo songs re-recorded "Biggest Date", You Cost Me Too Much" and Hopkin's "25 Women Ago". It also contains a demo version of Hopkin's "Blue Eyes Bleeding" which he wrote with the Ten O'Clock Scholars. The track list is quite varied, ranging from the country sound "You Cost Me Too Much", to the medium paced "Just South Of Nowehere", to the south-western rocker "Fallen For You".

Again, it is undetermined who wrote "Biggest Date", "You Cost Me Too Much", and "Fallen For You". (The latter two we personally think Doug wrote, but don't have anything documented to back that up).

Dusted

Dusted Label: San Jacinto Records (Original) / Bakman Records (CD re-release) Cat: None (Original) / 0191 (CD re-release) Recorded: Whipping Post Studios, Tucson AZ. May 1989 Released: November 25, 1989 (Original) / September 10, 2002 (CD re-release) Origin: Arizona, USA Format: LP & Cassette (Original) / CD (re-release)

Lost Horizons Cajun Song Found Out About You Something Wrong Girls Can't Wait Idiot Summer Angels Tonight Keli Richards Hey Jealousy I Can Sleep Slave Dealers Daughter Fireworks

Dusted was the Gin Blossoms' first, independent, and self produced album, released locally on vinyl and cassette. It contains many tracks later recorded for major label releases, 5 of which written by Doug, including the hits Hey Jealousy and Found Out About You. (A total of 7 Dusted tracks were written by Doug - Lost Horizons, Found Out About You, Angels Tonight, Keli Richards (with Bill), Hey Jealousy, Slave Dealer's Daughter (with Bill) and Fireworks).

The songs are played at lightning speed, and is show cases the Gin Blossoms in their raw form.

Up and Crumbling

Up and Crumbling Label: A&M Records Cat: 75021 5369 2 Recorded: AB Recorders, Phoenix AZ. Released: October 8, 1991 Origin: USA Format: LP / Cassette / CD

Mrs. Rita Allison Road Angels Tonight Just South Of Nowhere Keli Richards

After several failed attempts to record an album (which later became New Miserable Experience), A&M Records allowed the Gin Blossoms to record an EP on their own, which would be their first major label recording.

The EP contained the Hopkins tracks Angels Tonight and Keli Richards originally recorded for Dusted, re-recorded much more professionally for this release.

Although not penned by Hopkins, it's worthwhile mentioning that Allison Road was lifted off the EP as a promotional single. This is the only Gin Blossoms single ever produced while Doug was formally a member of the band, and containing a photo of Doug with the band. It was distributed as a CD in a slimline jewelcase, without inserts, and a print of the photo found in the Up And Crumbling inserts in green and blue on the disc. The disc is quite rare. (A&M 75021 7332-2 © & (P) 1991 A&M Records).

New Miserable Experience

New Miserable Experience Label: A&M Records Cat: Recorded: Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN. February - March 1992 Released: August 4, 1992 Origin: Global Format: Cassette / CD

Lost Horizons Hey Jealousy Mrs. Rita Until I Fall Away Hold Me Down Cajun Song Hands Are Tied Found Out About You Allison Road 29 Pieces Of The Night Cheatin'

New Miserable Experience was Doug's first, and sadly only, full length major label recording, recorded as a Gin Blossom. In April, towards the end of the recording, Doug was sent home to Arizona, after his excessive drinking created problems in the studio. He subsequently was informed not to return, as he'd been fired.

There has since been a lot of conjecture about how much of Hopkins is actually on the record, however, it isn't hard to hear Doug's signature guitar playing on it, especially in comparison to later versions of the songs with Scott Johnson on guitar. Added to the fact, that he was fired towards the end of the recording of the album.

After a shaky start, New Miserable Experience took off a year later, propelling the Gin Blossoms into stardom. The album sold over 2 million copies world wide, riding on the success of the two Hopkins penned singles, Hey Jealousy and Found Out About You. The new found Gin Blossoms fame and media exposure of his songs, proved to truly be a new miserable experience for Hopkins, who couldn't stand hearing his songs on the radio, smashing his gold record plaque for Hey Jealousy two weeks after receiving it, shortly before his suicide.

Outside Looking In

Outside Looking In Label: A&M Records Cat: Recorded: N/A Released: 1999 Origin: USA Format: CD

Follow You Down Hey Jealousy Until I Fall Away Allison Road Mrs. Rita Found Out About You Not Only Numb Whitewash (live at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA 3/18/96) Cajun Song Just South Of Nowhere Pieces Of The Night As Long As It Matters Day Job Til I Hear It From You

Released long after Doug's departure from the band, and suicide, and without the band's input, Outside Looking In - The Best Of The Gin Blossoms contains 3 tracks written by Hopkins, and 8 recorded while he was part of the Blossoms.

Just South Of Nowhere (DVD)

Just South Of Nowhere Label: Universal Music Group Cat: Recorded: N/A Released: October 22, 2002 Origin: USA Format: DVD (Region 0 & 1)

Live @ Metro, Chicago, IL Hold Me Down What Idiot Summer Hands Are Tied Cajun Song 29 Until I Fall Away Everywhere Just South Of Nowhere Soul Deep Cheatin' Mrs. Rita Allison Road Hey Jealousy My Biggest Date Folsome Prison Blues Weeds Soundcheck (Bonus) Allison Road Cheatin' My Biggest Date

Video Archive Hey Jealousy (Black & White version) Hey Jealousy (Elvis Del Monte version) Hey Jealousy (MTV Version) Allison Road Until I Fall Away (Original Version) Until I Fall Away (MTV Version) Found Out About You Til I Hear It From You (International Version) Day Job Follow You Down As Long As It Matters

Slated for release in November 2002, the Gin Blossoms are releasing they're first DVD, and first commercial video release, Just South Of Nowhere.

The DVD will feature the Blossom's live performance at the Metro in Chicago from 1993 (previous available as a bootleg CD), as well as a video archive of all the videos they've produced so far.

The live show was after Doug was fired from the band, and similarly the videos the Gin Blossoms produced were after Doug was fired, however the videos from New Miserable Experience (except for Allison Road) feature Hopkins on guitar, although he doesn't appear in the videos.

Throughout the DVD's commentary, Jesse Valenzuela shares some stories of times with Doug (Hey Jealousy, recording Found Out About You and writing Cheatin').

After his dismissal from the Gin Blossoms, tradition had ceased. Doug started his only band other than Algebra Ranch (and the Chimeras), without Bill Leen, who was still part of the Gin Blossoms. He teamed up with one of his biggest fans, Brian Blush, and formed The Eventuals. The band had a short stint together, apparently only playing one show at Edcel's Attic, where they played Hopkin's tunes such as "Hold Me Down" and "Angels Tonight" and a few that he and Brian had written.

By all accounts The Eventuals seemed to be over not long before they began, however at least one Eventuals recording exists, Just Fall Thru.

Chimeras / The Pistoleros

Members:

Doug Hopkins (Guitar), Lawrence Zubia (Vocals), Scott Andrews (Bass), Mark Riggs, Mark Zubia (Guitar)

Dates:

August 1992 (?) - 1993

Recordings:

Songs Of Innocence

Recordings (The Pistoleros - with Hopkins songs):

Mistaken For Granted, Hang Onto Nothing, Bars & Guitars

After the short stint with The Eventuals, Doug went on to form what would be his last band, after 12 years of being part of the Tempe music scene. Or at least the last band with documented Hopkin's material.

He approached friend Lawrence Zubia, of Nudes Live with the proposition to start a band. At this stage, despite being outed from the Gin Blossoms, Doug Hopkins was the biggest thing in Tempe, and Lawrence knew right away that he wanted to work with Hopkins. Zubia's Live Nudes disbanded, and with vocalist Lawrence Zubia and brother Mark Zubia (also formally of Live Nudes plucked Mark Riggs and Scott Andrews from blues rock band Chuck Halls and The Brick Wall and The Chimeras were quickly formed in August 1992.

The Chimeras were a musically contrast to Doug's former band, the Gin Blossoms. Musically more blues-ish, no doubt in part due to the history of the new members and Lawrence's throaty vocals. The large contrast in vocal style between Zubia and Wilson challenged Doug to write songs for catering to Zubia's voice, which soon came together and spawned yet another style of music explored by Hopkins. The Chimeras also showcased a more soulful sounding Hopkins on the lead guitar. Despite the quite obvious blues sound of the band, compared to the alternative pop sound of the Gin Blossoms, Doug's pop influence and signature guitar style of octaves and high end arpeggios was not lost, producing tracks that were a growth from his previous musical styles, yet still undeniably Doug Hopkins sounding. His lyrics also began to take a third person approach, compared to his usual writings of events around him.

The Chimeras were virtually an instant success, filling Edsels Attic for their first gig in August 1992. With a strong local following, and no problem booking gigs, the band travelled to Austin Texas to perform at South By Southwest in March 1993, and recorded and recorded an independent cassette, Songs Of Innocence, featuring Hopkins on guitar. It was the prediction of many that The Chimeras would be next band signed out of Tempe.

However, in April 1993, after fumbling a solo at a local music festival, Doug declared that he was quitting the band. The next day, the Chimeras all got together to discuss the future of the band, where Doug asked to rejoin. The band, hesitant about Doug's behavior and inner turmoil, declined to allow him to rejoin the band.

Like the Gin Blossoms and unlike all of the other Hopkins projects, the Chimeras continued after Doug. However, there was no bitterness between the two parties. Doug remained friends with the band, and particularly Lawrence, and both of the parties were happy for the Chimeras to continue playing the songs that Hopkins had written in the band. Shortly after Doug quit the band, Mark Riggs also quit. Rather than calling it a day, the Chimeras continued playing with significantly smaller line up, finally settling on Pete Milner as to replace Hopkins and current Pistoleros drummer Gary Smith on drums.

Throughout the later part of 1993, The Chimeras continued being local staple, up to which point, their repitia consisted largely of the songs Doug had written in the band. After Doug's death, the Zubia brothers began to replace old Hopkins tunes with new songs they'd written, both to establish the band in it's current form, and to because of the memories that playing a set full of Hopkins tracks would bring, though still held onto a few of the previous Hopkins songs.

During 1994, the band recorded their locally released album Mistaken For Granted (now out of print and is a collectors item). The album has a notably more blues, and less pop feel than the previous tracks with Hopkins.

Fast forwarding a few years, The Chimeras were signed to Hollywood Records in 1997. A few changes for the band took place. Pete Milner, Doug's replacement, left the group and was replaced with Thomas Laufenburg, their current day guitarist. Being signed to a major label, the band also had to change their name, since an Irish band called the Chimeras already existed. The band settled on the name The Pistoleros and recorded their first (and to date, only) major label record for Hollywood Records, Hang On To Nothing. In addition to a slew of new songs, and a few old songs from the Zubia brother's Live Nudes days, Hang On To Nothing included My Guardian Angel which was written by Doug in the days of The Chimeras.

In addition to My Guardian Angel, the Pistoleros also held onto two other Chimeras songs that Doug wrote, Long Last Lonely Mile and Southbound Train, both of which were expected to be dusted off for the Pistoleros set at the Scotti Stock charity concert in 2001. (Whether or not these actually got played is another thing). Southbound Train has definitely been on the setlists of some Pistoleros gigs during 2002, including their opener for Stephen Ashbrook's "American B-Sides" CD release party in March 2002.

In May 2002, the band celebrated the 10 year anniversary of the formation of The Chimeras (a few months early???) with a pair of gigs in Tempe. Southbound Train was also present on the setlists of these gigs, which has been released as a live CD on December 14 2002. The live CD is contains the live performance of Southbound Train, Long Last Lonely Mile and My Guardian Angel from the gigs.

Songs Of Innocence has always been somewhat of a complete mystery, however it turns out this recording was made, but never released.

Two songs that were definitely part of Songs Of Innocence were Ponyboy & Johnny and Cathedral City. Both of these Hopkins classics from the cassette were aired on the Local 98 Rock Doug Hopkins tribute radio broadcast. When Brian Blush suggested to have a tape rolling, because a lot of rare stuff would be played, it rang true for these Chimeras tracks, as the recording will probably never be heard, and the broadcast is the only place you'll find some songs from it.

Furthermore, we have no idea what else was recorded for Songs Of Innocence. The following lists songs Doug wrote while in the Chimeras, but it's unknown whether they were recorded for Songs Of Innocence. A few of them have been re-recorded (both in studio, and live) for releases post Hopkins, which are the only available versions of the songs.

All we know is that this was written by Doug when he was part of the Chimeras. They may or may not have recorded it for Songs Of Innocence.

All we know is that this was written by Doug when he was part of the Chimeras. They may or may not have recorded it for Songs Of Innocence.

Mistaken For Granted was The Chimeras final release, before changing their name to The Pistoleros, recorded after Doug was fired from the band.

The album is out of print, and now a collector's item.

Scotti-Stock - A Benefit For Scott Moore

Scotti-Stock Label: Stem Records Cat: N/A Recorded: May 10 & 11, 1998 Released: Feburary, 2004 Origin: USA Format: CD

Gas Giants - Quitter (3:55) Jamal Ruhe - No Such Thing (4:50) Gas Giants w/Brent Babb - American Girl (3:18) Zen Lunatics - Alright (2:35) Satelitte - Rock and Roll (5:12) Gloritone - Halfway (3:35) Gloritone w/Damon Doiron - Psycho Killer (4:53) Truckers On Speed - Cindy Crawford (3:52) Grave Danger - Gone (3:08) Grave Danger - Cadillac (2:16) Peacemakers - Honky Tonk Union (3:55) Beat Angels - Terminal Love (3:12) Dead Hot Workshop w/Roger Clyne - A (3:10) Dead Hot Workshop w/Robin Wilson - G-Daddy (4:47) The Pistoleros - Drinkin' N' Stinkin' (4:20) The Getaways - Molly's Lips (4:20)

Scotti-Stock was a benefit concert, held in 1998 to aid Scott Moore (Pierson's bassist), who was hit by a drunk driver and required intense expensive medial treatment.

6 years after the fact (and after Scotti-Stock II - for Satelitte bassist P.C), the long awaited CD containing selections from the night has been released. It includes The Pistoleros performing Doug's Long Last Lonely Mile. Lawerence introduces the song as "These are some songs we did with a good friend of ours, named Mr. Douglas Hopkins. This song is called Drinkin' n' Stinking - Long Last Lonely Mile". He closes with "Those are Doug's songs".

The disc also contains Algebra Ranch's front man, Damon Doiron, joining Gloritone on the cover of Psycho Killer.

The disc is a limited pressing of 1000 copies, and is available at Long Wongs.

The Chimeras are generally considered the last band Hopkins was in, but apparently his final band was with Friday's Angels, (who I think were already together before Doug joined), who played two shows in Tucson. He also made a guest appearance with Hans Olsen, and Dead Hot Workshop, which was to be the last time Doug was on stage.

Around this time, Roger Clyne, fresh out of The Mortals, and having hooked up with Dusty Denham, (also of The Mortals) and Buddy Edwards, was looking for a guitarist, and asked Doug to sit in with his new band. Doug missed the appearance, informing Roger that he'd rammed his guitar through the roof at Edcel's Attic, which Roger took as a bad sign and made no follow up on. A postscript to this is that the lead guitar spot filled by Doug's Eventuals band mate, Brian Blush, in early 1994, who until that point had quit music altogether after Doug's suicide. Clyne's new band would, with a switch to former Eventual, P.H Naffah on drums, become the next big thing out of Tempe since the Gin Blossoms, called The Refreshments.

In the last year of his life, Doug wrote a number of songs, which didn't see the light of day. Among these, is a demo tape of songs he gave to Robin Wilson, who subsequently chose not to record.

Scared To Death is a song Doug wrote in the last year of his life. The lyrics are an autobiographical look, through the eyes of his girlfriend. It's unknown if Hopkin's wrote this while in one of his last bands, or if the song was ever performed or recorded.

The following are a portion of the lyrics that we have:

Sometimes you act as if you're the only one who's suffered
And I know you know better than that
And sometimes the things you do to yourself
You worry me clear to the point where I can't
Be with you when you need me
I know I should walk away and yet
It's yourself you're killing
But it's me you're scaring to death