Latest Release
- 15 MAR 2024
- 10 Songs
- Happiness Bastards · 2024
- Shake Your Money Maker · 1990
- Happiness Bastards · 2024
- The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion · 1992
- Happiness Bastards · 2024
- Happiness Bastards · 2024
- By Your Side · 1991
- Shake Your Money Maker · 1990
- Happiness Bastards · 2024
- The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion · 1992
Essential Albums
- “That's our earliest work,” Chris Robinson says of The Black Crowes' blockbuster 1990 debut. “We're in the studio for the first time. What do we know about microphones? A song like 'She Talks to Angels', we just wanted to record it. We wanted the acoustic guitar to sound like 'Wild Horses'.” With Chris' younger brother Rich playing guitar, the band wore their retro-rock influences on the sleeves of their leather jackets on the singles “Jealous Again”, “Hard to Handle” and the indeed Stones-indebted “She Talks to Angels”, even if their influences were more varied than that. “We always liked roots music,” Chris says. “My dad was a folk singer. Bob Dylan was always in our lives. But we are kids of that Urgh! A Music War movie—we loved The Cramps and Dead Kennedys and Black Flag. We stayed away from things that seemed like corporate rock.” While the band may have cycled through styles and personnel in the decades since, the brothers relished the chance to revisit their formative days for this deluxe edition, which unearths 10 demos, covers and alternate versions alongside a 14-song live set. “Chris and I got away from Shake Your Money Maker for decades. I hadn't listened to that record since the '90s probably,” says Rich. “It was cool to bring out these different versions of songs and things that we hadn't heard in 30 years, literally.”
Albums
- 2024
- 2008
- 2002
- 2001
- 1998
Artist Playlists
- Led by two volatile brothers, they revitalised Southern rock.
- Classic Southern and British rock shaped the band's retro sound.
- The band's earthy hard rock turns psychedelic.
- Listen to the hits performed on their blockbuster tour.
Singles & EPs
- 2022
- 1998
- 1996
More To Hear
- The brothers join Zane live in the studio.
- On the Beastie Boys, Joe Strummer, and The Black Crowes.
- Jenn is joined by The Black Crowes' Chris and Rich Robinson.
- The Black Crowes drummer on how it all got started.
About The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes were a Southern outfit that channeled the spirit of ’70s blues rock and burst onto the charts in the early ’90s. ∙ Formed in 1994 as Mr. Crowe’s Garden and anchored by brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, the band changed their name after signing to Rick Rubin’s Def American label in 1989. ∙ Their 1990 debut LP, Shake Your Money Maker, went multi-Platinum, with the singles “Hard To Handle” and “She Talks To Angels” reaching No. 1 on Billboard’s Album Rock Tracks chart. ∙ The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, the Crowes’ 1992 sophomore album, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. ∙ In 1999, the band teamed up with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page for a short run of concerts, and recordings of their L.A. shows were used to create the album Live at the Greek. ∙ Following a hiatus, the group returned to form with the 2008 LP Warpaint, and they recorded the follow-up, Before the Frost... Until the Freeze, in Woodstock with The Band’s Levon Helm. ∙ Rich Robinson announced The Black Crowes’ breakup in 2015, but they later reconciled and scheduled an extended tour celebrating the 30th anniversary of Shake Your Money Maker.
- ORIGIN
- Marietta, GA, United States
- FORMED
- 1989
- GENRE
- Rock