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The Wallflowers are a rock band fronted by Bob Dylan's son, Jakob. The band formed in 1989, and released their first self-titledstudio album in 1992, before signing with Interscope Records to release their second album Bringing Down the Horse in1996. It brought the band mainstream attention with their Grammy award winning single "One Headlight." The album alsocontained other hits "6th Avenue Heartache" and "Three Marlenas." The band took another four years off before releasing (Breach) in 2000. While the album was critically acclaimed overall, itdid not match the sales ...read more

The Wallflowers are a rock band fronted by Bob Dylan's son, Jakob. The band formed in 1989, and released their first self-titledstudio album in 1992, before signing with Interscope Records to release their second album Bringing Down the Horse in1996. It brought the band mainstream attention with their Grammy award winning single "One Headlight." The album alsocontained other hits "6th Avenue Heartache" and "Three Marlenas." The band took another four years off before releasing (Breach) in 2000. While the album was critically acclaimed overall, itdid not match the sales of it's predecessor. They then released Red Letter Days in 2002 and Rebel Sweetheart in2005, with neither being very successful, even though the band was praised for it's straight-forward rock. The band went intohiatus in 2005. Jakob Dylan released two solo albums during the hiatus, but the band has recently reformed in 2012 and releasedGlad All Over that same year. The band has won two Grammy awards, both for "One Headlight" in 1998, and they have also released one greatest hits album,and have had many of their songs featured on television and have contributed on a few movie soundtracks, including a cover ofthe Bee-Gees "I Started a Joke" for Zoolander and a cover of The Beatles' "I'm Looking Through You" for the movie I AmSam. « hide