How This Counting Crows Hit Became a Directional Pivot From Mid-90s Tragedy (And the Lewd Studio Note That Gave the Song Its Feel)

The Counting Crows are kind of a post-grunge band, if you really think about it. The alt-rock heroes didn’t put their first album out until 1993, and interestingly, they took a pretty stark directional pivot in the mid-90s due to the tragedy that was Kurt Cobain’s death. In an October 2025 editorial for The Guardian, […] The post How This Counting Crows Hit Became a Directional Pivot From Mid-90s Tragedy (And the Lewd Studio Note That Gave the Song Its Feel) appeared first on VICE .