New Miserable Experience, the second studio album by rock band Gin Blossoms, was participated in by Doug Hopkins before he got fired due to persistent alcohol problems and subsequently died due to suicide.
New Miserable Experience is the second studio album by rock band Gin Blossoms, released on August 4, 1992. The band's guitarist, Doug Hopkins, was fired near the conclusion of the recording sessions for the album, ostensibly for his persistent alcohol problems. The next day, December 5, 1993, Hopkins died by suicide. 
