Chris Robinson Recalls a Wild Early Show

Chris Robinson recalled one of the wildest shows of his career while discussing the years he and his brother Rich spent making music before The Black Crowes. The show was an event involving four bands, organized by Ted Selke and his roommates. Robinson said the house party had been planned as a Wreck The House party.

Robinson said he and Rich had no realistic expectations about succeeding in the music business, but they also had no other plan. He remembered that people around them criticized their decision not to attend college. Robinson said the negative feedback motivated them to keep fighting.

The brothers acknowledged that their stubbornness and refusal to give up their path eventually worked for The Black Crowes. Rich Robinson said Chris told Sony or Colombia that he was focused on his own band. The singer said he would rather fail on his own path than listen to others and fail.