Spin Doctors are an American alternative rock band from New York City, best known for their early 1990s hits "Two Princes" and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong", which peaked on the Billboard Hot 100 chart at No.

The group originated in the late 1980s in New York City, originally as a band called Trucking Company; this band included Canadian guitarist Eric Schenkman,[7] harmonicist John Popper, and later vocalist Chris Barron, who was Popper's Princeton, New Jersey high school friend.

With a name change to Spin Doctors, as well as the addition of Aaron Comess on drums and Mark White on bass, the classic lineup was in place by the spring of 1989.

Spin Doctors have many songs from their early club days that were never officially released, but remain circulated via concert recordings.

festival, sharing the stage with fellow jam bands Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler, and Phish.

The album went Gold in September 1992, and then received another boost in sales after the band's appearance on Saturday Night Live in October 1992.

Spin Doctors made an appearance on Sesame Street (episode 3450), singing a modified version of "Two Princes" that emphasized the importance of sharing starring Elmo, Zoe, and Telly.

", originally by Creedence Clearwater Revival, for the film Philadelphia[15] and "Spanish Castle Magic" for Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix.

Shortly after the release of Turn It Upside Down, original guitarist Eric Schenkman left the band in September 1994 by walking offstage during a concert in Berkeley, California,[10] citing musical and personal differences, and being weary of the road.

During the tour supporting the album, Barron lost his voice due to a rare acute form of vocal cord paralysis that severely affected his ability to talk and sing.

[18] Barron's voice came back in early 2000 (first comeback [solo] shows in March 2000), at which point he began performing with his band and the Give Daddy Five.

Barron undertook what he calls "a journeyman songwriting experience", composing tunes with Blues Traveler's John Popper and with former BMI executive Jeff Cohen.

Spin Doctors remained inactive as a band until September 2001, when news about the closing of Wetlands sparked the original four members to reunite.

Drummer Aaron Comess released an instrumental record of all his own compositions entitled Catskills Cry featuring bassist Tony Levin and guitarist Bill Dillon.

On January 16th, 2025, the band released their first single in over a decade: "Still a Gorilla", and announced their next album, Face Full of Cake.