Lineup changes and signing with Interscope

After leaving Virgin, The Wallflowers went back to playing Los Angeles clubs in hopes of getting signed with another label. The band found it difficult to even get label representatives to come to their shows. In the year it took to get another record deal The Wallflowers gained and lost several band members. Bass player Barrie Maguire was asked to leave for undisclosed reasons in early 1993. The Wallflowers continued playing shows with replacement bass player Jimmie Snider until May 1993 when the band hired Greg Richling. Dylan and Richling went to high school together. The Wallflowers continued to play club shows in Los Angeles through early 1994 when drummer Peter Yanowitz left the band to join his girlfriend Natalie Merchant ‘s band. Yanowitz brought in Barrie Maguire to help record Merchant’s debut solo album, Tigerlily . Around the time of Yanowitz’s departure,The Wallflowers caught the attention of Jimmy Iovine and Tom Whalley of Interscope Records , who then signed the band to their label in 1994.