Dream Syndicate Then: Steve Wynn started his career in the late 70's in Los Angeles. In the early 80's, Wynn's band The Dream Syndicate was formed with guitarist Karl Precoda, drummer Dennis Duck and bassist Kendra Smith. Their self-titled debut was released on Wynn's own Down There label. Their sound owed much to The Velvet Underground for it's song structure, guitar stylings and use of feedback. The band was praised as the leaders to a neo-60's music scene dubbed the Paisley Underground featuring other acts like the Bangles, Three O'Clock, Long Ryders and Green On Red. Their sophomore effort, Days of Wine and Roses, was a favorite on the college charts that year and would later be cited as a major influence on artists from Kurt Cobain to the Black Crowes. Their 1984 release, Medicine Show, was not as well accepted by the same crowd that embraced them earlier. The band's line-up began shifting and their next albums 1986's Out Of The Grey and 1989's Ghost Stories further upset earlier fans who missed the band's early sound. Their final album would be Live At Raji's in '89 and Wynn would spend the next year collaborating with other artists including members of Green On Red and The Long Ryders. Now: Wynn started off the 90's releasing his first solo album, Kerosene Man. (Several of his solo albums would contain duets with Concrete Blonde vocalist Johnette Napolitano.) Dazzling Display followed two years later with several friends helping out including REM's Peter Buck during the studio sessions. Further albums 1994's Fluorescent, 1996's Melting In The Dark, 1997's Sweetness And Light and 1999's My Midnight showed signs a slowing from rocker to folk singer. But with his side project, Gutterball, Wynn would cut loose and show he hadn't slowed down at all - just defined himself as a diverse artist.