Adam Duritz: Art is just an expression, it's something you do because you need to express yourself. You take what's going on on the inside and put it on the outside, that's just who you are. I just write songs because I feel a certain way. When you've got a bunch of them, that's an album. They're all different.
On April 23, 1994 their song Mr. Jones hit number 1 on the American Top 40 chart.
In 2006 they went on tour with Goo Goo Dolls.
This is Counting Crows's discography. August and Everything After-1993 Recovering The Satellites-1996 This Desert Life-1999 Hard Candy-2002 Films of Ghosts-2003
"August and Everything After" was certified 7 times platinum in October 1996.
Shawn Hunter, a character on the ABC comedy Boy Meets World, is said to be a fan of Counting Crows.
Lead singer Adam Duritz wrote the song Mrs. Potters Lullaby, found in their third studio album 'This Desert Life' about actress Monica Potter. He dated her during the mid 90’s.
Lead singer Adam Duritz dated Friends actresses Courtney Cox and Jennifer Aniston during the early 90’s.
The band members have been avid fans of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series of comic books. Some of their songs ('Murder of One,' 'Angels of the Silences') have heavy references to the books.
Members have included David Immergl?ck, David Bryson, Matthew Malley, Adam Duritz, Dan Vickrey, Charles Gillingham, Jim Bogios.