PHOENIX — In the early 1990s, inside a small bar in Tempe, Arizona, it would not have been unusual to hear an emcee say “And now, the Refreshments!” The band enjoyed increasing success and, by 1996, ...

Although the Refreshments disbanded in 1998, Clyne and other original members quickly reassembled as Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers and have been steadily churning out new albums ever since. To ...

The Refreshments are back. The fizzy, fuzzy, big, and buzzy ’90s band behind the hit “Banditos” is scheduled to reunite for one show only — but not in their home state or even their home country. The ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Arizona’s Roger Clyne has had an interesting career. Throughout the ’90s, he fronted The Refreshments, who were hometown heroes in Tempe, but mostly stayed ...

Whether it is a testament to legacy or a ploy to make fans feel old, Tempe’s own heritage rockers of the ’90s, The Refreshments, will be reissuing its debut breakout album, 1996’s Fizzy Fuzzy Big & ...

Is it too clever to say Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers are bringing their own Refreshments on this tour? Lots of bands frame their national tours around anniversaries, whether of their signature ...

All Roger Clyne had in mind going into the making of “Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy,” the national breakthrough that put the Refreshments on the map outside of Tempe 20 years ago, was he wanted to “put ...