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Very few people have even heard of the band Everclear, and many everclear fan sites and I think even their official site have been taken off the internet. So here's some everclear information for you and I really recommend you listen to them
Everclear
Everclear are an alternative rock/punk band. Lead singer/ guitarist Art Alexakis (b. Apr. 12, 1962, West Los Angeles, CA) was raised lower-middle-class by his mother in Santa Monica. The death of both his brother and girlfriend by drug overdoses convinced him to kick his own cocaine habit in the mid-'80s, and he later formed a country-punk band named Colorfinger in San Francisco. The group released one LP on Alexakis' Shindig label, but the album (and an EP) became out of print after distributor Rough Trade folded. The band imploded, and Alexakis moved to his girlfriend's hometown of Portland, Oregon. In 1992, he met Craig Montoya (b. Sept. 14, 1970) and Everclear's first drummer, Scott Cuthbert; the trio recorded a demo EP (for $400) that was released on Portland's Tim/Kerr label. Alexakis grew frustrated with the company's lack of promotion, so he hired an independent promoter to push the EP and personally mailed copies to media outlets and distributors.
Everclear then added several songs to the EP and released it as World of Noise in 1993 on Fire Records. During 1994, the group toured relentlessly, replaced Cuthbert with Greg Eklund (b. Apr. 18, 1970), and signed to Capitol in June. Their second album Sparkle and Fade appeared in 1995, and alternative radio quickly picked up on the singles "Santa Monica" and "Heroin Girl." Meanwhile, Alexakis became a major alternative media figure, reporting from the 1996 political conventions for MTV. So Much for the Afterglow followed in 1997. Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 1: Learning How to Smile appeared in early fall 2000, with slow motion daydream soon after. (Bio from VH1.com)
Singles
Nervous and Weird
Fire Maple Song
Heroin Girl
Santa Monica
Heartspark Dollarsign
You Make Me Feel Like a Whore
Everything to Everyone
I Will Buy You a New Life
So Much for the Afterglow (Australia)
Father of Mine
One Hit Wonder
The Boys Are Back in Town
Wonderful
AM Radio
When It All Goes Wrong Again
Out of My Depth
Brown Eyed Girl
Rock Star
Volvo Driving Soccer Mom
The New York Times
Lyrics
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Did you know?
Art tried to kill himself sometime shortly after his brother George died from a Heroin overdose. He jumped off a bridge into a river, but he survived because he said he heard the voice of his brother telling him to live. So Art swam and barely survived. He was rushed to a hospital after he was found.
Art has said - "I got a guitar and played and played and played, I was just a guitar player for a long time, plus I was doing a lot of drugs. Cocaine, speed, heroin. To me it was cool to do that. That was my identity. Drugs. I did drugs. And I didn't like myself enough to think that I could do anything else, basically."
Art had a turning point and quit drugs when he almost killed himself overdosing "I overdosed really bad," he says. "I tried to put quarters of a gram of coke in one shot in my arm. I woke up with the paramedics. About six months later, I started having anxiety and panic attacks real bad and had to get treatment for that. That's basically when I just cleaned my life up. Quit smoking, quit drinking. It was either that or put a gun to my head."
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