Everclear
Biography
Though Everclear's Northwestern grunge-punk style was hardly revolutionary when the band rose to popularity in 1995, the trio's hook-ridden songs and Art Alexakis' "us against them" lyrics were taken to heart by bored Gen-X teens. Everclear's sound reflected the rock, post-punk, and singer/songwriter influences of frontman Alexakis, including acts like X, the Replacements, the Pixies, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and Elvis Costello. Also instrumental to Everclear's success was the group's obsessive touring schedule and aggressive self-promotion tactics.
Art Alexakis (b. Apr. 12, 1962, West Los Angeles, CA) was raised in a lower-middle-class household by his single mother. His father left the family during Alexakis' childhood, an incident that would later pepper many of Everclear's most popular songs. The dual deaths of his brother and girlfriend (his brother by heroin overdose; his girlfriend by suicide) 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' own Shindig label, but the album (and an EP) became out of print after distributor Rough Trade folded.
Selected Discography
Dude, Father of Mine is their best song ever, it's the soundtrack of my life. And so what if some of their songs sound the same, a bunch of the Ramones songs sound the same or quite simmilar and no one hates the Ramones for that, I don't.
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where is their 1995 album world of noise?
the only song from that album is "fire maple song" on the best of. world of noise is completely different than the new pop stuff - it's way heavy and kinda cowpunky. in short - it's awesome. |
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Sorry but these guys give me brain freeze, IN A BAD WAY. I hope they retire soon.
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kitty, How could you love them since the late 80s when they weren't around then? The profile right above your post even says as much.
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I have loved this band every sence i was growning up in the late '80s and all through the '90s and I still love them. They have a great sound and the words to their songs are great. Keep playing them. And keep on Rocking.
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Just saw this band in San Antonio at the Oyster Bake April '08 and it rocked. There were other bands there, but when Everclear performed it got packed and we all had a blast.
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This band was part of my childhood. My sister was in high school in the mid-late 90s so she listened to a bunch of amazing bands from the 90s. I would have to say Everclear was one of my favorite bands to hear on the radio when I was 9 years old
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these guys have been at it for years...very catchy and rifty. Not bad or great. Nice radio music.
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They were good up til so much for the afterglow. After that I didn't care much for them.
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Ima have to agree with estaban down there Everclear had Sparkle and Fade and i remember learning how to play Santa Monica and where the hell did they go? in the s**tter
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Everclear sucks real bad. Total sellouts from the get go. Felt betrayed after "World of Noise" and "Sparkle and Fade" were followed up by horrible recycled formulaic albums. Its all the same song folks! Just different words!
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