Art Alexakis "Everclear"

Art Alexakis came Center Stage with Mark Gordon to talk about the band's recent tour and new CD IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.

The word is out: EVERCLEAR is back, better than ever, and ready to re-connect with their audience. Frontman Art Alexakis has gone back to basics: recruiting a new band, releasing In A Different Light, a new album that reinterprets the Everclear songbook with some fresh surprises, and finally returning to the road, to the delight of fans nationwide.

Alexakis says, "It's so amazing to see the enthusiasm and intensity of our fans.....not to mention the diversity in age...they range from 15 to 50...it's great to see kids who were in middle school singing all the words to every song!"

In A Different Light is the band's first release on record label 429 Records, and, in celebration, finds the band revisiting their past work with refreshed, stripped-down arrangements of some of their best songs. Classics such as "Everything to Everyone," "Santa Monica," and "Father of Mine" stand comfortably alongside new tracks "At the End of The Day" and "Here Comes the Darkness." Like many rock greats before them, Everclear revisits their back pages with ease, intrigue, and a more mature perspective, making for an album that is a listening experience in itself.

With new members, bassist Freddy Herrera, guitarist Johnny Hawthorn, keyboardist Sasha Smith and drummer Jordan Plosky, Alexakis has been performing a slew of intimate tour dates with a rejuvenated Everclear, packing clubs and reconnecting with longtime fans around the country - proving that the band is as vital and needed today as ever before. They've also reached out to their audience in a radical move: allowing fans to vote for the tour's opening bands city-by-city on the internet. The band just completed a successful October run through the East Coast, and will be returning to the West Coast this month with special guest Clayton Senne for a series of dates alongside the fan-selected openers.

Refreshed, revamped, and reinterpreted, Everclear is ringing in a new era in their already storied history, and making strides with both older and newer generations of fans around the country. Don't miss your chance to see this already legendary re-emergence of an old favorite in a new shape.

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[Stormride008]

Art you are truely an inspiration man. Thank you for being you.

[marisatucci]

LOVE IT .......YOU ARE LOVELY ART....KEEP DOING WHAT YOU DO....XOXOXOO

[Brasking20]

my guy right there. What is Art's youtube link? and facebook??

[PatriotInChief]

He looks like Abraham Lincoln

[dawna1266]

I am so happy for you, Art. You have brought yourself up from a hard childhood and turned things around. You are inspirational.

[jpd782]

@b5maddog I saw Everclear perform Wed, (August 11) It was at the Warped tour. While they were setting up on the stage. Art came down onto the grass with crowd and was hanging out a bit. He was a really cool guy. I didn't get to talk to him directly. But I was right there. He did the simple, "Hi, how are you." But it was cool he took the time to do that. He could have stayed in his trailer until it was time to go out on stage.

[b5maddog]

I would love to meet Art. He is a very interesting man who has gone through so many things in his life. I am sure he would have some of the most coolest stories. Art keep on doing your thing. Stay clean and healthy! God bless Art!

[Everclear51]

HI ART!