Welcome To The Drama Club [PA]

Performer: Everclear
Engineer: Gary Thompson; Dave Dysart; Dean Baskerville; Geoff Walcha; Lars Fox
Producer: Dean Baskerville; A.P. Alexakis
Distributor: Alternative Dis. Alliance

Notes: Everclear: Dave French (guitar); Sam Hudson (bass guitar); Josh Crawley, Brett Snyder, Art Alexakis. Personnel: Art Alexakis (vocals, guitar); Josh Crawley (vocals, keyboards); Brett Snyder (vocals, drums, percussion); Anabella Alexakis, Risky Star, Amy Baskerville, Sam Hudson (vocals). Audio Mixers: Gary Thompson; Dave Dysart; Dean Baskerville; A.P. Alexakis. Liner Note Author: Art Alexakis. Recording information: Blackjack Studio, Portland, OR (2005); Kung Fu Bakery Recording (2005). Photographer: Nick Carulli. Following Everclear's 2004 split with Capitol Records, singer/guitarist Art Alexakis became the sole remaining member of the Portland, Oregon-based post-grunge act. However, rather than giving up the Everclear name, Alexakis assembled a new band, and soldiered on with '06's WELCOME TO THE DRAMA CLUB. Boasting a notably fuller sound, the expanded quintet offers up a lively set of pop-savvy rock, as best exemplified by the keyboard-heavy "Hater" and the melancholy, mid-tempo "Drama King," a pair of catchy tunes that position Alexakis as a legitimate rock-&-roll survivor.

In the aftermath of the Nirvana-led grunge explosion of the early 1990s, Everclear's grunged-out roots rock brought it all back home without a trace of pretension. At first glance, songs like "Santa Monica" and "Everything to Everyone" are deceptively simple-sounding, grunge pop affairs. By the end of the '90s, however, people listened a little harder and began to realize that bandleader Art Alexakis was actually a major songwriter of his time.

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