Art Alexakis Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/art-alexakis/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:09:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://redefined.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/31135224/cropped-V-SOCIAL-2023-32x32.png Art Alexakis Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/art-alexakis/ 32 32 Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite 617 Q&A recommendations https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/11/year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-617-qa-recommendations/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:32:24 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042795 One of the best parts of the 617 Q&A series (Six Questions; One Recommendation; Seven Somethings) is the one recommendation portion. Typically, if we haven’t flipped them already with our somewhat standard interview portion, it’s when the artist really comes alive and often provides some deeper insight into what they’re buzzing about off the stage as we ask them to tell us what they’ve been into recently that isn’t their current project. Over the years, we’ve had some doozies, from […]

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]]> 617 Q&A: Art Alexakis of Everclear has lived to tell his tales https://vanyaland.com/2025/10/20/617-qa-art-alexakis-of-everclear-has-lived-to-tell-his-tales/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:27:14 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042516 Art Alexakis hasn’t had the easiest life. But you don’t need us to tell you that; it’s all in the lyrics to some of the most popular songs by his alternative rock band Everclear. Growing up with an absentee dad? “Father of Mine.” Being a child of divorce? “Wonderful.” Brother succumbing to a heroin overdose and his girlfriend dying by suicide before he was even a teen? “Heroin Girl.” Relapsing after desperately trying to stay clean from the clutches of […]

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]]> Art Alexakis of Everclear reveals multiple sclerosis diagnosis https://vanyaland.com/2019/03/27/art-alexakis-of-everclear-reveals-multiple-sclerosis-diagnosis/ Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:13:19 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10005697 Art Alexakis has revealed that he has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The longtime Everclear frontman revealed the news last night (March 26) in an open letter to fans on the band’s website. “The words multiple sclerosis conjure up all sorts of images: Helplessness, wheel chairs, pain, misery, and worst of all, hopelessness — and pity in the eyes of my family and friends (you get the picture),” Alexakis writes. “I remember later that night my wife Vanessa holding my […]

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