Everclear Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/everclear/ 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 Everclear Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/everclear/ 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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]]> Everclear announce ‘So Much For The Afterglow’ 20th anniversary tour with Fastball and Vertical Horizon https://vanyaland.com/2017/02/21/everclear-announce-so-much-for-the-afterglow-20th-anniversary-tour-with-fastball-and-vertical-horizon/ Tue, 21 Feb 2017 20:57:12 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=155029 This October, Everclear’s alt-rock staple So Much For The Afterglow is turning 20 years old, and to celebrate, the Portland band is taking the record out on the road — and bringing along Vertical Horizon and Fastball. Because why the fuck not. Everclear’s 34-date North American tour kicks off May 11 in their hometown and wraps June 29 in Anaheim. Along the way, Art Alexakis and his merry band of alt-rockers play the House of Blues in Boston on June […]

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