Everclear

Everclear's commercially viable grunge-pop gets the retrospective treatment, with the obvious highlights being their first big hit, the crunchy "Santa Monica," and the cover of Thin Lizzy's "The Boys Are Back In Town." Previously unreleased tracks come in the form of "The New Disease" and "Sex With A Movie Star."

Definite proof that Everclear were more than grunge-era also-rans nirvana unquestionably
lit the fuse for Everclear -- you can hear it in the grinding guitars and tortured vocals of
1993's "Fire Maple Song," the earliest track on this compilation. But founder Art Alexakis
turns out to have more in common with Lindsey Buckingham and Don Henley than with Kurt
Cobain: Like those SoCal stalwarts, the Los Angeles-bred Alexakis has a thing for... More >