Everclear participated in the MTV Sports and Music Festival on the weekend of the 18-19 Oct. (airs Nov. 7 and 8) and also announced a new band member. Steven Birch is the brand new guitarist for the band. the entrance of the band's brand new guitarist, Steven Birch. "Steven co-designed our last couple... he's been our art director basically. He's been a friend of the band for 5 years, ever since the band's been around -- 4 or 5 years," said Everclear frontman Art Alexakis.
Alexakis explains how/why Birch is now in the band, "He was in a seminal alternative band from Portland called Sprinkler, the first band signed to Sub Pop from Portland, actually one of the first bands to start getting national attention, and he took a few years off playing. And then when we were looking for another guitar player, he basically just bitched and whined until we decided to let him come play with us."
Birch is not on the new album, though, or in the latest video, "Everything to Everyone." For now he's just with the band for their month-long U.S. tour, starting October 30, to support their new album, "So Much For The Afterglow."
Everclear - October 23, 1997
Back to Archives
Back to October 1997