NASHVILLE |DATE: JULY 26, 2006
FROM: TODD BRODGINSKI/LATHUM NELSON/MITCH SCHNEIDER
EVERCLEAR WRITES THE BREAKUP SONG FOR 2006 WITH “HATER”
“HATER” VIDEO WHICH INCLUDES CELEBRITY/POP CULTURE REFERENCES
TO PREMIERE ON YAHOO! MUSIC JULY 26;
JULY 27 PERFORMANCE ON "THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO"
Some people write prom songs.
Some people write wedding songs.
EVERCLEAR has written the breakup song of 2006: “Hater.”
One of the most dominant bands of the ‘90’s is back. EVERCLEAR will premiere its new video for the rock anthem “Hater” Wednesday, July 26 on Yahoo! Music (www.yahoomusic.com). The video takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the headline-grabbing deterioration of celebrity relationships and features “cameos” of some of Hollywood’s most famous and recent broken-hearted. The “Hater” video can be seen at http://music.yahoo.com/promos/premieres.
Led by singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer ART ALEXAKIS, who’s had his own well-publicized breakups, “Hater” is a return to the sound that scored EVERCLEAR a significant number of alternative rock and MTV hits (many of which crossed over to other formats) including mainstays like “Santa Monica,” “Father Of Mine,” “Everything to Everyone,” “I Will Buy You A New Life” and “Wonderful.” A number of high-profile activities have been confirmed to launch “Hater,” the first single from the group's upcoming album WELCOME TO THE DRAMA CLUB, out September 12 on Eleven Seven Music.
The video premiere will be followed by EVERCLEAR returning to television this Thursday, July 27 to perform a special version of “Hater” on "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno." The band will also be performing on Last Call with Carson Daly on August 1st.
“Everclear’s distinct sound and irreverent videos became a big hit with music fans throughout the 1990’s,” said Jay Frank, head of Yahoo! Music programming and label relations. “As the group makes their anticipated return with this year’s break-up song ‘Hater,’ we’re excited to premiere the band’s new video and reintroduce Everclear to their fans through Yahoo! Music.”
WELCOME TO THE DRAMA CLUB marks EVERCLEAR’s first album of all new studio material since 2003’s Slow Motion Daydream. The album is undeniably EVERCLEAR–searing autobiographical songs matched with music born from both the punk and classic rock eras–and opens up an exciting new chapter for the group who earned a four-star album review in Rolling Stone for 2004’s 20-track career retrospective Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994-2004.
EVERLCEAR Myspace: http://myspace.com/everclear
EVERCLEAR “Hater” Ecard: http://newmedia.10thst.com/115
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ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC:
Founded by Allen Kovac, CEO of 10th Street Entertainment, a leading music marketing and management company, Eleven Seven Music was developed in association with ADA, a Warner Music Group company, as an incubator label to develop bands for potential “upstreaming” to the WMG family. Its artists also include Buckcherry, Everclear, The New Cars, Marion Raven, The Exies and Jonny Lives! The label’s inaugural release (Buckcherry’s new album 15) was picked up by Atlantic Records after the first week in stores and has
become one of the top selling rock albums for 2006.
YAHOO! MUSIC:
Yahoo! Music (http://music.yahoo.com) offers users the most comprehensive music-related content, features and information available online. Yahoo! Music provides a wide selection of streaming audio, the Web's largest collection of music videos, Internet radio, exclusive artist features and music news covering all genres of music to Yahoo! visitors.
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