Eve6

Eve 6 is a rock band from Southern California who was most well known for their hit "Inside Out" and graduation anthem "Here's To The Night". They disbanded in 2004 and reunited with 2 of the 3 original members in October, 2007. The band originally consisted of Max Collins (vocals, bass), Jon Siebels (guitar), and Tony Fagenson (drums). Siebels decided not to return when the band reformed in 2007. Their musical genre was often classified as Alternative Rock. The band formed in 1995 in La Crescenta, California first as Yakoo, then Eleventeen; the name Eve 6 was only adopted later. Their first show was at Eagle's Coffee Pub in North Hollywood. Eleventeen had secured a recording contract with RCA while Max and Jon were still in high school. Through the Eve6MediaHq website, it has been announced that Eve 6 has reunited; however, Jon Siebels will not be returning.

History of the Name

Tony Fagenson, who auditioned while attending the University of Southern California, was an X-Files fan. After seeing the episode "Eve", which featured genetically engineered characters known as "Eves," he got the name from the character called Eve #6 who made a remark about biting a guard's eyeball, which Fagenson thought merited "Eve 6" as a band name. The band is well known for their song "Inside Out" (often referred to by its lyrics "Beautiful Oblivion" or "Heart in a Blender") which was featured on MTV and several television shows in the mid 90s. It still receives more airplay than any other Eve 6 song.

Style

Eve 6's basic rock trio (guitar/bass/drums) sound is augmented on their later studio recordings with many interesting studio techniques. For example, "Bang" (from Horrorscope) culminates in a section constructed entirely from repeated, overdubbed layers. Eve 6 also made liberal use of overdubbed vocals and other studio polish, such as the vocoded filigree directly preceding the breakdown section of "On The Roof Again" (from Horrorscope). The songs themselves generally conform to the late 90's pop-punk aesthetic, and can be roughly divided into four different categories: the sugary-sweet bubblegum pop of "Rescue" and "Promise" (from Horrorscope), the punk of "Hokis" (from It's All in Your Head) and "Superhero Girl" (from Eve 6), ballads, such as "Hey Montana" (from It's All in Your Head) and "Here's to the Night" (from Horrorscope), and anthems (characterized by beginning almost inaudibly, with sparse instrumentation, and ending climactically) such as "Arch Drive Goodbye" (from It's All in Your Head).

Eve 6 was perhaps best known for its lyrics however, which feature vivid imagery and inventive wordplay: two of the group's hits, "Inside Out" (from their self-titled album) and "Promise" (from Horrorscope), are good examples of this style. Romance and angst are common themes, but the band also explores issues of gender identity ("Jet Pack," or "Sunset Strip Bitch," both from Horrorscope), suicide ("Friend of Mine," from It's All in Your Head), and being wrongly placed in a special education class, ("Tongue Tied," from Eve 6).

The nostalgic ballad "Here's to the Night", from Horrorscope, is notably characterized by a change in tempo and style from the band's other songs, prefiguring the greater experimentation of the following and final album, It's All In Your Head. While the song was written about a one night stand, for many teenagers it was a song about the closing of an era (specifically of high school), and was chosen by many graduating senior classes to be their "class song".

Discography

Eleventeen (as Eleventeen) - 1996
Eve 6 - April 28, 1998 (#33 U.S.) Platinum
Horrorscope - July 25, 2000 (#34 U.S.) Gold
It's All in Your Head - July 22, 2003 (#27 U.S.)

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