{"id":2266191,"date":"2026-02-04T11:06:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2266191"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:06:42","slug":"top-1990s-alternative-band-to-return-to-steelstacks-for-1st-time-in-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/top-1990s-alternative-band-to-return-to-steelstacks-for-1st-time-in-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 1990s alternative band to return to SteelStacks for 1st time in a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 A band that in the late 1990s and early 2000s had a dozen Top 40 hits on Billboard&#8217;s Alternative Singles chart will perform at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, it was announced.<\/p>\n<p>Everclear, the Portland, Oregon, band best known for its Alt-chart-topping hits &#8220;Santa Monica&#8221; and &#8220;Everything to Everyone,&#8221; will perform at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 18, in Musikfest Cafe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Quote-wrapper\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"Quote\">\n<blockquote><p>Tickets, at $40-$55, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 6, at the ArtsQuest website or at the ArtsQuest Center box office at 101 Founders Way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>www.ArtsQuest.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tickets, at $40-$55, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 6, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/events\/list\/page\/7\/?tribe_eventcategory%5B0%5D=10\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">at the ArtsQuest website<\/a>or at the ArtsQuest Center box office at 101 Founders Way.<\/p>\n<p>VIP meet-and-greet ticket with an &#8220;intimate acoustic performance,&#8221; photo and autograph session with the band also will be available. The price was not immediately released.<\/p>\n<p>Everclear rose to popularity with other Northwest grunge acts in the mid-1990s, debuting with its 1993 album \u201cWorld of Noise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bouyed by relentless touring and alternative radio\u2019s support of the singles \u201cSanta Monica,\u201d \u201cHeroin Girl\u201d  and &#8220;Heartspark Dollarsign,&#8221; the band\u2019s sophomore album, 1995&#8217;s &#8220;Sparkle and Fade,&#8221; hit platinum and broke the Top 25 on Billboard&#8217;s overall Albums chart. <\/p>\n<p>But the band had its biggest success with the 1997 follow-up \u201cSo Much for the Afterglow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It went double-platinum, with the chart-topping \u201cEverything to Everyone\u201d and modern rock hits \u201cI Will Buy You a New Life\u201d and \u201cFather of Mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everclear - Santa Monica (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MW6E_TNgCsY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Continuing success<\/h2>\n<p>Everclear continued its success with the 2000 disc &#8220;Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile,&#8221; which also sold platinum and was its highest-charting disc on the overall Albums chart at No. 9.<\/p>\n<p>That disc included the songs &#8220;Wonderful&#8221; and &#8220;AM Radio,&#8221; both of which hit the Top 15 on various singles charts. <\/p>\n<p>Its last high-charting single was &#8220;When It All Goes Wrong Again,&#8221; which hit No. 12 on the Alternative singles chart in 2000, though it continued to have minor hits through 2003&#8217;s &#8220;Volvo Driving Soccer Mom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Everclear&#8217;s most recent disc of new music was 2015&#8217;s &#8220;Black is the New Black,&#8221; which peaked at No. 11 on the Independent Albums chart. <\/p>\n<p>It released a live album, &#8220;Live at the Whisky a Go Go,&#8221; in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The only remaining original member of Everclear is vocalist\/guitarist Art Alexakis, though guitarist Dave French has been with the band since 2003 and bassist Sam Hudson since 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Everclear last played the Lehigh Valley with Sugar Ray, Lit and Sponge in the multi-act Summerland Tour at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks in Bethlehem in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '515399142525687',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n fbq('init', '1036414487050526'); \nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.lehighvalleynews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. \u2014 A band that in the late 1990s and early 2000s had a dozen Top 40 hits on Billboard&#8217;s Alternative Singles chart will perform at ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks, it was announced. 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