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Invasion of the Rock Band: Everclear to perform
at Bowdoin
HENRY COPPOLA, CHRIS SAUNDERS AND BRIAN FLAHERTY
Staff Writers
Editor's Note: Initially, an Orient writer was scheduled to have a phone interview with Everclear, but it was unexpectedly cancelled without notification. Judging from the importance that Everclear publicist Brenda Hansen placed on this interview with her persistent daily calls to the Orient office, we suspect students are equally eager to read such an interview. So as not to disappoint the student body, our writers took it into their own hands to create a mock interview with the elusive band.
Orient: Welcome to Bowdoin, thank you for taking the time
to sit down with us.
Everclear: No problem, its our pleasure. We're just happy
to be here in Maine.
O: If you don't mind we'll cut right to the chase. We haven't
heard a lot from you lately, where have you been?
EC:
Art- I've been taking a vow of silence.
Greg- I was looking for job security in a dot com.
Craig- Ti-mm-ay!
O: Right, so when can we expect your episode of VH1's 'Where
Are They Now" to come out?
EC: VH1 told us that Deep Blue Something and Better than
Ezra are airing before us so I would estimate late December.
O: We really like your song "Wonderful," who have
been your biggest influences?
EC: We take some of the sounds of Milli Vanilli, mix it
with the attitude of New Kids on the Block and the popularity of Kriss
Kross.
O: Since your album debut in 1995 you have had a lot of
hardcore fans, but is there any one fan who rises above the rest?
EC: We certainly know who our craziest fan is. There's this
one student here, Eric Wiener, who keeps mailing us his underwear.
O: There are a surprising number of covers in your repertoire,
do you write any of your own songs?
EC: We tried that once, but our producer said it sounded
worse than a woman in labor screaming.
O: Even in your covers, it sounds like you are playing the
same three chords; do you know how to read music?
EC: Well, we watched "Making the Band" on the
WB and just decided to wing it.
O: This has been a great interview. What are your plans
for after the show?
EC: Well we forgot to bring any brown bags so we can't head up to Lewiston or Waterville, guess we'll just throw in the towel and watch some Skinamax.