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_Here's to the Return of Eve 6

April 2009

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In 1995, a trio of friends from Southern California form the pop/rock band Eve 6.

A mere three years later, the young members, Max Collins (vocals, bass), Tony Fagenson (drums), and Jon Siebels (guitar), gain national recognition with “Inside Out,” a prime example of their signature catchy, erudite lyrics.

Then, the new millennium arrives and Eve 6 releases the slightly more mellow “Here’s to the Night,” which high schoolers across the country instantly adopt as their graduation anthem.

However, it wasn’t long before the band found themselves inside out, their resulting oblivion far from beautiful. In 2004, poor record sales left Eve 6 without a label, and the group consequently disbanded…but not for long.

With a new guitarist, Matt Blair, replacing Siebels in 2007, Collins and Fagenson decided to resurrect the team, with a little help from a familiar face.

Apparently on that fateful day, Collins shared that Fagenson sat dining at a restaurant only to find the band’s namesake seated a few booths away.

“It was the actress that played ‘Eve 6’,” said Collins of “The X-Files” character who inspired the moniker. “It was kind of bizarre…a little synchronicity going on.”

Though Collins originally did not think Eve 6 would survive the fallout, he explained, “We were kind of obstinately closed off to the idea and then all of a sudden…we decided that we were Eve 6 and wanted to continue to be Eve 6.”

Currently touring throughout summer, the band aims to produce new music as soon as possible. “We’re open to whatever makes the most sense and whatever’s most exciting,” said Collins of future recording and signing possibilities.

“We’ve been doing a lot of writing with other artists and that’s what’s kind of speed-bumping us a little bit,” he said, quick to add, “We’re definitely feeling the itch to have new material out there. We have a lot of it.”

Playing three new songs live, Collins assures fans, “we’re still writing pop songs, and it’s still a rock band…so not too much of a departure. I think we’re growing as songwriters, I hope we are.”

On the uncertainty of such a fickle industry, Collins admitted, “We weren’t sure how this was gonna be coming back after a really long break, especially after today’s standards.”

He continued, “It’s humbling. We can still go out and play shows and that there are people that wanna come and listen. It’s pretty right on.”

Having experienced his share of highs and lows, Collins has learned to “make the music for us, to not put too much pressure on it, and just kinda write for the sake of it, and rock for the sake of it.”

While time will tell whether or not Eve 6 will dominate the charts or airwaves again, Collins said, “I think we manage expectations a little bit and just take it a day at a time and try to enjoy ourselves,” but concluded modestly, “I’d like to get another shot.”

If Eve 6’s devoted fans have any influence, Collins’ hopes will surely be fulfilled.

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