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Eve Sextet was the punk band from Southern California, who disbanded within 2004. A band formed inside 1995 in La Crescenta, California as Eleventeen; the title Eve Vi was sole adopted late, when it already got the recording contract & were wanting to find the replacement drummer. Tony Fagenson, who auditioned when attending a University of Southern California, was an X-Files fan. When seeing a episode "Eve", which featured genetically engineered characters known as "Eves," he got the name from the character called Eve #6 who made a [http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~gjm5xx/transcrp/scrp110.htm remark about biting a guard's eyeball], which Fagenson thought merited "Eve 6" as a band name.
Band Members
Max Collins – vocals, bass
Jon Siebels – guitar, vocals
Tony Fagenson – drums, vocals
Style
Eve Sextuplet's basic rock trio (guitar/bass/drums) healthy is augmented in their late studio recordings by having numbers of interesting studio techniques. E.g., "Bang" (from either Horrorscope) culminates in the segment constructed completely from either perennial, overdubbed shells. Eve Sise too manufactured liberal utilize of overdubbed vocals & more studio polish, like a vocoded filagree directly preceding a breakdown division of "On The Roof" (from either Horrorscope). A songs themselves usually conform to the late Xc's pop-punk esthetic, & may be about divided into quaternion different categories: a sugary-sweet bubblegum pop of "Rescue" & "Promise" (from either Horrorscope), the punk of "Hokis" (from either ''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 Vi was mayhap better known for its lyrics, yet, which feature intense mental imagery & imaginative punning: ii of the class action's hits, "Inside Out" (from either their self-titled album) & "Promise" (from either Horrorscope), are practiced examples of this style. Romance & angst come most common themes, however a band too explores issues of gender identity ("Jet Pack," or even "Sunset Strip Bitch," each from either Horrorscope), suicide ("Friend of Mine," from ''It's All in Your Head), and being placed in a special education class, ("Tongue Tied," from Eve 6).
Example Lyrics
Discography
Eleventeen (as Eleventeen) - 1996
Eve 6 - April 28, 1998
Horrorscope - July 25, 2000
It's All in Your Head - July 22, 2003
Breakup
Unfortunate sales of It's Completely For your Head'' (192,000 Units Moved) resulted within Eve Six's release from either their record locate RCA. Later announcing their breakup, Eve Sextet played their final indicate together on a nighttime of July 15, 2004 ahead of the big crowd under the illustrious Gateway Arch in St. Louis.
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