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Eve 6 (sometimes typeset as EVƎ 6) is an American rock band from Southern California, who are most well known for their hit singles "Inside Out", "Leech", and the slow anthem "Here's to the Night". They disbanded in 2004 but reunited with two of the three original members in October 2007.

 

History

Formation

The band originally consisted of Max Collins (vocals, bass), Jon Siebels (guitar), and Tony Fagenson (drums). The band formed in 1995 in La Crescenta, California first as Yakoo, then Eleventeen; the name Eve 6 was only adopted later. Their first gig was at Eagle's Coffee Pub in North Hollywood. Eleventeen had secured a recording contract with RCA while Collins and Siebels were still in high school.

The band's final name is a reference to The X-Files. Fagenson, a fan of the show, suggested the name after seeing an episode entitled "Eve". The episode featured genetically engineered characters known as "Eves", for the females, and "Adams", for the males. The Eves were portrayed by Harriet Sansom Harris. One of these genetically engineered characters, named "Eve #6," made a remark about biting a guard's eyeball, which Fagenson thought merited "Eve 6" as a band name.

Breakup

Poor sales of It's All In Your Head (Only 192,000 units were moved, compared to the platinum and gold certification for their two previous albums), resulted in Eve 6's release from their contract with RCA. Subsequently announcing their breakup, Eve 6 played their final show together on July 15, 2004 under the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.("Band Biography". www.eve6.com. 2007-01-28. http://eve6.com/biography.php. ) Collins had a short lived project called Brotherhood of Lost Dogs. Collins and Fagenson reunited to form a new band called The Sugi Tap, which can be found at http://www.myspace.com/sugitap. They recorded some demos and played shows throughout the California region during 2006.

Reunion

After performing for over a year as The Sugi Tap, on October 1, 2007 it was leaked that a "newly reunited" Eve 6 (only including Collins and Fagenson, and a new guitarist Matt Bair formerly of the Long Island band Bandcamp, as Siebels has elected to focus on his new band Monsters are Waiting...) would be going on tour, playing their first show at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The Sugi Tap, as a result, has been "paused" indefinitely. All of these things were confirmed on The Sugi Tap's MySpace Site. Eve 6 has been performing live shows for the past few years but recently said that they have been trying to get new music out but got caught up in all the shows they were playing. Eve 6 is finally now working on their fourth studio album, their first since reuniting in 2007. A song "lost and found" can be heard being recorded on their newly running website. The song 'Lost and Found' was Produced by Aaron Johnson and recorded by Warren Huart. Recently, on their website, if you join their mailing list for their newsletter you receive a free download of "Here's to the Night" which was recorded in 2009 at their show in Storrs, CT. The album release date has yet to be confirmed. On December 19, 2010 the band released a demo of the song "Bad News" for free download. The band also mentioned they were in talks of how to release the next album which they hope to release in 2011. Matt Bair played his last show with the band December 1, 2010 and will now be focusing on his own project. The new guitarist for the band has not yet been announced.