3,192
edits
| Line 30: | Line 30: | ||
From an article in the December 1994 - January 1995 issue of ''Addicted To Noise'': | From an article in the December 1994 - January 1995 issue of ''Addicted To Noise'': | ||
{{Blockquote|"I remember we were somewhere in Germany and we found out about the ''Rolling Stone'' poll," says Eitzel. "It made me feel really good. But for the next show there were about 20 people in the audience. And they were army guys and they thought [[American Music Club]] were some righteous American freedom-fighting, cool ass Springsteen-influenced Guns N' Roses kind of guys. And we did not rock." "They didn't know we'd made 'one of the best records of the year' and he was the 'best songwriter,'" adds bassist [[Danny Pearson|Dan Pearson]]. "They couldn't give a fuck about that shit," says Eitzel. "And they certainly didn't agree."}} | {{Blockquote|"I remember we were somewhere in Germany and we found out about the ''Rolling Stone'' poll," says Eitzel. "It made me feel really good. But for the next show there were about 20 people in the audience. And they were army guys and they thought [[American Music Club]] were some righteous American freedom-fighting, cool ass Springsteen-influenced Guns N' Roses kind of guys. And we did not rock." "They didn't know we'd made 'one of the best records of the year' and he was the 'best songwriter,'" adds bassist [[Danny Pearson|Dan Pearson]]. "They couldn't give a fuck about that shit," says Eitzel. "And they certainly didn't agree."}} | ||
In 2015 Eitzel told ''Aquarium Drunkard'', "We wanted to make a record that might sound good on the radio. All of our previous records had sounded pretty small in radio terms. Our pedal steel player [[Bruce Kaphan]] was a staff engineer at a large recording studio in East Palo Alto called [[The Music Annex]] and the idea was for him to help [[Tom Mallon]] make it sound bigger – bigger gear, whatever. So we started it with that idea. Bruce was probably the biggest factor in making the album what it was. It was about a year in the making and involved much drama. [[Frontier Records]] had a deal that a larger record company that increased the recording budget that fell through just as we were beginning to make the record. Lisa Fancher from [[Frontier Records]] was wonderful and very committed – and after the money fell through allowed us to find another label – which is how ''Everclear'' ended up on [[Alias Records]]. Frontier, however, helped make my career happen. She put out a lot of great music. I’m eternally grateful."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2015/02/06/mark-eitzel-the-aquarium-drunkard-interview/ | work=aquariumdrunkard.com | date=2015 | author= | title=Mark Eitzel: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview | accessdate=June 16, 2017}}</ref> | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||