1. Arthur Paul Alexakis was born on April 12,1962 and is an American musician best known as the singer-songwriter and guitarist of the rock band Everclear.
21 Facts About Art Alexakis
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Art Alexakis has been a member of several other bands in addition to his own work as a songwriter for other artists.
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Art Alexakis was born in Los Angeles, the youngest of five children.
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Not long after her death, Art Alexakis attempted suicide by filling his pockets with sand and lead weights and jumping off the Santa Monica Pier.
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Art Alexakis became addicted to heroin and cocaine, and he survived a cocaine overdose when he was 22.
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Art Alexakis spent several years with his cowpunk band, the Easy Hoes that formed in the late '80s and released one album, Tragic Songs of Life, in 1989.
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The instability and personal turmoil Art Alexakis experienced throughout his life would directly inspire his lyrics.
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Art Alexakis produced the label's first release, the 2002 album Volume by Flipp.
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In October 2008, Art Alexakis entered the studio with the Minneapolis-based band Apparently Nothing to produce their debut album, tentatively titled The Middle Coast.
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From March 2017 through February 2019, Art Alexakis hosted a weekly radio show on Sirius XM's 1990s alternative and grunge music channel, Lithium.
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In 2000, Art Alexakis made brief appearances in the Heather Graham comedy Committed.
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Art Alexakis played the lead role in the 2006 short film Room to Breathe and had parts in Rid of Me and Rogue River.
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Art Alexakis was interviewed on Space Ghost Coast to Coast; the interview never aired, although it is briefly glimpsed on Episode 60, "Lawsuit".
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In 2002, Art Alexakis appeared in two episodes of The Chris Isaak Show.
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In 2000, Art Alexakis testified before Congress in support of HR 1488, the Compassion for Children and Child Support Enforcement Act.
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Art Alexakis was a delegate for the 2004 Democratic National Convention representing Oregon's 3rd congressional district after campaigning for John Edwards during that year's presidential primaries.
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Art Alexakis has been involved in drug awareness programs, including the taping of public service announcements for the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
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Art Alexakis has performed for Snowball Express, which organizes events for military families who lost loved ones in the war.
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Art Alexakis has been married at least three times as of 2024: to Jennifer Dodson Paget from 1995 to 1999; to Stephanie Greig from 2000 to 2004; and since 2009, to Vanessa Crawford.
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On March 26,2019, Art Alexakis announced that he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in a letter to fans posted on the band's website.
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Art Alexakis says he was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS following a car accident three years prior.