American Music Club- Everclear (Side One)

American Music Club Everclear (Side One) 1991 Why Won't You Stay 0:00 Rise 2:59 Miracle On 8th Street 6:04 Ex-Girlfriend 10:11 Crabwalk 12:58 On the strength of Everclear, Mark Eitzel was named Rolling Stone magazine's Songwriter of the Year in 1991. Rolling Stone also placed Everclear in their list of top five albums of the year. In an article in the December 1994 – January 1995 issue of Addicted to Noise, the band recounted: "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 Dan Pearson. "They couldn't give a fuck about that shit," says Eitzel. "And they certainly didn't agree." #americanmusicclub #1991 #everclear #sideone