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Adam Again was a rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 band founded and led by vocalist Gene Eugene
Gene Eugene

Gene "Eugene" Andrusco was a Canada born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician. Andrusco was best known as the leader of the funk/rock music band Adam Again, a member of The Swirling Eddies and as a founding member of the Traditional music supergroup Lost Dogs....
, with Riki Michele
Riki Michele

Adam Again singer Riki Michele is a female Christian music alternative music artist. She has also recorded four eclectic solo records.She was married to Gene Eugene, and though they divorced in 1994 she continued to record with him until his death in 2000....
 on vocals, Paul Valadez on bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
, Jon Knox
Jon Knox

Jon Knox was the drummer of Christian rock band White Heart from 1991 to 1996. He's also the drummer of the band Adam Again which disbanded after lead singer Gene Eugene died on March 20 2000....
 on drums
Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
, Greg Lawless on guitar. Dan Michaels
Dan Michaels

Dan Michaels is a record producer, record company owner and saxophone/Lyriconist. Michaels is best known as a member of the Rock music Musical ensemble The Choir....
 often played saxophone
Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-Bore transposing instrument musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a Single-reed instrument mouthpiece similar to the clarinet....
.

Gene Eugene's mystical voice—often mistaken for R.E.M.
R.E.M.

R.E.M. is an American Rock music band formed in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , in 1980 by Michael Stipe , Peter Buck , Mike Mills , and Bill Berry ....
's Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe

John Michael Stipe is an United States singer who is the lead vocalist for the alternative rock band R.E.M. Stipe has become well-known for the "mumbling" style of his early career and for his complex, surrealism lyrics, as well as his social and political activism....
—remained the least-changing element in a band that Thom Jurek of allmusic has described as "inventive and artfully canny." Adam Again's style was rock and acoustic with strong hints of funk and traces of soul running throughout.






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Adam Again was a rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 band founded and led by vocalist Gene Eugene
Gene Eugene

Gene "Eugene" Andrusco was a Canada born actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician. Andrusco was best known as the leader of the funk/rock music band Adam Again, a member of The Swirling Eddies and as a founding member of the Traditional music supergroup Lost Dogs....
, with Riki Michele
Riki Michele

Adam Again singer Riki Michele is a female Christian music alternative music artist. She has also recorded four eclectic solo records.She was married to Gene Eugene, and though they divorced in 1994 she continued to record with him until his death in 2000....
 on vocals, Paul Valadez on bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
, Jon Knox
Jon Knox

Jon Knox was the drummer of Christian rock band White Heart from 1991 to 1996. He's also the drummer of the band Adam Again which disbanded after lead singer Gene Eugene died on March 20 2000....
 on drums
Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
, Greg Lawless on guitar. Dan Michaels
Dan Michaels

Dan Michaels is a record producer, record company owner and saxophone/Lyriconist. Michaels is best known as a member of the Rock music Musical ensemble The Choir....
 often played saxophone
Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-Bore transposing instrument musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a Single-reed instrument mouthpiece similar to the clarinet....
.

Gene Eugene's mystical voice—often mistaken for R.E.M.
R.E.M.

R.E.M. is an American Rock music band formed in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , in 1980 by Michael Stipe , Peter Buck , Mike Mills , and Bill Berry ....
's Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe

John Michael Stipe is an United States singer who is the lead vocalist for the alternative rock band R.E.M. Stipe has become well-known for the "mumbling" style of his early career and for his complex, surrealism lyrics, as well as his social and political activism....
—remained the least-changing element in a band that Thom Jurek of allmusic has described as "inventive and artfully canny." Adam Again's style was rock and acoustic with strong hints of funk and traces of soul running throughout. The band never achieved commercial viability and quit touring and recording together in 2000 after Eugene died in his recording studio, the "fabulous" Green Room
The Green Room

The Green Room was a popular recording studio located in Huntington Beach, California. The Green Room was owned and operated by musician Gene Eugene and Anna Cardenas....
.

Discography

  • In a New World of Time (1987)
  • Ten Songs by Adam Again (1988)
  • Homeboys
    Homeboys

    Homeboys is the third album by alternative rock band Adam Again....
     (1990)
  • Dig
    Dig (album)

    Dig is the fourth album by alternative rock band Adam Again....
     (1992)
  • Perfecta
    Perfecta (album)

    Perfecta is the fifth album by alternative rock band Adam Again....
     (1995)
  • Worldwide Favourites
    Worldwide Favourites

    Worldwide Favourites is a compilation album by alternative rock band Adam Again....
     (1999, Reviews: , )
    • Best-of collection with a previously unreleased track entitled "Sleepwalk."
  • A Tribute to Gene Eugene (2000, Review: )
    • Live concert recording with various vocalists.
  • Adam Again Tribute Boxed Set (2001, Review: )


Further reading


External links

  • – "a fan site approved by the band"
  • – a detailed review of the band's catalogue and history
  • on Allmusic