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Better Than Ezra is an alternative rock trio based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The band was formed in 1987 by Kevin Griffin while he and the other original members were attending college at Louisiana State University. By 1988 Better Than Ezra had released a demo cassette tape, Chime Street Studio Demo Tape. In 1989 the band released a cassette-only album, Surprise. They released their first nationally-distributed album Deluxe in 1993 (Swell Records / 1995 Elektra). It was released on 2 different labels, the independent Swell Records first, in 1993, and later national label Elektra Records, in 1995. That same year, “Good” became a major pop hit, reaching the #1 position on the Billboard Modern Rock chart. Subsequent album releases include Friction, Baby (Elektra, 1996), How Does Your Garden Grow? (Elektra, 1998), and Closer, (Beyond Records, 2001). The band also released the B-Sides and rarities collection artifakt on its own “Ezra Dry Goods/Fudge” label in 2000. Late 2004 saw the band simultaneously releasing an official live concert DVD, as well as an official live album, both entitled Live at the House of Blues New Orleans (Sanctuary Records). Recent releases include a Greatest Hits collection (Warner Brothers, March 15, 2005), and a new album entitled Before the Robots (Artemis Records, May 31, 2005.)

Like many bands in the then-burgeoning alt-rock movement of the mid-’90s, Better Than Ezra enjoyed their period of greatest chart success immediately following their debut major-label release (Deluxe), which spawned their highest-charting hits.

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rustycage wrote:
Saturday evening

and that r.e.m. song was playing in my mind!!

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bfpstu wrote:
last week

розовые сопли временами. но и это иногда нужно. а звук совершенно правильный, светлый такой! и вообще отличная альтернатива доставшему уже засилью дерьмового британского музла

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davidn87 wrote:
last month

I'd like to thank Taylor Swift for introducing me to this band <3

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JeffreeStrauss wrote:
last month

King of New Orleans is the best song I ever heard!

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kseefeld wrote:
last month

If you love BTE (like I do) you should check out Oceanroyal - just saw them do a great cover of 'Good' a few weeks ago. http://www.last.fm/music/OceanRoyal/Sympathetic+Vibration

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smahlt wrote:
last month

Every song I've listened to by this band that wasn't on Deluxe was fairly bad. That album, however, is fantastic.

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l2jperry wrote:
December 2009

If you like this band check out The Product on Last.FM at http://www.last.fm/music/The+Product for some new up and coming rock n' roll.

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antidarby wrote:
November 2009

i heart desperately wanting. :]

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nofear14 wrote:
November 2009

a million years from now would be too soon

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RedRage wrote:
October 2009

So Alive!!

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1000julys wrote:
August 2009

We are long over due a gig in England!!!1

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dennisthekill wrote:
July 2009

Makes me feel like screaming!

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yooitsrebecca wrote:
July 2009

happy day mama is the best!

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Touchmetallic wrote:
July 2009

great great music...the vocalist is good...talented..

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XXXnicoletteXXX wrote:
June 2009

FREEEEEEEEE!?!?!?!?!?qr3hrs kghbv das

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soad9000 wrote:
June 2009

nice concert at the the square last week, and it was FREE

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XXXnicoletteXXX wrote:
June 2009

absolutely still.

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aleromero wrote:
May 2009

Great album, Paper Empire!!

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RedRage wrote:
May 2009

Love the new album...looking forward to the Louisville show! :]

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robj85 wrote:
May 2009

FlyFi Music Discovery is having a cd give away contest for the new album! Enter here: http://www.flyfi.com/contests/

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Feb 12 Better Than Ezra House of Blues, New Orleans, LA, New Orleans, United States
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Apr 23 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans, LA, New Orleans, United States
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