Hanging with Everclear in Hershey Park

On Thursday a friend called me up to beg me to drive her up to PA on Saturday. She is good friends with one of the band members of Everclear and they were performing at Hershey Park. She reassured me that we'd get in for free and have a place to crash. I haven't actually heard of Everclear until she told me about them some time ago. Apparently they were more popular in the 90's. Still, when am I ever going to get a chance to party with rockstars again? Plus, the drummer's kind of cute (pic on right).

We began our little road trip on Saturday morning. Around 1:30 we arrived in Hershey, PA. The roads were actually chocolate color and the street lamps all were shaped like Hershey Kisses! My kind of town :) Once there, we went to the Hershey Lodge where the boys had just checked in. I first met Josh, my friend's friend. He is the keyboard player of the band. He is a really nice guy. Actually they all are. They were all laid back and very nice to me.

They played two short sets at the park and we watched both. When they started playing, my first thought was - OMG, THE DRUMMER IS SO HOT!!! Maybe all drummers were hot, but I couldn't keep my eyes off of this guy. He played so energetically and looked like he was having so much fun up there. Also, I guess I am more of a physical person and just really enjoyed watching him move. Later on though, I got a chance to meet and talk to him, and turns out he's also a really nice guy. He's so cute in person too and has this awesome smile. Wow. Yeah, the concert's good too, but my mind couldn't get out the gutter.

After they finished signing autographs at end of their performance, the boys wanted to go on a roller coaster. I was lame tho and didn't want to go on one so I told them I'd hold their stuff for them. Luckily Art, the vocalist and the guy who pretty much is Everclear, also was not in the mood for coasters that night and kept me company. We went to go buy a pretzel while we waited and chatted a bit. When the boys were done they all checked out the photos and decided to turn back to their hotels (it was already late and close to closing). We joined some of them for drinks at the hotel bar a little while later and I had an awesome time rest of the evening.

Pictures here.

Btw, these guys just release a cover album called The Vegas Years.

As far as their hits goes, they include 'Father of Mine' and 'Wonderful'. Here is a video of Wonderful on YouTube (but Brett wasn't the drummer at the time):