Better Than Ezra

Originally formed in 1988 as a roots rock outfit with slight elements of country and punk the group s first incarnation consisted of four college students from louisiana state university.

Better than ezra. They are best known for their 1993 multi platinum album deluxe and the 1995 single good which reached number 1 on the billboard modern rock tracks chart. Better than ezra is an american alternative rock band based in new orleans louisiana and signed with the end records. Bte with collective soul tonic q casino dubuque ia. By 1988 better than ezra had released a demo cassette tape c read more.

126 347 likes 190 talking about this. Tour dates better than ezra kevin griffin solo. The band formed in 1988 in baton rouge louisiana and consists of kevin griffin tom drummond michael jerome and james arthur payne jr. The band was formed in baton rouge in 1987 by kevin griffin while he and the other original members were attending college at louisiana state university.

The band has released eight studio albums most recently 2014 s all together now. Along with such similarly styled outfits as the goo goo dolls the new orleans based trio better than ezra helped open the floodgates for countless alt pop acts of the late 90s including semisonic matchbox twenty and third eye blind by merging college rock influences with mainstream aspirations. Since forming in 1988 new orleans alternative act better than ezra have tallied a multi platinum major label debut album deluxe following it up with a gold record friction baby in 1996.