Art Alexakis

Arthur Paul "Art" Alexakis (born April 12, 1962) is an American musician best known as the singer-songwriter and guitarist of the rock band Everclear. He has been a member of several notable bands, in addition to his own work as a songwriter for other artists. Alexakis founded several record labels throughout his career, and worked as an A&R representative for major record labels between and during his own musical projects. Later he became a political activist, and lobbied for special concerns which included drug awareness policies, and support of the families of the military.\n', '

Alexakis was born in Los Angeles, California. He had an older brother, George, and three older sisters. His father was of Greek ancestry.\n', '

Soon after Alexakis\' father left the family, financial difficulties forced Alexakis\' mother to relocate the family to the Mar Vista Gardens housing projects in Ca…