On September 28, 2004, the band simultaneously released their first live concert DVD, as well as an official live album, both entitled Live at the House of Blues, New Orleans through Sanctuary Records . The DVD and album were filmed and recorded at two separate shows at the House of…
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In June 2001, Better Than Ezra filmed a series of commercials for ESPN ‘s College GameDay . The promo features the band while sports analyst Lee Corso crowd surfs to the stage, where he continues his sports reporting.
The band released the B-Sides and rarities collection Artifakt on its own “Ezra Dry Goods/Fudge” label in 2000. Artifakt was only sold online and at concerts. Tom Drummond, the band’s bassist, noted in 2002, “It’s basically an album full of rarities.”
The single “At the Stars” debuted, and peaked, at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The band was dropped by Elektra Records following the release of How Does Your Garden Grow? in 1999.
Griffin, Drummond and McNabb spent 18 months working on Closer , their follow-up album to 1998’s How Does Your Garden Grow? and their first new material since being dropped by Elektra Records. The album was recorded in New Orleans in the band’s own studio, which allowed the members to focus…
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Success came quickly to Better Than Ezra. Tom Drummond commented later in a 1998 interview with CNN , “It took us seven years to get signed, and then seven weeks to get to No. 1”, when describing the overnight success of Deluxe and its single “Good”.
The trio began work on their third major release, How Does Your Garden Grow? , soon after the end of touring for Friction, Baby . The album was recorded between mid-January and late-April at a studio in New Orleans. The album was produced by record producer Malcolm Burn , who…
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After Deluxe ‘s major label release, original drummer Cary Bonnecaze left the band in 1996. He was replaced by drummer Travis McNabb , formerly of the band Vigilantes of Love , who was tapped to play on the band’s upcoming album, Friction, Baby . Bonnecaze’s departure set off a series…
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Better Than Ezra released their second major label album, Friction, Baby , in 1996 through Elektra Records. The album produced the hits ” Desperately Wanting ” and ” King of New Orleans “. Friction, Baby was not as commercially successful as Deluxe , but has sold almost 500,000 units as…
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The band released its first nationally distributed album, Deluxe , in 1993 on its own indie label , Swell Records, which caught the attention of major record labels and radio. Better Than Ezra signed with Elektra Records in 1994, and the label re-released Deluxe the following year. Its single ”…
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