Eve to Adam effort on sale June 26

I interviewed Taki of Eve to Adam several years ago and found him quite intriguing. I really dug their CD too. If this new life for the band has any inklings with its previous incarnation, I can't wait to catch 'em live! ~M

Just call Eve to Adam the Rocky Balboa of the rock touring circuit, whose debut KDS Music Group/EMI album Queens to Eden goes on sale June 26.
Lead singer Taki Sassaris, part of the Queens, N.Y.-based rock group along with brother, drummer Alex, guitarist Gaurav Bali and newest member, bassist Riv, says his band has earned the title after opening over the first six months of the year for Daughtry, The Exies and Smile Empty Soul, with upcoming dates opening for Saliva, Tesla and Crossfade.
"We're lovable underdogs," he explains. "But we're also fighters. We won't let go. When people see how much heart we have, they respond. We're old school. We lay it all out there. You either love us or hate us, but no one's indifferent."
Sonically compared to Velvet Revolver and STP, Eve to Adam also doesn't mind when, at times, modern arena-filling bands like Nickleback and Three Doors Down are cited as comparisons, either. Taki calls Eve to Adam "a modern facelift on a classic rock and roll group. We're steeped in those traditions."
The first single, "151," a "good-time song about going out in New York at midnight and partying until dawn," is already Top 50 at Active Rock Radio as part of a promotional campaign by the Orlando-based KDS Music Group. But it is the moving "Comin' Home (A Stranger)," a song Taki wrote from the point of view of a soldier returning from the battle ground and trying to acclimate back to society after all the horrors he's experienced," which is getting raves in concert when the band dedicates it to the troops.
"I just wanted to remind people of the great sacrifice our military and their families have made," he says. "It's not a political song. It comes from the heart. It's the least I could do, and we've gotten tremendous response from soldiers who come to the shows. I just want the focus to remain on them and their lives and not necessarily on the band."
As befits a band named Eve to Adam, the group has a rapidly expanding fan base, largely due to the age span, ranging from young teenagers to mature adults who can appreciate what has been dubbed a timeless sound. Their non-stop touring schedule has helped build their MySpace friend list (www.myspace.com/evetoadam ) from 7,400 to 19,300, and continuing to grow.
"Making our fans feel invested in the band is important to us," says Taki. "We always hang out by the merch booth, take pictures with them and sign autographs. We want them to get a sense of us as people, not just as artists."
Eve to Adam does things the old-fashioned way, but it's paid off with a new generation of fans they've earned through that old stand by- live performances.
"When people see the band, they sign up," concludes Taki. "We're a live rock & roll band. You go big or you go home. And as long as they keep coming back, we'll keep dishing it out."
Watch out for Eve to Adam as they dish it out in a club near you.