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====''So Much for the Afterglow'' (1996–1999)====
By the end of 1996, the band had nearly completed the album, which they planned to release under the title ''Pure White Evil''. Alexakis, however, was dissatisfied with the results and decided to work on more songs for the effort, including "One Hit Wonder" and the eventual title-track to the album, ''[[So Much for the Afterglow]]''. The songs "The Swing" and "Otis Redding" were cut from the Pure White Evil Sessions and were not included on ''So Much for the Afterglow''. Eventually they were released: the former on the soundtrack album for ''[[Scream 2]]'' and the latter on ''[[Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile]]''. ''So Much for the Afterglow'' was released in October 1997. The first two singles from the album, "[[Everything to Everyone (song)|Everything to Everyone]]" and "[[I Will Buy You a New Life]]", performed modestly, but helped to begin a slow build for the album, while "Local God" was featured in Baz Luhrmann's ''[[Romeo + Juliet]]'' in 1996 as well as on the soundtrack. The band completed a US tour at the end of the year and started 1998 with a tour of Australia.

The Australian tour, however, was an unexpected disaster. At a show in [[Wollongong]] someone threw a shoe at Alexakis, knocking loose a few of his teeth. Two nights later in [[Melbourne]], someone threw a lit explosive on stage, which exploded and burned a stagehand. Tensions erupted backstage, with touring guitarist Steve Birch refusing to continue, and Montoya getting into a heated argument with Alexakis. In interviews for [[VH-1]]'s [[Behind the Music]], the band related that they nearly broke up that night. The band decided to cancel the remainder of their tour following a final show on the Gold Coast, during which Alexakis was hit with a shoe (while the crowd was singing him "Happy Birthday") and Montoya's acoustic bass guitar was stolen. Montoya declined to join the band for the ensuing tour of the United Kingdom, with then-bass-tech David LoPrinzi filling in. Everclear did not return to Australia until 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/everclear/2012/the-coolangatta-hotel-gold-coast-australia-73dd2af9.html|title=Everclear Setlist at The Coolangatta Hotel, Gold Coast|website=Setlist.fm|access-date=October 12, 2019}}</ref>
[[File:Scott Cuthbert 1999.jpg|thumb|150px|David LoPrinzi in 1999]]
Following an extensive tour of the United States with [[Marcy Playground]] and [[Fastball (band)|Fastball]], the band released ''Afterglow'''s third single, "[[Father of Mine]]". The song catapulted the album and the band to mainstream success.

''Afterglow'' provided the band their only [[Grammy Award]] nomination to date, a Best Rock Instrumental nod in 1998 for "El Distorto de Melodica". Later that year, the band won [[Billboard Music Award|Billboard's Modern Rock Band of the Year Award]]. Though ''Afterglow'' never charted higher than No.&nbsp;33 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' album chart]], the album reached double-platinum status at the end of the year.