Editing Adam Again

{{Short description|American rock band}}
{{About|the alternative rock band Adam Again|the 1976 CCM album by Michael Omartian entitled ''Adam Again''|Adam Again (album)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Adam Again
| image           = Adam Again.jpg
| caption         = L–R: Gene Eugene, Paul Valadez, Greg Lawless, Jon Knox, Riki Michele
| image_size      =
| landscape       = yes
| origin          = [[Huntington Beach, California|Huntington Beach]], [[California]], United States
| genre           = [[Alternative rock]], [[funk rock]]
| years_active    = 1982–2000
| label           = {{flatlist|
* Blue Collar
* Brainstorm Artists International
* [[Galaxy21 Music|Galaxy21]]
* [[Lo-Fidelity Records|Lo-Fidelity]]
* [[KMG Records|KMG]]
}}
| associated_acts =
| website         =
| past_members    = * [[Gene Eugene]]
* [[Riki Michele]]
* Greg Lawless
* Paul Valadez
* [[Jon Knox]]
* [[Dan Michaels]]
}}

'''Adam Again''' was an American [[Rock music|rock]] band active from 1982 until the death of founder, leader and vocalist [[Gene Eugene]] in 2000. Other band members included  [[Riki Michele]] on vocals, Paul Valadez on bass, [[Jon Knox]] on drums, and Greg Lawless on guitar. [[Dan Michaels]] often played saxophone.

Thom Jurek of [[AllMusic]] described the group as "inventive and artfully canny."<ref>{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r398413|pure_url=yes}} |title=allmusic ((( ''Worldwide Favorites'' > Overview ))) |access-date=February 23, 2009 |author=Thom Jurek |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Mark Allan Powell maintained that the group "priortized musical excellence and lyrical depth over commercial appeal or even accessibility."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Powell |first1=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |date=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers Inc. |location=Peabody |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |page=22 |edition=First}}</ref> The band never achieved commercial viability and disbanded when Eugene was found dead in his recording studio on March 20, 2000 from an undiagnosed brain aneurism.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Powell |first1=Mark Allan |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music |date=2002 |publisher=Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. |location=Peabody |isbn=1-56563-679-1 |page=22 |edition=First }}</ref> Valadez died on September 20, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://frntlnrcrds.tumblr.com/post/62458121403/paul-valadez-original-bassist-for-the-band-adam |title=Frontline Records - Paul Valadez, original bassist for the band, Adam |publisher=Frntlnrcrds.tumblr.com |access-date=October 2, 2013}}</ref>

== Discography ==

* ''[[In a New World of Time]]'' (1986) 
* ''[[Ten Songs by Adam Again]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Homeboys (album)|Homeboys]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Dig (Adam Again album)|Dig]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Perfecta (album)|Perfecta]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Worldwide Favourites]]'' (1999)
* ''A Tribute to Gene Eugene'' (2000)
* ''Adam Again Tribute Boxed Set'' (2001)

== Reissues ==
* ''In a New World of Time'' (1990)  Reissue on CD by An Adam Again Independent Recording AAIR0001
* ''Homeboys'' + ''Dig'' (Music Value Pack) (2000) This KMG Records contains two albums on one CD. It is missing "No Regret" from ''Homeboys'' and "So Long" from ''Dig''.
* ''Ten Songs by Adam Again'' (2002)  Remastered by Lo-Fidelity Records. Only 1000 copies were made.
* ''Ten Songs by Adam Again'' (2013)  Remastered by Frontline Records.
* ''Dig'' (2016)  Remastered by Lo-Fidelity Records.

== References ==
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=== Further reading ===

* {{cite journal |title=Adam Again |date=November–December 1995 |issue=3 |journal=[[7ball]]}} <!-- Feature Story -->

== External links ==
* [http://www.facebook.com/adam.again Adam Again on Facebook]
* [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p30396|pure_url=yes}} Adam Again] on [[AllMusic]]

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