# Adam Again

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{{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](/source/Huntington_Beach%2C_California), [California](/source/California), United States
| genre           = [Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock), [funk rock](/source/funk_rock)
| years_active    = 1982–2000
| label           = {{flatlist|
* Blue Collar
* Brainstorm Artists International
* Galaxy21
* [Lo-Fidelity](/source/Lo-Fidelity_Records)
* [KMG](/source/KMG_Records)
}}
| website         =
| past_members    = * [Gene Eugene](/source/Gene_Eugene)
* [Riki Michele](/source/Riki_Michele)
* Greg Lawless
* Paul Valadez
* [Jon Knox](/source/Jon_Knox)
* [Dan Michaels](/source/Dan_Michaels)
}}

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

Thom Jurek of [AllMusic](/source/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](/source/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](/source/In_a_New_World_of_Time)'' (1986) 
* ''[Ten Songs by Adam Again](/source/Ten_Songs_by_Adam_Again)'' (1988)
* ''[Homeboys](/source/Homeboys_(album))'' (1990)
* ''[Dig](/source/Dig_(Adam_Again_album))'' (1992)
* ''[Perfecta](/source/Perfecta_(album))'' (1995)
* ''[Worldwide Favourites](/source/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 ==
{{Reflist}}

=== Further reading ===

* {{cite journal |title=Adam Again |date=November–December 1995 |issue=3 |journal=[7ball](/source/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](/source/AllMusic)

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