he says he wants to live the kind of life that will make the folks back home all bitch and whine
Extra Stuff about Greg
Full Name: Greg Eklund
Nickname: Buddy
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida
Raised:Northern Virginia/DC
Birthdate: April 18, 1970
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Current Residence: Los Angeles, California
Marital Status: Greg married his girlfriend Ellina on July 6th, 1997
Role in Everclear: Drummer, backing vocals
Bands Before Everclear: Tension, Red October, The Blonde Mexicans, The Common Greens, Nero's Rome, Jollymon.
Favorite Color: Navy
Favorite Food: chinese
Pets: Greg owns a dog named Coby
Shoe Size: 9 1/2
Wheels: 1998 Toyota Forerunner and a 1973 Mercedes 280se black sedan
Guilty Pleasure: To drive 40 miles to boogie-board up in Malibu, CA when the waves are up
Most Fave Albums:
The Pogues - "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash"
The Police - "Zenyatta Mondatta
Los Lobos - any
The Jam - "Snap!" (collection)
Latin Playboys - "Latin Playboys"
Radiohead - "The Bends"
John Hiatt - "Bring the Family"
Adam and the Ants - "Kings of the Wild Frontier"
Ray Charles - "Uh Huh's Greatest Hits"
Greg first realised he wanted to play the drums when he saw Adam and the Ants on Top Of The Pops when he lived in England. He used his grandma's knitting needles for drumsticks and broke them..oopsy
Greg sings on a cover Everclear did called "What Do I Get" (originally by the Buzzcocks) and it's on the Everything To Everyone Maxi-Single (AUS). He claims to have had a sore throat on the day of recording :)
Greg and Craig both sang and wrote background harmonies on almost every song on SMFTA.
Thanks to The Greg Eklund Fan Club for the above information
