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Everlast Information
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'Everlast' (born 'Erik Schrody', August 18, 1969 in Valley Stream, New York) is a popular, Grammy winning 1990s musician, known for alternating between rap and rock. He was the frontman for rap group House of Pain until 1996. In 2000, he won a Grammy (with Santana) for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, for the song "Put Your Lights On". His most famous and most successful song is "What It's Like" (from Whitey Ford Sings the Blues), although "Ends", the followup single to "What It's Like", also reached the rock top 10.
Everlast's first solo album Forever Everlasting - which was largely made possible by rapper-turned-actor Ice T - failed both critically and commercially. His second solo album Whitey Ford Sings the Blues - which was released a full 8 years later and after Everlast had a major heart attack - was both a monster commercial and critical success. His third solo album Eat at Whitey's failed commercially but was embraced critically, especially by Rolling Stone which reviewed the album between "good" and "great" and focused on it as that month's most important release. White Trash Beautiful, Everlast's fourth solo album, was not a commercial success and received mixed reviews.
Everlast is of Irish descent and has converted to Islam.
Discography
Solo albums
*Forever Everlasting (1990)
*Whitey Ford Sings the Blues (1998)
*Eat at Whitey's (2000)
*White Trash Beautiful (2004)
House of Pain
*House of Pain (Fine Malt Lyrics) (1992)
*Same As It Ever Was (1994)
*Truth Crushed To Earth Shall Rise Again (1996)
*Shamrocks & Shenanigans [Best Of including Everlast solo efforts] (2004)
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