Colorfinger is best known for being Art Alexakis

Art Alexakis

Arthur Paul "Art" Alexakis is best known as the American singer, composer, and lead guitarist of the rock band Everclear. He has been a member of several notable bands, in addition to his own work as a songwriter for other artists...

' last band before being in Everclear

Everclear (band)

Everclear is a rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1992 best known for their radio hits spanning more than a decade. For most of its existence, Everclear has consisted of Art Alexakis , Craig Montoya , and Greg Eklund . Eklund replaced original drummer Scott Cuthbert in 1994...

. Although starting out as a solo project, Alexakis decided to make it a full band. They were a part of the San Francisco cowpunk

Cowpunk

Cowpunk or Country punk is a subgenre of punk rock and New Wave that began in the UK and California in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It combines punk rock or New Wave with country music, folk music, and blues in sound, subject matter, attitude, and style...

 scene, which involved a form of rock music

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 with elements of country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 and punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

. Colorfinger only released one album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

, Deep in the Heart of the Beast in the Sun

Deep in the Heart of the Beast in the Sun

Deep in the Heart of the Beast in the Sun is an album by Colorfinger, released in 1990 on Shindig Records.The album started out as a solo album for future Everclear singer Art Alexakis. Before the album was complete, he produced a handful of cassette copies with the same title under the name...

, and one EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

, Demonstration, although only the album was made for sale. Both of these releases were released on Alexakis' own Shindig Records.

A few songs originally performed by Colorfinger were made into Everclear songs. These include "Culver Palms (or Why I Don't Believe in God)", "Invisible" and "Hateful" among others.

Discography

Official Releases

• Deep in the Heart of the Beast in the Sun
  Deep in the Heart of the Beast in the Sun
  Deep in the Heart of the Beast in the Sun is an album by Colorfinger, released in 1990 on Shindig Records.The album started out as a solo album for future Everclear singer Art Alexakis. Before the album was complete, he produced a handful of cassette copies with the same title under the name...
  
  (1990)
• Demonstration EP (1991)

Compilations

• Lazy, Loud & Liquor'd Up
  • Includes "Eleanor Young" from Deep in the Heart of the Beast in the Sun

Unofficial Releases

• Neverclear
  • A compilation of songs from Art's pre-Everclear bands. Includes all of the songs from Demonstration as well as "Hateful", "Invisible" and "Trust Fund"