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Everclear's Alexakis Ponders Porn Connection In "Boys" Video

Everclear, Marilyn Manson, and Pantera all have new tunes on the new "Detroit Rock City" soundtrack... or, at least, new renditions of old tunes to go along with the movie's '70s-themed, Kiss-concert plotline.

For the first single, Everclear covered the old Thin Lizzy favorite "The Boys Are Back In Town," and for the video, frontman Art Alexakis shares the director's credit with "Detroit Rock City" helmsman Adam Rifkin.

The clip includes several "Rock City" actors reprising their big-screen roles (including Edward Furlong), and it also features a number of adult-film stars who were loaned out for the occasion by the skin-flick specialists at Vivid Video. When MTV News' Kurt Loder caught up with Alexakis at Woodstock '99, the frontman wasn't speculating on how the director acquired the on-screen talent.

[article id="1443791"] "When they asked us to do a song,"[/article] Alexakis told Loder, [article id="1443791"] "we insisted on doing 'The

Boys are Back in Town,' the old Thin Lizzy hit, and it came out really good. I wrote a treatment for the video, and we co-directed it. And [Rifkin], I don't know how... [to camera] I'm not saying anything, Adam, but... [to Loder] uh, he happened to know a lot of porn people, so...

It wasn't hard to get them to come over, probably,"[/article] Loder offered.

[article id="1443791"] "No, not at all,"[/article] Alexakis replied. [article id="1443791"] [RealVideo][/article]

Also featured on the "Detroit Rock City" soundtrack are the Donnas, Drain STH, and, of course, Kiss itself. The album is in stores now.

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