Special Guest, a five-piece Juneau band formed over the past six weeks specifically for Everclear’s show, will open.

The group was unnamed when the tickets – “Everclear with Special Guest” – were printed. Members decided to stick with that name.

“It’s definitely rock ‘n’ roll with a hint of punk and a little bit of a groove, funk influence,” said lead singer Jason Maroney. “Basically its uptempo, bounce-out-of-your-seat type of stuff.”

Maroney has played with guitarist Ward Ward in Groove Cult, G-Force and Fun House. Bassist Dave Crabtree plays in Automatic Daddy, a Juneau band that hasn’t played out recently. Drummer Andy Engstrom is known for creating and composing Volitar, his science-fiction, murder-mystery alter-ego. Tasha Makeeta sings backup vocals.

Maroney and Ward wrote the basic parts of most of the songs.

“It was nice to throw this material at the guys over the past six weeks and say, ‘What do you want to do?’ ” Maroney said. “Because of the short time frame between the time we found out Everclear was coming and the amount of time we had to prepare, we had to pool our resources.”