Better Than Ezra is an American alternative rock band based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and signed with Round Hill Music.

They are best known for their 1993 multi-platinum album Deluxe and the 1995 single "Good," which reached number 1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

[4] The trio continued playing house parties and fraternity shows across the southern United States during the early 1990s.

1 position on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart which helped push the album to platinum record status by the end of 1995.

[7] After Deluxe's major label release, original drummer Cary Bonnecaze left the band in 1996.

[9] The exact terms of the settlement were not released at the time, though Better Than Ezra's manager John Isbell was quoted as saying that Bonnecaze received "way less" than the one million dollars he had originally requested.

[7] The trio began work on their third major release, How Does Your Garden Grow?, soon after the end of touring for Friction, Baby.

"[12] Better Than Ezra, now no longer with Elektra Records, signed with the Beyond Music label and began work on new material.

"[12] Griffin, Drummond and McNabb spent 18 months working on Closer, their follow-up album to 1998's How Does Your Garden Grow?

[12][13] The album was recorded in New Orleans in the band's own studio, which allowed the members to focus on creating music rather than rental costs per day.

Producer Brad Wood's management company recommended DJ Swamp, who had previously worked with Beck, to mix several tracks.

[13] The album's promotion hit a snag after its record label, Beyond Music, was closed down following a business dispute towards the end of 2002, shortly after Closer's release.

[14] In June 2009, Better Than Ezra announced that it had acquired the rights to Closer and would re-release it in the Fall of 2009 with two new previously unreleased tracks, "Simple Song" and "Screwed Up and Beautiful.

[16] A Greatest Hits collection was released on March 15, 2005, through Rhino Entertainment, a division of the Warner Music Group.

In 2005, Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry used the band's song "Juicy" as the background music for the second season of the show's promotional advertisements, which Griffin credited with bringing attention to the album.

Longtime drummer Travis McNabb left Better Than Ezra in February 2009 and their last performance together was Family Gras in Metairie, Louisiana.

Announced at the same time was McNabb's replacement, New Orleans–based drummer Michael Jerome, formerly of the band Pleasure Club.

In addition, Better Than Ezra announced the May 12, 2009, release date for their seventh studio album, entitled Paper Empire, which is produced by Warren Huart and singer Kevin Griffin.

On August 13–14, 2021, Better Than Ezra played a pair of sold-out shows at the House of Blues New Orleans in order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their second album Friction, Baby.

On March 8, 2024, the band's ninth studio album Super Magick was announced, and the single "Live a Little" was released.