Say the name “Eve 6” to just about anyone in their 20s, and you’ll probably hear a story about “Here’s To The Night” being played at that person’s senior prom or how “Inside Out” helped that person get over a messy middle school breakup.

Those people will be happy to know that Eve 6 will be playing a free show at 8 p.m. July 10 at the Kansas City Power and Light District.

The pop rockers have been touring extensively since 2007, when vocalist/bassist/redhead Max Collins and drummer Tony Fagenson ended the group’s three-year hiatus.

Eve 6 disbanded in 2004 after poor sales of its 2003 album “It’s All In Your Head.” The group knew it was time to start over and work on some new things.

“We had been in the band since we were in high school. It was our lives. It was who we were,” Fagenson says. “We just felt mutually that it was time to try something different.”

In the time away from Eve 6, Collins started Brotherhood of Lost Dogs with Fountains of Wayne drummer Brian Young, while Fagenson produced for lesser-known bands in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, guitarist Jon Siebels joined Monsters Are Waiting and never returned to Eve 6.

Collins and Fagenson remained friends and formed The Sugi Tap in 2005. But it wasn’t long before they were feeling nostalgic.

“It just happened,” Fagenson says. “We thought, ‘What are we waiting for?’ We’re inspired again. We’re happy again. Let’s be Eve 6.”

The band has been met with an outstanding response. Fagenson says it feels a lot like it did a decade ago, even with new guitarist Matt Bair.

“If you saw us 10 years ago, you’re seeing the same band,” Fagenson says. “We’re not bringing out rockets or spaceships. We’re just trying to get the crowd moving, rocking and moshing.”

In fact, the band is discovering a new audience. Fagenson says tons of teenagers come out to the shows. And with numerous Youtube videos teens have made using “Here’s To The Night” and other Eve 6 hits, Fagenson feels the Internet is keeping the group’s music alive.

“That kind of stuff — no one can control that. No label. No band,” Fagenson says. “And it’s allowed our music to be in the minds of young people and the new generation.”

Their young audience has motivated the band to create new music, which Fagenson says people can expect in the next 12 months. But don’t worry. Eve 6 will be playing its memorable anthems from the late ‘90s and early 2000s at the Kansas City concert.

Surprisingly, Fagenson has never grown tired of playing “Here’s To The Night” or “Inside Out.” He actually says he gets more enjoyment out of playing them now than he ever has. Granted, a three-year break will do that.

“They’re sort of fresh again, and I still get a rush from playing them,” Fagenson says. “That’s what people come to see, and we’d be ripping people off if we didn’t play those two songs.”