When the Barenaked Ladies split with Steven Page earlier this week, many of their fans worried about how the band would go forward without the combination of their two frontmen, Page and Ed Robertson. A representative of their label has spoken out...
It's been a bad year for Barenaked Ladies lead singer Steven Page. First there was his little cocaine bust. Then there was the six months probation for the drug charge that followed. Then his bandmate Ed Robertson almost died in an August plane crash. And now Page has been axed from the Canadian pop rock band.A message on "the band's Web site":http://www.bnlmusic.com/ read: "By mutual agreement...
MUSIC NEWS - Singer/songwriter/guitarist Steven Page has announced his departure from the band, Barenaked Ladies. The development arrives four months after US drug charges against Mr Page, 38 were dropped. Page's arrest came after the band, known for its wholesome image and humorish lyrics, released an album of children's songs entitled "Snacktime" (oops, bad timing). As a resul
Steven Page, the lead singer for pop rock band Barenaked Ladies, has left the band to “pursue solo projects including theatrical opportunities while the band enters the studio in April 2009, and hits the road in the fall,” a statement on the band’s...
MUSIC NEWS - Steven Page of pop/rock band, Barenaked Ladies was able to make a deal yesterday with the Onondaga County District Attorney's Office, US to get the charges from his July 11, 2008 drug arrest (cocaine), reduced to misdemeanors. The deal covers Page, his girlfriend Christine Benedicto and her roommate Stephanie Ford, and has resulted in an agreement that will have Page acquit...
From arstechnica.comWhile retailers like Amazon and Wal-Mart are making slow and steady progress into the realm of DRM-free music sales and the MPAA has its sights set on filtering the web, the Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC) has proposed an entirely different plan for settling the war between consumers, pirates and big media studios. Based on the observation that the thriving P2P marke...
I really enjoy the intelligent lyrics and fun the BNLs have. I have gone to their concerts during the last, well 10, years. Back then you could see them in a venue with 200 other screaming and laughing fans. Much of their energy is captured in their live concerts and over the years I have picked up a few of their songs that they perform live but have chosen not to produce on CD. I've included o...
Not only do Canadians bring me my favourite band - They have caused me to watch one of the funniest shows on our world TV station: "Corner Gas":http://www.cornergas.com/home/. There's got to be something in the water!A scene from the show: How Blogs Are BornI don't get every joke though... Who or what is the Glad Man? And why is he the epitome of suit wearing?
Ok you Mogers in need of trivial questions about your worldy desires, I have found the topic for distraught arguments that go about the lines of weather or not you want the cheddar goldfish or if the new pretzel flavor has peaked your intrest enough to be considered for purchase.The topic of course is...IF YOU WON THE FREAKIN LOTTERY WHAT WOULD YOU DO?Well in my own personal opinion if I win th...
BANKJOB, Barenaked Ladies: wonderful song to listen to right now. It's New Year's Eve in Middle Nebraska, and I've learned something important about myself: Ice Storms Fucking Suck Buckets Of Cocks. I can't go out, hell, I can't open my car door from the ice. I know it's winter, but this isn't fucking Fargo...no offense to you Northerners up above me.Ah well, nothing at all to do. I'll have a d...
It's been a bad year for Barenaked Ladies lead singer Steven Page. First there was his little cocaine bust. Then there was the six months probation for the drug charge that followed. Then his bandmate Ed Robertson almost died in an August plane crash. And now Page has been axed from the Canadian pop rock band.A message on "the band's Web site":http://www.bnlmusic.com/ read: "By mutual agreement...
I am here to confess that there are some artists that I just can't listen to.I'm not going to beat around the bush...I'm going to rip of the bandaide and confess, open my soul, to the mog-o-sphere, that I can't listen to these musicians.My top 10 artists that absolutely, positively, don't resonate in my soul.10. Weezer9. Wilco8. Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst, really)7. Band Of Horses6. The National...
Everybody gets busted in upstate New York....TORONTO — Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page, known for his clean-cut image and goofy stage antics, has been charged in New York state with possession of cocaine.Police said Tuesday that the bespectacled singer, responsible for such pop hits as "If I Had a $1,000,000" and "Be My Yoko Ono," was charged last Friday with criminal possession of a con.
... and I say this PURELY from a, really good show (pronounced shoe)standpoint. "We Need Girlfriends" ... they have at least 6 episodes as far as I can tell.I'm giggling like a little girl ...The barenaked ladies reference is for the second episode, if you can't wait to watch the first one, I've attached the second, gawsh.