02-24-2009, 11:49 PM
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Barenaked Ladies, Frontman Split
Page, Barenaked Ladies part ways
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Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page has left the group he helped form in Toronto to pursue his own solo projects.
In a statement posted on the band's website early Wednesday, the band said Page will be "parting company with the remaining members of the Barenaked Ladies" under a "mutual agreement."
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The other band members — Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson and Tyler Stewart — return to the studio in April and will go back on the road in the fall.
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Not a group I followed a lot but I liked them. Sad to see things go south for them just before their 20th anniversary.
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02-25-2009, 02:45 AM
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Which one is the coke head?
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02-25-2009, 03:17 AM
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Page is the coke head, but he is talented. I suspect Ed Robertson and the rest will do fine without him. I am not sure what will happen to Page. If he has a drug problem, he probably won't go far.
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02-25-2009, 03:26 AM
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Why can't they follow Blue Rodeo's example and take a break from each other to do their own thing? Why must it be called an official split? I don't remember Jim Cuddy announcing anything. One day, BAM, new Jim Cuddy Band. After awhile, he's back with Blue Rodeo. No drama, and we got a few pretty good songs from him as a solo artist.
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02-25-2009, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Rifleman
Why can't they follow Blue Rodeo's example and take a break from each other to do their own thing? Why must it be called an official split? I don't remember Jim Cuddy announcing anything. One day, BAM, new Jim Cuddy Band. After awhile, he's back with Blue Rodeo. No drama, and we got a few pretty good songs from him as a solo artist.
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That's exactly what I was thinking too. If he wanted to take a break and do solo stuff, why didn't they just announce that? Weird that they announce a permenant split. Probably one of the biggest Canadian bands goes down the tubes.
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02-25-2009, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Eric Vail
Page is the coke head, but he is talented. I suspect Ed Robertson and the rest will do fine without him. I am not sure what will happen to Page. If he has a drug problem, he probably won't go far.
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Maybe he'll start rooming with JD Fortune in his truck.
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02-25-2009, 07:22 AM
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Good, I cannot stand the BNLs. I cringe whenever I hear their crap.
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02-25-2009, 07:59 AM
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I always thought Ed and Steve were co-frontmen.
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02-25-2009, 08:10 AM
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Have a feeling this is as much a PR move for the rest of the group as it is an actual split. BNL was always pretty scandal-free and I can't think that Page being arrested for drugs was a popular thing with their new children's album to be released.
I doubt either side will go all that far sadly - much as I have loved BNL since the release of their indie album pre-Gordon back in 1991(?) or so, the last few years haven't been their best.
I will absolutely miss the concerts tho.....the shows were waaaaaaaay fun.... 
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02-25-2009, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by JerzeeGirl
Have a feeling this is as much a PR move for the rest of the group as it is an actual split. BNL was always pretty scandal-free and I can't think that Page being arrested for drugs was a popular thing with their new children's album to be released.
I doubt either side will go all that far sadly - much as I have loved BNL since the release of their indie album pre-Gordon back in 1991(?) or so, the last few years haven't been their best.
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I agree entirely about the concerts. Very entertaining.
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02-25-2009, 08:52 AM
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I always thought Ed and Steve were co-frontmen.
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Initially they were. The first time I saw BNL there were only 2 of them (that was fall 88/spring 89), and they were opening for Corky and the Juice Pigs.
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02-25-2009, 08:53 AM
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Guess he wouldn't share his blow. Like David Lee Roth.
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02-25-2009, 08:55 AM
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The Barenaked Ladies were still together?
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02-25-2009, 08:59 AM
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The Barenaked Ladies were still together?
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I think they had kept a low profile since they released a children's album and Steven Page had drug charges in the space of a few weeks.
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02-25-2009, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by JerzeeGirl
Have a feeling this is as much a PR move for the rest of the group as it is an actual split. BNL was always pretty scandal-free and I can't think that Page being arrested for drugs was a popular thing with their new children's album to be released.
I doubt either side will go all that far sadly - much as I have loved BNL since the release of their indie album pre-Gordon back in 1991(?) or so, the last few years haven't been their best.
I will absolutely miss the concerts tho.....the shows were waaaaaaaay fun.... |
Have to agree. Loved thier concerts and thier music 
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02-25-2009, 12:16 PM
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I'm surprised this didn't come sooner considering Page's problems.
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02-25-2009, 12:25 PM
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Which one is Page - the fat brown-haired guy or the fat blond-haired guy?
Or, put another way, is Page the psuedo-rapper or the one with the god awful frog-in-his-throat singing style?
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02-25-2009, 12:38 PM
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Page is the one who doesn't have the show "Ed's Up" on OLN.
I would have called Page the frontman, until "One Week" blew up on the charts. Seemed like Ed got more singing/psuedo-rapper time on tracks. I actually like "Pinch Me" which was more Ed, and "Call And Answer" which was more Page...
Weird dynamic...
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