krease 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2009 Grumble... I didn't believe it at first, but it's right on their website (http://www.bnlmusic.com/). Things won't be the same without Steven... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Floyd 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2009 "And nothing of value was lost!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperJerk 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2009 Yup....the 90s are over. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2009 My sister will be heartbroken. This has been her favorite band since "One Week" was a hit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord of The Curry 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2009 I have a feeling more Americans will care about this then Canadians as their fanbase South of the border is larger then in Canada. Here's hoping Stephen Page puts out that cocaine rap album we've all been waiting for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Czech please! Report post Posted February 26, 2009 Wasn't "One Week" cocaine rap? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2009 It took me four posts to figure out who the hell we were talking about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2009 So the last thing they did was the theme to Big Bang Theory? That's a pretty interesting swan song for the group. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted February 26, 2009 This will make my wife sad, as they were her favorite band. They've got some decent stuff, but I haven't cared for most of there recent music, so I agree with the Jay Sherman comment. And Page is kind of a fuckhead anyway, so I think they'll be better off without him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2009 This will make my wife sad, as they were her favorite band. They've got some decent stuff, but I haven't cared for most of there recent music, so I agree with the Jay Sherman comment. And Page is kind of a fuckhead anyway, so I think they'll be better off without him. My sister will be heartbroken. This has been her favorite band since "One Week" was a hit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2009 CTV, CP24 & CityNews up here are treating it like it's the equivalent of the Beatles breaking up. *shrug* Last I checked, the band isn't breaking up, one guy is just leaving to go it alone. Big whoop - it's not like they were ever any good. I slot them in the same category as Hootie & the Blowfish - unlistenable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheech Tremendous 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2009 It took me four posts to figure out who the hell we were talking about. I had to consult Google. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brett Favre 0 Report post Posted February 26, 2009 Who? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fuzzy Dunlop 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2009 In the summer of either 1999 or 2000, there was something called Rockfest, which IIRC was in Joliet, IL, or I could just be thinking that because it was definitely held at a race track. Anyways, the main attraction for this was Metallica, but it was an all-day concert featuring Kid Rock, Stone Temple Pilots, Veruca Salt (sp?), some other bands I don't remember, and Barenaked Ladies. Needless to say, after several hours in the hot sun, standing up the whole time because it was the only way my friend and I (who were like 13 at the time) could be near the stage, and surrounded by mostly white trash, BNL was not well-received. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Czech please! Report post Posted February 27, 2009 I slot them in the same category as Hootie & the Blowfish - unlistenable. What? Hootie and the Blowfish's fatal flaw is that they're eminently listenable, and thus make you complacent with pleasantly unchallenging MOR rock. Barenaked Ladies were just affectedly quirky and lame. You're not smart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted February 27, 2009 Page Kinetic to this thing. He hates this band worse than I hate Rex Grossman. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2009 Czech's right re: both BNL and Hootie. Except for the former's "One Week," both bands never created anything other than fluffy, marginal blah-rock perfect for scoring your visit to the supermarket or gym. If either deserve hatred, it's due to the desire of both bands to do little more than exist for their easily entertained audiences. Something this competently, if perfunctorily, performed can never be "unlistenable." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord of The Curry 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2009 "Let Her Cry" is better then anything BNL have ever done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2009 Yeah, as the board's most prominent fan of said '90s fluff rock, I can say that I'm rather indifferent to Stephen Page leaving Barenaked Ladies. Inc pretty much summed it up best. Nothing great, nothing horrible just sort of there. And "Let Her Cry" is really a great '90s MOR ballad. BNL never really did anything as half as good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Baron 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2009 The only songs from BNL I actually care for is The Old Apartment and their cover of Bruce Cockburn Lovers In A Dangerous Time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord of The Curry 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2009 "What a Good Boy" is one of their better ones too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
haws bah gawd 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2009 I thought they were a "fun" group with some catchy songs. Sad to see them gone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Czech please! Report post Posted February 27, 2009 Czech's right re: both BNL and Hootie. Except for the former's "One Week," both bands never created anything other than fluffy, marginal blah-rock perfect for scoring your visit to the supermarket or gym. If either deserve hatred, it's due to the desire of both bands to do little more than exist for their easily entertained audiences. Something this competently, if perfunctorily, performed can never be "unlistenable." Don't forget that "If I Had A Million Dollars" song which wasn't any good at all. I can't think of anyone that I like from that subsection of kinda light-hearted funny bands. Barenaked Ladies were terrible, They Might Be Giants had a song I liked four years ago but it's not as if I like them, Rush admittedly had their moments, and Weird Al stops being cool after the age of ten. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BUTT 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2009 How do you fit Rush in there? They aren't a comedy band. At least not intentionally. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King Kamala 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2009 Does Guster count? They sort of venture into that territory sometimes and they seem to tour with them a lot but I don't know if I'd qualify them as such. BUTT's right, Rush really has nothing similar to any of those other bands you listed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kinetic 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2009 Rush? While I still hate this band and consider "One Week" to be the most grating Top 40 single ever, my hatred for them has subsided somewhat since I no longer have to hear them every day at work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2009 Czech's right re: both BNL and Hootie. Except for the former's "One Week," both bands never created anything other than fluffy, marginal blah-rock perfect for scoring your visit to the supermarket or gym. If either deserve hatred, it's due to the desire of both bands to do little more than exist for their easily entertained audiences. Something this competently, if perfunctorily, performed can never be "unlistenable." Don't forget that "If I Had A Million Dollars" song which wasn't any good at all. I can't think of anyone that I like from that subsection of kinda light-hearted funny bands. Barenaked Ladies were terrible, They Might Be Giants had a song I liked four years ago but it's not as if I like them, Rush admittedly had their moments, and Weird Al stops being cool after the age of ten. Barenaked Ladies had enough "serious" songs to where their being a written off as a quirky joke band isn't entirely fair, but, ultimately, I don't give shit. I know too much about this band, thanks largely to an ex-girlfriend and, to a lesser extent, my sister. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2009 Oh, who am I kidding: Also, they haven't broken up, since some people still seem to be under this impression. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Smues Report post Posted February 27, 2009 Oh, who am I kidding: Also, they haven't broken up, since some people still seem to be under this impression. Decent album, awful, awful cover. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Giuseppe Zangara 0 Report post Posted February 27, 2009 That's what all Canadians look like. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
