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Barenaked Ladies was formed in 1988 during a summer camp in Toronto,
Ontario CANADA, by two vocalists+guitarists: Steven Page and Ed Robertson.
The two guys decided to expand the band by adding their high school friends,
bassist Jim Creeggan and his brother Andrew on keyboards; drummer Tyler
Stewart soon joined and the band was complete.
The Alternative-Rock Pop-Rock act recorded an independent self-titled
cassette in 1990, known as "The Yellow Tape", which became a
surprise hit in their homeland.
They were then signed to Sire/Reprise who issued "Gordon" in
1992, the record went gold in Canada producing such hits as "Brian
Wilson", "If I Had A $1,000,000" and "Be My Yoko Ono".
Two years later, "Maybe You Should Drive", has cracked The Billboard's
Top 200 Albums chart, but shortly after the record was released, Andrew
Creeggan left the band to go back to school.
Kevin Hearn took over the keyboards in time for the third album, "Born
On A Pirate Ship", which reached the #111 slot on The Billboard Top
200 chart in 1996; it included their first Billboard's Hot 100 entry:
"The Old Apartment".
The band's audience built slowly since 1998 when exploded "Stunt",
in fact it peaked at #2 on the Canadian Albums chart and also hit the
top 3 of The Billboard 200 chart; the main single, "One Week",
shot to #1 on both The Billboard Hot 100 and The Modern Rock Tracks charts,
another single, "It's All Been Done", hit #15 on The Modern
Rock chart; also "Alcohol" made top 40 in the same chart and
the final single, "Call And Answer", received significant airplay
on Adult Contemporary stations.
Hearn had been diagnosed with leukemia that same year, he had to take
several months away from the band; after a bone marrow transplant that
eliminated all the cancer cells, the keyboardist was ready to re-joined
the group.
In the fall of 1999 the band contributed a song to "King Of The Hill"
soundtrack TV series; this single, entitled "Get In Line", broke
into the Adult Top 40 chart.
Barenaked Ladies returned with "Stunt"'s follow-up in September
2000; "Maroon", produced by Don Was, soon climbed into the top
5 of the North-American Albums charts on the strenght of three triple-A
radio hit singles, "Falling For The First Time", "Too Little
Too Late" and "Pinch Me" the latter of which also crossed
over to The Billboard Hot 100 peaking at #15.
The next year the five-piece Toronto-based band released a Greatest Hits
that celebrated the first decade of their career.
Their sixth LP of new material, "Everything To Everyone", followed
in late 2003, the record hit the top 10 on both Canadian and U.S. Albums
charts and generated two Billboard's Adult Top 40 hits in "Another
Postcard" and "Testing 1, 2, 3".
In mid-2004 Barenaked Ladies released a compilation entitled "Barenaked
For The Holidays" which collected traditional re-worked songs as
well as a few new tracks, including "Elf's Lament" recorded
in collaboration with Michael Bublé.
The quintet released their new album "Barenaked Ladies Are Me"
through their own label, Desperation Records in September 2006; the set
features the singles "Easy" and "Wind It Up".
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