Short History
Discography
Bibliography
Shows
Barenaked Ladies
Official Press-Photo for Disc One (2001) by Robert Sebree
| Steven Page | Vocals, Guitar | |
| Ed Robertson | Guitar, Vocals | |
| Kevin Hearn | Keyboards, Accordion, Guitar, Vocals | |
| Jim Creeggan | Double Bass, Vocals | |
| Tyler Stewart | Drums, Vocals |
Barenaked Ladies are from Toronto, Canada.
They make great, versatile Music with intelligent Lyrics.
In Europe (except England) BNL are not very well known.
But in the U.S.A. they had a No 1 Hit with One Week in 1998.
There they are selling out Stadiums with an audience of 20'000.
A lot of Improvisation and Comedy is included in all their Shows.
Every Concert is different.
Fans travel from all over the world to BNL Shows,
and often they follow the Band for several Shows in a row.
Short History
Steven Page and Ed Robertson went to the same School
In summer 1988 both were as Counsellors in a Music Camp.
After that they became close friends.
In October 1988 Ed was supposed to play a gig at a Benefit Concert with his Band.
Now Ed had to call Steven, to ask if he will do the gig.
The Second Harvest Food Bank Benefit Concert at the Nathan Phillips Square
Although BNL had not even a real Repertoire for that Show,
1989 Steven and Ed were on tour as an opening Act of Corky and the Juice Pigs.
Because everybody involved loved it, they decided, that Andy and Jim would belong to BNL now.
BNL were never looking for a Drummer.
1995 Andy Creeggan decided to leave BNL.
and knew each other since the early childhood.
Being two very opposite characters,
they hung out in different Cliques,
and didn't really talk to each other for a long time.
So it happened, that they (Ed 17, Steven 18) were standing on stage together for the first time.
The problem was, that Ed's Band had broken up.
A phone call came from the Organizer, asking if they were still up.
Ed said yes, but the Name of the Band has changed.
We are now called (he scrolled down a list of fictive Band names,
that he had joked about recently with Steven): "Barenaked Ladies"!
Steven couldn't believe, that Ed called them Barenaked Ladies.
But it was only supposed to be for one Show, so what.
in Toronto, on October 1st 1988
was the first Concert and birth-hour of Barenaked Ladies.
they were asked to do another show.
After that more and more Gig offers came.
And so, BNL still exist today!
During a Tour break, at home in Toronto, they organized a concert for their friends.
As a special surprise they had two friends from Music Camp
sit in for some Songs:
Andy Creeggan on Congas and Jim Creeggan on Bass.
Now, they were a real Band, and no more just a Duo!
But Tyler Stewart was such an enthusiastic BNL Fan, that he really wanted to join the Band.
Ty, Steve, Ed, Andy, Jim - Official Press-Photo (1994) by Jeff Tisman
Since 1995 Kevin Hearn plays Keyboards for BNL.
| 1992 | Gordon | |
| 1994 | Maybe You Should Drive | |
| 1996 | Shoe Box E.P. (EP, enhanced CD) | |
| 1996 | Born On A Pirate Ship (enhanced CD) | |
| 1996 | Rock Spectacle (live, enhanced CD) | |
| 1998 | Stunt | |
| 2000 | Maroon (also as a DVD) | |
| 2001 | Disc One 1991-2001 (all their greatest hits) | |
| 2003 | Everything To Everyone (Special Edition: with DVD) | |
| 2004 | Barenaked For The Holidays | |
| 2005 | As You Like It (mini-album, from the Stratford Festival) | |
| 2006 | Barenaked Ladies Are Me | |
| 2007 | Barenaked Ladies Are Men | |
| 2008 | Snacktime (kids album, also available with book) |
Video (DVD)
| 2001 | Too Little Too Late Includes Pinch Me and the Maroon Infomercial |
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| 2002 | Barenaked In America Documentary by Jason Priestley, filmed in 1998 Includes The Stunt Tour Film This DVD is not yet available as Code 1 In America BIA is only available as a Renting-Video |
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| 2002 | Barelaked Nadies A collection of (almost) all their Videos Includes Commentary by the band and a Karaoke Special |
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| 2004 | The Barenaked Truth Documentary and Interview, filmed in 2001 part of it was shown on CBC's "Life and Times" (January 15, 2002) |
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| 2007 | Talk To The Hand: Live In Michigan Live Concert, recorded on June 15, 2007 in Clarkston (Detroit), MI |
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| 2008 | Ships & Dip III "You Never Know What's Gonna Happen on the Cruz-ah" |
Detailed Discography
Use the following links for a Detailed Discography
(including Independent Recordings, Singles and Compilations),
Official Discographies, Lyrics and Tabs!
Detailed Discography
barenaked.net
Official Discographies
nettwerk.com
bnlmusic.com
Lyrics
barenaked.net
Tabs
Rock It Old School
| 1997 | Born On A Pirate Ship | |
| 1997 | The Best Of | |
| 1998 | Stunt | |
| 2000 | Maroon | |
| 2002 | Disc One |
Biography
| 2001 | Public Stunts, Private Stories Biography by Paul Myers |
BNL Shows
Check out the following Links for excellent Show Archives and Set Lists:
nakedhead.org