Dead: Steven Page's 20-year tenure as Barenaked Ladies lead singer
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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."
Page, 38, said he will be pursuing solo projects, including theatrical
opportunities.
"These guys are my brothers. We've grown up together over the past
twenty years. I love them and wish them all the best in the future,"
Page, who was the band's lead singer, said in the release.
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.
The album and tour had been meant to mark the 20th anniversary of the
band, whose hits include, If I Had $1000000, Brian Wilson and Pinch
Me.
Robertson said Page's departure marks "a new chapter for all of us."
The news comes months after drug charges against Page were dropped in
the U.S.
Page, his girlfriend Christine Benedicto, 27, and her roommate,
Stephanie Ford, 25, were charged in July after police allegedly found
the trio with cocaine and marijuana in a Fayetteville apartment.
In late October, all three secured a deal that will result in their
charges being dropped.
New York Judge Thomas Miller ordered Page to seek drug treatment and
stay clean for six months.
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Allen Kirshner
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Louis Epstein
: On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:16:13 -0800 (PST), "allenk...@hotmail.com"
: <allenk...@hotmail.com> quoted:
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:>Page, who was the band's lead singer, said in the release.
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: I'd say that Page was more accurately one of the two lead singers.
Now will they replace him with a bare naked lady or continue to
engage in false advertising?
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> On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:16:13 -0800 (PST), "allenk...@hotmail.com"
> <allenk...@hotmail.com> quoted:
>
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The greatest band on the planet came from CANADA
GO GUESS WHO
Mark
J.D. Baldwin
In the previous article, allenk...@hotmail.com
<allenk...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Page, his girlfriend Christine Benedicto, 27, and her roommate,
> Stephanie Ford, 25, were charged in July after police allegedly
> found the trio with cocaine and marijuana in a Fayetteville
> apartment.
I certainly hope he doesn't lose his Kraft Dinners endorsement deal
over that.
And ... Fayetteville, *where*, exactly?
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Brad Ferguson
<INVALID...@example.com.invalid> wrote:
> In the previous article, allenk...@hotmail.com
> <allenk...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Page, his girlfriend Christine Benedicto, 27, and her roommate,
> > Stephanie Ford, 25, were charged in July after police allegedly
> > found the trio with cocaine and marijuana in a Fayetteville
> > apartment.
>
> I certainly hope he doesn't lose his Kraft Dinners endorsement deal
> over that.
>
> And ... Fayetteville, *where*, exactly?
New York. It's a village just east of Syracuse.