Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Barenaked Ladies Lose Front-man... Front-man keeps double-chin.




Steven Page is leaving the band to pursue a solo career.

A questionable though not entirely unpredictable decision due to his recent rock star antics.

This can go one of two ways... Either it's the I Mother Earth/Edwin paradigm where they're great together, and after the split neither band nor lead singer are ever heard from again.

OR

Matthew Good Band/Matthew Good where the front-man is 90% of the band and goes on to make his best stuff (Champions of Nothing... Best.Song.Ever.)

I suspect it's the former in this case, and that Page is throwing away hard-earned commercial recognition in the US for vanity alone. Sure he's got a great pop voice, but he's in a novelty band, and much the same way that nobody wants to see Hootie without the Blowfish, Page risks becoming roadkill on the rock n roll highway.

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