Damn! That was such a blast from the past. I used to have all the BNL records when I was a kid (well, all the ones they’d released up until then). Pure nostalgia for me right there.
Apparently the guys are pretty great people as well. If anyone’s ever listened to the podcast Punch Up The Jam, they did an episode about One Week p—and Demi and Miel weren’t exactly not making fun of them. But I think it was the lead singer (Steven?) reached out and said he loved the show and offered to bring them to any concert they had coming up.
Class act.
I met them many times in the 90s, they’re all very nice guys. I used to have a Geocities fan page for them.
Story time! The lyrics came about when a friend from England was visiting Steven Page. The friend was looking at a map of Toronto and made the comment that the city had beautiful street names and pointed to the intersection of Jane and St. Claire as an example. For those of us who grew up there we know that it was a really ugly. There was a junkyard on one corner, a Dairy Queen on the other all on the edge of the meatpacking district. So somewhere in there a song was born.
I didn’t know that!
Big fan of BNL, especially Steven’s vocals. I admittedly don’t know much of their material before they started charting in the US, so this was a real treat. The whole thing makes me nostalgic for the early 90s.
Oh, Gordon and Maybe You Should Drive are honestly wonderful. Maybe try listening to Rock Spectacle? A very great live recording. Steven Page’s solo work is also absolutely amazing.
