Want your first taste of the Barenaked Ladies sans Steven Page? Their first performance as a four piece has been made available exclusively as a free download until March 27th. Click here to give it a listen and see what you think.
A lot of people are saying there’s a noticable weakness to the band without Page. I haven’t had a chance to listen yet. What do you think?
UPDATE: I’m about halfway through the album right now. Some of it’s good, but anytime they go to an older song that prominently featured Steven it just sounds awful. Note to BNL: new line-up means new band. Cut fresh tracks and stick to those. kthxbai.
I downloaded this yesterday and as much as I miss Steven Page, the band still sounded amazing without him. I hope he realizes the mistake he made leaving such a great group.
I hate it when lead singers leave. It always change the sound of the band.
Honestly the SOUND is different without page but it’s still solid…..But still have a preference to the original mmembers
I will miss Steven Page terribly… I will still love BNL but Steven needs to come back… Please.
I love Steven Page, I’m sorry that he left the Barenaked Ladies but I’ll be following him wherever he goes. He’s amazingly talented.
You can follow Steven Page on Twitter at http://twitter.com/stevenpage
Obviously I miss Steve dearly but they do everything beautifully, even without him. This album should show all fans that bnl can role with the punches; maybe the steve page shout outs are a tribute rather than the band trying to pick up some slack and dwell in the nostalgia of pre-page days. However I do miss in the Michigan live album: “follow steve page everyone… I’m steve page”
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Scarlett makes a good point.