America (band)

Later on his post-America career Dan Peek became a born again Christian and released some marginally selling albums. An updated 2003 version includes a different cover, information about Disc One and Everything to Everyone, and fixes several typos found in the original version. The remaining duo produced a few more albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s to little fanfare, but had one more significant hit, "You Can Do Magic", in 1982. It is published in Canada by Madrigal Press. But then Hideaway marked the beginning of America's decline. Dan Peek left the group. Barenaked Ladies have authorized a biography, Public Stunts Private Stories, written by friend of the band and fellow "Scarberian" Paul Myers, brother of actor Mike Myers. The next album Hearts featured "Sister Golden Hair," the band's second #1 single in the US. Thin Buckle features players from several other Canadian alternative bands, such as Rheostatics.

The group's third album Hat Trick was a relative failure, but their fourth album Holiday (with new producer George Martin) became a hit. Kevin is the frontman of Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle, who play a mix of alternative rock and jazz with many other eclectic influences. America won Best New Artist at the 1972 Grammy Awards. Homecoming became a huge hit in the US, and slightly less so in the UK. Jim is part of the alternative/jazz trio The Brothers Creeggan, with brother and former BNL member Andy Creeggan and friend Ian McLauchlan. "Ventura Highway", the first single off their next album, Homecoming, also became a huge hit. Both Jim Creeggan and Kevin Hearn have side projects that are worked on during hiatus from BNL touring and studio time. Their first album, America, reached #14. After the group moved to the United States, "A Horse With No Name" hit #1 there and so did the album soon after. They are now working on music for a production of "As You Like It" with the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario and working on an album at Steven Page's farm.

"A Horse With No Name" was the group's debut single, and it peaked at #3 in the United Kingdom. BNL just recently completed a pilot for a variety show, tenatively titled Barenaked Ladies Variety Show, and have submitted it to the FOX network. Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek and Gerry Beckley, all singers and guitarists, met in high school and formed a folk rock group called "Daze." After changing their name to "America", the group received a contract with Warner Brothers Records. It is their first independent record since the Yellow Tape and was distributed by Warner Music. America was a light rock band, most popular in the early 1970s and now best known for their #1 hit "A Horse With No Name". The band's most recent album is "Barenaked for the Holidays," which was released on October 5, 2004. Horse with No Name - 2002. More recently, the latest studio album as well as a single from it have been added.

Holiday Harmony - 2002. In early 2004, the band began offering full live shows for purchase as either download or CD off of an eponymous website (http://www.barenakedladies.com). Hits You Remember Live - 2001. With the release of Everything to Everyone, BNL has fulfilled their contract with Reprise Records, which has allowed the band to try internet distribution and an independent album release. Live (album) - 1999. "Maybe Katie" and an edited version of "For You" from a concert in Glasgow, Scotland were also released as singles to radio. Human Nature - 1998. "Testing 1,2,3" was the second single off of the album and received a video, but no CD single, while "Celebrity" was released later with a CD single, but no video.

King Biscuit Flower Hour - 1996. The first single off that album was "Another Postcard," which received modest radio play. Hourglass - 1994. Everything to Everyone was released October 21, 2003. Ventura Highway & Other Favorites - 1992. The latter was thought by some fans to be a break-up song, because of its title, the fact that it was the last song on the CD, and because its video featured clips from previous videos, but used the Syncro-Vox technique so that the people would lip-sync to the new song. In Concert - 1990. It contains 17 tracks from previous albums, (all of them have been a single, have had their own video, or both) and two new tracks, "It's Only Me (The Wizard of Magicland)" and "Thanks, That Was Fun".

Perspective - 1984. In 2001, they released a compilation album, entitled Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001. Your Move - 1983. Maroon, released in 2000, also did fairly well in stores, led by the single "Pinch Me". The Last Unicorn (movie soundtrack) - 1982. The singles "It's All Been Done" which was also used as the opening theme song on the short lived animated TV series Baby Blues and the song "Call and Answer" also came from this highly successful album. The band has also collaberated with singer Tom Jones for a track on his 1999 album Reload. A View from the Ground - 1982. The band toured, but with friends Chris Brown and Greg Kurstin on keyboards until Kevin recovered enough to rejoin them on the road.

Alibi - 1980. Immediately after Stunt was released, however, Kevin Hearn was diagnosed with leukemia and had to spend several months in the hospital recovering. Silent Lhhhhetter - 1979. The band's greatest success to date and greatest recognition within the United States has come from their fourth album, Stunt, released in 1998, buoyed by the #1 single "One Week". Harbor - 1977. From two dates on the Born on a Pirate Ship tour during 1996, BNL recorded and released a live album called Rock Spectacle, which had a modest radio hit with "Brian Wilson.". America Live - 1977. Kevin Hearn was hired as the keyboardist for the subsequent tour and then was asked to join the band.

Hideaway - 1976. The album received two large boosts from the Jason Priestley-directed video for "The Old Apartment" and the inclusion of the song "Shoebox" on the Friends soundtrack. Hearts - 1975. The band released Born on a Pirate Ship in 1996 as a quartet. Holiday - 1974. After the release, Andy Creeggan left the band to begin college and to separate himself from the infighting that had taken place after the album's failure. Hat Trick - 1973. BNL's second album, Maybe You Should Drive, released in 1994, fared considerably less well with the Canadian public.

Homecoming - 1973. The band's first album, Gordon, released in 1992, was a smash hit in Canada and included some of the band's most well-known songs, including "Be My Yoko Ono" (the single which helped fund the album), "If I Had $1000000" (which spawned a macaroni-throwing tradition at live shows that the band has recently been trying to discourage), and "Brian Wilson" (named after the Beach Boy who later covered the song on a live album). America in Concert Live - 1973. Sales of the tape were jumpstarted when BNL were taken off the bill of a concert at Toronto's City Hall because a staffer for then-mayor June Rowlands saw the band's name and felt it objectified women, which catapulted BNL into a media frenzy. America - 1972. The full band's first release of note was the 1991 independent Yellow Tape, the first indie release to achieve platinum status in Canada. While Andy was on a trip to Ecuador and the band was lacking a percussionist, Tyler Stewart took over the position, and retained it after Andy's return.

As there were very few copies made of both, these tapes are now extremely rare. Barenaked Lunch (also known as the Pink Tape) was released in 1990, and featured two new band members, Andy and Jim Creeggan. Unfortunately, the tape was mastered incorrectly and plays too fast. The band's first tape, Buck Naked, released in 1989, was recorded in basements and bedrooms, and featured only Steve and Ed. BNL has a reputation as an excellent live band, and are particularly well-known for improvising amusing songs during their shows.

They formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. Barenaked Ladies (BNL for short) is a Canadian alternative rock band composed of Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, Steven Page, Tyler Stewart, and Jim Creeggan. Barenaked for the Holidays (2004). Everything to Everyone (2003).

Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001 (2001). Maroon (2000). Stunt (1998). Rock Spectacle (1996).

Born On A Pirate Ship (1996). Maybe You Should Drive (1994). Gordon (1992).