Our Lady Peace Articles



Hey there. My name is Rumble, and I'm going to guide you (yes, you!) through this page's article collection. How, you say? Well, seeing as I've got all of reading week to think about hardly anything, I'm going to do a brief summary and background speech on the article itself to clarify the situations each was taken from. Ready?


The year was 1995...our fledgling band was just beginning to spread its wings...the four members (Chris Eacrett, Raine Maida, Jeremy Taggart, and Mike Turner) had been spending their time trying to get their name out and make a fan base. And then...Robert Plant happened to be listening to his radio at the right moment and heard Starseed! Hearing something he liked, it lead to: STARSEED PLANTED! (May/June 1995)

Feeling some sweet sweet success, the members found themselves being interviewed on tour: Our Lady Peace (Sept. 1995)

And of course, what is starting your career without being compared to other bands? Alistair Stewart takes it to heart! OUR LADY PEACE (Nov 13, 1995)

Duh duh duh-rah!! With their newly released, highly successful sophomore album, Our Lady Peace found themselves in magazines, with a new bassist, and elated to some-what dizzying heights in popularity: MODEL CITIZENS (April/May 1997)

Yet another 1997 article: OUR LADY PEACE: TIPPING THE BALANCE

And one of my personal favorites from 1997: OUR LADY PEACE: THE PIED PIPERS PIPE UP!

The grandiose success of Clumsy did not go unnoticed in the United States: CANADIAN BAND OUR LADY PEACE WINNING OVER U.S. (Nov 1997)

Then, the highlight of our 1998, (Geez, that really makes us sound pathetic! O.k, ONE of the highlights of our 1998) came on January 23, 1998, when OLP graced The Coliseum (now Skyreach Centre) with their musical masterminds. A preview in the Edmonton Journal was done: ONE STEP AT A TIME (Jan. 22, 1998)

Since OLP are no pushovers, subsequent articles in papers followed: AT PEACE WITH SKYROCKETING FAME (Jan 22-28, 1998)

1998 proved to be quite the article year for OLP, finding themselves in many papers, in which we have a couple to share with you: FUMBLING TOWARDS ECSTACY? (1998) SHINING BRIGHT (Feb 1998)

After the Junos, an odd article came out questioning Duncan about award shows...make of it what you will: AN ARCADE INTERVIEW WITH...

Then, having ended their Canadian tour with Summersault, an Edmonton article popped up: WILD WORLD TOUR ENDS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN (Aug 20, 1998)

Of course, what band can get relatively big in the states without being poisoned by conformist magazines such as YM? Apparently, none: 13 HOTTEST ROCK GODS ON THE PLANET (Aug 1998) Oh, and we know about this article through a friend of Erika's. We do not buy YM. Ever. No. Bad. Awful stuff.

Now, I don't know how this article fits in to the timeline. All I know is that it comes after the last one. Yes. Just read it, people: THE CONSISTENT ROAD HOME (Dec. 1998)

As we all know, the media likes to put out "Top ___ of the past year" lists, and OLP happened to top this one:GIGS BIG AND SMALL ENLIVENED (Dec 31- Jan 6, 1999)

Just before the release date of "Happiness...", OLP engaged in a chat with fans about the new album: SONY MUSIC CANADA PRESENTS OUR LADY PEACE (September 13, 1999)

Chart Magazine included OLP in one of their showcases: SHOWCASE (March/April 1999)

Mike ended up being asked about TUNES, TOURING, AND 'TUDE (Nov. 1999)

Our Lady Peace was named Artist of the Year by Chart Magazine for 2000. Read the interview here: ARTIST OF THE YEAR (December 8, 2000)

Annnnnnndddddd....tah dah! The end of my little rant comes to...you know it! The concert article, day of! : OUR LADY PEACE IN CONTROL (Feb 9, 2000)

The most recent article of Our Lady Peace so far...Feb/Mar. 2000 in Smug Magazine: HOUSE OF RAINE

In the beginning of the year 2001, OLP staged a cross-Canada club tour, and it was announced in part in this article: OUR LADY PEACE HIT SMALL CLUBS IN MINI TOUR

This is the article where they announced some of the tour dates for the States: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

If you didn't know it already, the video for "Life" was shot the day before Duncan went into the hospital for surgery. Needless to say, we're pleased that the surgery was successful, but that's not what this page is about! Duncan's health had the boys questioning the meaning of "life" (apparently): OUR LADY PEACE'S MEANING OF "LIFE" CHANGED BY CANCER SCARE

As most of us know, "Spiritual Machines" was inspired by Ray Kurzweil's book. What we didn't know was that he gave OLP a keyboard for free! KEYBOARD MAKER INSPIRES OUR LADY PEACE

Aaah yes, and who would we be if we were not excited, enthralled, and even interested in what OLP is up to now? Karen Bliss speaks on the studio aspect of OLP's up-and-coming album, with Bob Rock producing bits: OLP TO RECORD WITH BOB ROCK (October 25, 2001)

Here is an update on War Child Canada: WAR CHILD

A new article from Ink 19 has come out with some background info on the name of Spiritual Machines, and on Raine's top ten songs: THE SOUL IN THE MACHINE

Now, we are all aware that Mike Turner and OLP recently parted ways. Mike had his say on the CC today, and we thought we'd put up the post for all you fine folks: MIKE'S SAY

The 2002 Juno nominations have been announced, and an article has been put out by JAM! Showbiz: OLP CAUGHT OFF-GUARD BY FIVE JUNO NOMS

The Juno articles just keep rollin' out: STRAIGHT-AHEAD ROCK BANDS LIKE OUR LADY PEACE, NICKELBACK AND SUM 41 PICK UP THE MOST NODS
OLP, NICKELBACK BEAT MGB FOR JUNO NOMS

And a new article is out about the new album!! It includes Jeremy's ideas/hopes for the album, a little about Mike, and some names for new songs: NEW OLP ALBUM A RADICAL DEPARTURE

With Mikes departure and OLP's apparently busy schedule, how WILL they find a new guitarist? Well, OLP has decided to pull a Limp Bizkit (methaphorically speaking) and do a "want ad". There's even an article on it: OLP TEARS A PAGE FROM LIMP BIZKIT'S BOOK

The newest additions to our OLP article page are both about the new album, it's release date, and some specifics on who's on it and so forth: OLP UNVEIL NEW ALBUM DETAILS OLP ALBUM OUT IN JUNE

OLP has pointed to its new guitarist. Steve Mazur comes from Detroit originally, and with new guitarist comes new articles: OLP HIRES NEW GUITARIST OUR LADY PEACE FIND NEW GUITARIST

As some of us know, Jeremy helped out with the "Hero" video (Nickelback). That is, he was in the Hero video. Here's an amusing little article about the vid: NICKELBACK, SALIVA MEMBERS FAKE IT FOR 'HERO' VIDEO

OLP speak about working with Bob Rock on their new album: (warning, if you have a special place in your hearts for Mike Turner, don't read this....Maida disses out on Mike) OUR LADY PEACE ARE PUTTY IN PRODUCER BOB ROCK'S HANDS

Another article about the new album: "GRAVITY" CAN'T KEEP OUR LADY PEACE DOWN

There was a recent chat with OLP on Sympatico.ca....read it here: AUGUST 13

Finally. Western Canadian tourdates have popped up. Here's a Chartattack article about it: OUR LADY PEACE ANNOUNCES WESTERN TOUR

With a Canadian tour comes a whack of surprises, two of which are a live DVD to be filmed in Calgary and Edmonton; and ALSO a live CD, which will be recorded in Calgary and Edmonton, and released in April. To read about it, see: OUR LADY PEACE TO RELEASE LIVE ALBUM

Well, the final week is upon us!! To get in the mood, VUE WEEKLY has provided Edmontonians with an article for the upcoming show: OUR LADY PEACE: NEAR DEATH, REBIRTH, AND GRAVITY

Preview of Edmonton show: WAR AND PEACE

Yet another article about the live DVD/CD: OUR LADY PEACE PLAN LIVE ALBUM AND DVD

Raine has recently written an article for CHART magazine. Here's an intro to the article, hopefully I'll have the actual article up soon: OUR LADY PEACE'S RAINE MAIDA SPEAKS OUT AGAINST WAR

Here's an interview from Switzerland: KONZERTE

Now! I hope you had as much fun reading this as I did writing it (God, I make it sound like doing html is a fun thing...). We have more articles on the way, so come back and read it, you hooligans!!


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