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* PostGrunge: Managed to establish themselves in both the first ''and'' second wave of this style. The Bob Rock-produced ''Gravity'' was SequelSong: "Wish You Well" from ''Spiritual Machines II'' is meant to get them back be this to basics, and the result isn't all that far removed "Are You Sad?" from TurnOfTheMillennium post-grunge bands like Music/TheoryOfADeadman or Music/ThreeDoorsDown.the original ''Spiritual Machines''.
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* PerishingAltRockVoice: Raine Maida, blessed with a huge vocal range in his prime, still manages to get a little of this.
** It's so distinguishing that, when ''Gravity'' came around, the lack of Maida's falsetto in most of the songs felt jarring for some fans.
* OneWomanSong: "Julia" and "Annie"
* PostGrunge: Managed to establish themselves in both the first ''and'' second wave of this style. The Bob Rock-produced ''Gravity'' was meant to get them back to basics, and the result isn't all that far removed from TurnOfTheMillennium post-grunge bands like Theory Of A Deadman or 3 Doors Down.
** It's so distinguishing that, when ''Gravity'' came around, the lack of Maida's falsetto in most of the songs felt jarring for some fans.
* OneWomanSong: "Julia" and "Annie"
* PostGrunge: Managed to establish themselves in both the first ''and'' second wave of this style. The Bob Rock-produced ''Gravity'' was meant to get them back to basics, and the result isn't all that far removed from TurnOfTheMillennium post-grunge bands like Theory Of A Deadman or 3 Doors Down.
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* PerishingAltRockVoice: Raine Maida, blessed with a huge vocal range in his prime, still manages to get a little of this.
**this. It's so distinguishing that, when ''Gravity'' came around, the lack of Maida's falsetto in most of the songs felt jarring for some fans.
* OneWomanSong: "Julia" and"Annie"
"Annie".
* RecordProducer: Notable for having Arnold Lanni taking the production duties in the first four albums; ''Naveed'', ''Clumsy'', ''Happiness...'' and ''Spiritual Machines'', and Bob Rock on the subsequent ones; ''Gravity'' and ''Healthy in Paranoid Times''. Recently, Jason Lader took the role in ''Curve'' and ''Somethingness'' and [[Music/TVOnTheRadio Dave Sitek]] in ''Spiritual Machines II''. Raine himself also self-produced ''Burn Burn''.
* PostGrunge: Managed to establish themselves in both the first ''and'' second wave of this style. The Bob Rock-produced ''Gravity'' was meant to get them back to basics, and the result isn't all that far removed from TurnOfTheMillennium post-grunge bands likeTheory Of A Deadman Music/TheoryOfADeadman or 3 Doors Down.Music/ThreeDoorsDown.
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* OneWomanSong: "Julia" and
* RecordProducer: Notable for having Arnold Lanni taking the production duties in the first four albums; ''Naveed'', ''Clumsy'', ''Happiness...'' and ''Spiritual Machines'', and Bob Rock on the subsequent ones; ''Gravity'' and ''Healthy in Paranoid Times''. Recently, Jason Lader took the role in ''Curve'' and ''Somethingness'' and [[Music/TVOnTheRadio Dave Sitek]] in ''Spiritual Machines II''. Raine himself also self-produced ''Burn Burn''.
* PostGrunge: Managed to establish themselves in both the first ''and'' second wave of this style. The Bob Rock-produced ''Gravity'' was meant to get them back to basics, and the result isn't all that far removed from TurnOfTheMillennium post-grunge bands like
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* LittlestCancerPatient: A fan of the band, Mina Kim, was this, and her succumbing to cancer inspired "Thief." The music video ends with the message [[TearJerker "Each year, terminal illness steals the lives of thousands of children. Mina Kim was one."]]
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* LittlestCancerPatient: A fan of the band, Mina Kim, was this, and her succumbing to cancer inspired "Thief." The music video ends with the message [[TearJerker "Each year, terminal illness steals the lives of thousands of children. Mina Kim was one."]]"
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Our Lady Peace are more or less one of Canada's most well-known rock bands in general, who had one of alt-rock's more distinctive sounds, and a long string of hit singles, plus they even broke through to the American market, and internationally. Our Lady Peace also had the rather dubious honor of being the band behind "Whatever," the theme song of wrestler Wrestling/ChrisBenoit. When his life ended with a double-murder-suicide, [[{{Discontinuity}} the band could never play it again in good conscience.]]
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Our Lady Peace are more or less one of Canada's most well-known rock bands in general, who had one of alt-rock's more distinctive sounds, and a long string of hit singles, plus they even broke through to the American market, and internationally. Our Lady Peace also had the rather dubious honor of being the band behind "Whatever," the theme song of wrestler Wrestling/ChrisBenoit. When his life ended with a double-murder-suicide, [[{{Discontinuity}} [[RarelyPerformedSong the band could never play it again in good conscience.]]
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Often a 4, and rarely more than a 5.
** There are exceptions, though: On the heavier side, "All For You", "Whatever" & "Dirty Walls" reach a 6, while songs like "Are You Sad?", "Will Someday Change" & "Apology" are on the softer side, around a 2.
** There are exceptions, though: On the heavier side, "All For You", "Whatever" & "Dirty Walls" reach a 6, while songs like "Are You Sad?", "Will Someday Change" & "Apology" are on the softer side, around a 2.
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* {{Mondegreen}}: Raine's vocals can lead to mistaken fans, like the line "surgery an a new nose" in Innocent sounding like "Maria Menounos'
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** It's so distinguishing that, when ''Gravity'' came around, the lack of Maida's falsetto in most of the songs was pointed as the reason [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks why it sucked]].
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** It's so distinguishing that, when ''Gravity'' came around, the lack of Maida's falsetto in most of the songs was pointed as the reason [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks why it sucked]].felt aggraviting to hear for some fans.
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Members (current in bold):
* '''Raine Maida''': Lead vocals, acoustic guitar (1992-present)
* Mike Turner: Lead guitar, backing vocals (1992-2001)
* Jeremy Taggart: Drums, percussion (1993-2016)
* '''Duncan Coutts''': Bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1995-present)
* Jamie Edwards: Keyboards, rhythm guitar (1999-2002)
* '''Steve Mazur''': Lead guitar, backing vocals (2002-present)
* '''Jason Pierce''': Drums, percussion (2016-present)
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Members (current in bold):
* '''Raine Maida''': Lead vocals, acoustic guitar (1992-present)
* Mike Turner: Lead guitar, backing vocals (1992-2001)
* Jeremy Taggart: Drums, percussion (1993-2016)
* '''Duncan Coutts''': Bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (1995-present)
* Jamie Edwards: Keyboards, rhythm guitar (1999-2002)
* '''Steve Mazur''': Lead guitar, backing vocals (2002-present)
* '''Jason Pierce''': Drums, percussion (2016-present)
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** ''"Healthy In Paranoid Times"'' is dropped during the bridge of "Will The Future Blame Us".
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** A common theme in most of their works. "Are You Sad?" is sung from the perspective of person trying to convince a friend this, but they won't listen, while "A Story About A Girl" is much more forceful and blatant.
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* PostGrunge: Managed to establish themselves in both the first ''and'' second wave of this style. The Bob Rock-produced ''Gravity'' was meant to get them back to basics, and the result isn't all that far removed from TurnOfTheMillennium post-grunge bands like Theory Of A Deadman.
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* PostGrunge: Managed to establish themselves in both the first ''and'' second wave of this style. The Bob Rock-produced ''Gravity'' was meant to get them back to basics, and the result isn't all that far removed from TurnOfTheMillennium post-grunge bands like Theory Of A Deadman.Deadman or 3 Doors Down.
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** "Right Behind You" You (Mafia)" from ''Spiritual Machines'' is a much more straight example of this trope.
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* TheAlcoholic: The protagonist ("Sara") from "Automatic Flowers."
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* YouAreNotAlone: A popular interpretation of the TitleTrack from ''Clumsy''. Some would say it's a deconstruction of the trope, in that the protagonist wants to help a friend going down a wrong path, but the friend won't let them in.
** "Right Behind You" from ''Spiritual Machines'' is a much more straight example of this trope.
** "Right Behind You" from ''Spiritual Machines'' is a much more straight example of this trope.
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The lineup from this album pressed on with 2005's ''Healthy In Paranoid Times,'' a more politically charged album, and also produced by Bob Rock. 2009's ''Burn Burn'' is not only their shortest album, but was the first album Raine Maida personally produced. Inspired by [=OLP=]'s 2010 Clumsy and Spiritual Machines tour, the band released ''Curve'' in 2012 in an effort to make something closer to their old sound.
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The lineup from this album pressed on with 2005's ''Healthy In Paranoid Times,'' a more politically charged album, and also produced by Bob Rock. 2009's ''Burn Burn'' is not only their shortest album, but was the first album Raine Maida personally produced. Inspired by [=OLP=]'s 2010 Clumsy tours performing ''Clumsy'' and Spiritual Machines tour, ''Spiritual Machines'' in their entirety, the band released ''Curve'' in 2012 in an effort to make something closer to their old sound.
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Our Lady Peace are more or less one of Canada's most well-known rock bands in general, who had one of alt-rock's more distinctive sounds, and a long string of hit singles, plus they even broke through to the American market, and internationally. Our Lady Peace also had the rather dubious honor of being the band behind "Whatever," the theme song of wrestler Wrestling/ChrisBenoit, but when his life ended with a double-murder-suicide, [[{{Discontinuity}} the band could never play it again in good conscience.]]
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Our Lady Peace are more or less one of Canada's most well-known rock bands in general, who had one of alt-rock's more distinctive sounds, and a long string of hit singles, plus they even broke through to the American market, and internationally. Our Lady Peace also had the rather dubious honor of being the band behind "Whatever," the theme song of wrestler Wrestling/ChrisBenoit, but when Wrestling/ChrisBenoit. When his life ended with a double-murder-suicide, [[{{Discontinuity}} the band could never play it again in good conscience.]]
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* YouSeeImDying: Power ballad "4am" is about a desire to fix a relationship with an estranged father, after learning that said father is dying. It was based off a dream Maida had.
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#: ''Gravity'' (2002)
#: ''Healthy in Paranoid Times'' (2005)
#: ''Burn Burn'' (2009)
#: ''Curve'' (2012)
#: ''Somethingness'' (2018)
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Ask any Canadian who the biggest rock bands were during the AlternativeRock/PostGrunge era was, AlternativeRock[=/=]PostGrunge era, or even just who the biggest Canadian bands were in the 90s, and odds are pretty good that one of the first names you'll hear is Our Lady Peace.
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Ask any Canadian who the biggest rock bands were during the AlternativeRock/PostGrunge era was, or even just who the biggest Canadian bands were in the 90s, and odds are pretty good that one of the first names you'll hear is Our Lady Peace.
Mike Turner and Michael "Raine" Maida formed [=OLP=] in Toronto in 1992, originally under the name As If. It was a mix of covers and originals in their first shows until they came across songwriter and producer Arnold Lanni, and began writing and recording material with him. The band eventually got their more famous Our Lady Peace monicker from a Mark Van Doren poem of the same name.
With two Mikes in the band, Michael Maida adopted the StageName "Raine" Maida (eventually having it legally changed). The band signed a deal with Sony Music Canada in April of 1993, and it took almost a year before their debut album, ''Naveed,'' was released in Canada, and eventually released in the United States a year after that. ''Naveed'' is where the band's eccentric sound, highlighted by Raine Maida's signature wail, was set in stone.
After touring with the likes of I Mother Earth and 54-40 and building some buzz for themselves, the band moved to Columbia Records and released their sophomore album, ''Clumsy'' (originally titled ''Trapeze''). It was a breakthrough for the band, spawning several hit singles (such as "Superman's Dead," "4am" and the title track) and eventually becoming a diamond-certified album.
[=OLP=] released ''Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch'' in 1999, which debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart. It's notable for tackling even weightier subject matter than before, and Raine Maida claimed the album is about "obsessions." The album got mixed reviews from critics, but was another platinum-selling hit. They continued to tackle weightier issues on ''Spiritual Machines,'' released in 2000. This album was based around Raymond Kurzweil's 1999 book ''The Age of Spiritual Machines'' which guitarist Mike Turner was a huge fan of. Notably, ''Spiritual Machines'' was even better received than the previous album, but change was in the air, as this would be the last album recorded with longtime producer Arnold Lanni.
Founding member Mike Turner was gone from the band a week after they started writing and recording with producer Bob Rock. Steve Mazur replaced him, but Turner still has rhythm guitar credits on the album. Said album was ''Gravity,'' one of the band's more controversial albums, as it streamlined the band's music back to a basic PostGrunge sound. While the album met a cool reception from some critics, the album did spawn big hits in "Somewhere Out There" and "Innocent."
The lineup from this album pressed on with 2005's ''Healthy In Paranoid Times,'' a more politically charged album, and also produced by Bob Rock. 2009's ''Burn Burn'' is not only their shortest album, but was the first album Raine Maida personally produced. Inspired by [=OLP=]'s 2010 Clumsy and Spiritual Machines tour, the band released ''Curve'' in 2012 in an effort to make something closer to their old sound.
The band released their ninth album in 2018, ''Somethingness,'' which was marked by their Canadian tour with Canadian alt-rock peer Music/MatthewGood. It is their first album with new drummer Jason Pierce, after longtime drummer Jeremy Taggart left the band in 2016.
Our Lady Peace are more or less one of Canada's most well-known rock bands in general, who had one of alt-rock's more distinctive sounds, and a long string of hit singles, plus they even broke through to the American market, and internationally. Our Lady Peace also had the rather dubious honor of being the band behind "Whatever," the theme song of wrestler Wrestling/ChrisBenoit, but when his life ended with a double-murder-suicide, [[{{Discontinuity}} the band could never play it again in good conscience.]]
Maida has been married to Canadian SingerSongwriter Chantal Kreviazuk since 1999.
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#: ''Naveed'' (1994)
#: ''Clumsy'' (1997)
#: ''Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch'' (1999)
#: ''Spiritual Machines'' (2000)
#: ''Gravity'' (2002)
#: ''Healthy in Paranoid Times'' (2005)
#: ''Burn Burn'' (2009)
#: ''Curve'' (2012)
#: ''Somethingness'' (2018)
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* ArenaRock: Started embracing this more in the 2000s, especially ''Gravity.''
* CarefulWithThatAxe: Raine's vocals can go from mid-range to ''very'' high at the drop of a hat.
* ConceptAlbum: ''Spiritual Machines'' is very much this trope as mentioned above, though ''Happiness...'' is this to a lesser extent.
* EpicRocking: A few songs, like "The Birdman," "Naveed" and "Stealing Babies" cross the 5 minute mark, with "Naveed" almost 6 minutes.
* LittlestCancerPatient: A fan of the band, Mina Kim, was this, and her succumbing to cancer inspired "Thief." The music video ends with the message [[TearJerker "Each year, terminal illness steals the lives of thousands of children. Mina Kim was one."]]
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Often a 4, and rarely more than a 5.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Raine Maida was young, he played a prank on his friend with a gun which he didn't realize was loaded. No one was hurt, but his remorse at scaring his friend lead to the song "Big Dumb Rocket."
* NonIndicativeName: There are no ladies whatsoever in Our Lady Peace.
* [[OneSteveLimit One Mike Limit]]: Raine chose his StageName to avert this and separate himself from Mike Turner.
* PerishingAltRockVoice: Raine Maida, blessed with a huge vocal range in his prime, still manages to get a little of this.
* WanderlustSong: "Naveed" from the album of the same name.
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Ask any Canadian who the biggest rock bands were during the AlternativeRock/PostGrunge era was, or even just who the biggest Canadian bands were in the 90s, and odds are pretty good that one of the first names you'll hear is Our Lady Peace.
Mike Turner and Michael "Raine" Maida formed [=OLP=] in Toronto in 1992, originally under the name As If. It was a mix of covers and originals in their first shows until they came across songwriter and producer Arnold Lanni, and began writing and recording material with him. The band eventually got their more famous Our Lady Peace monicker from a Mark Van Doren poem of the same name.
With two Mikes in the band, Michael Maida adopted the StageName "Raine" Maida (eventually having it legally changed). The band signed a deal with Sony Music Canada in April of 1993, and it took almost a year before their debut album, ''Naveed,'' was released in Canada, and eventually released in the United States a year after that. ''Naveed'' is where the band's eccentric sound, highlighted by Raine Maida's signature wail, was set in stone.
After touring with the likes of I Mother Earth and 54-40 and building some buzz for themselves, the band moved to Columbia Records and released their sophomore album, ''Clumsy'' (originally titled ''Trapeze''). It was a breakthrough for the band, spawning several hit singles (such as "Superman's Dead," "4am" and the title track) and eventually becoming a diamond-certified album.
[=OLP=] released ''Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch'' in 1999, which debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart. It's notable for tackling even weightier subject matter than before, and Raine Maida claimed the album is about "obsessions." The album got mixed reviews from critics, but was another platinum-selling hit. They continued to tackle weightier issues on ''Spiritual Machines,'' released in 2000. This album was based around Raymond Kurzweil's 1999 book ''The Age of Spiritual Machines'' which guitarist Mike Turner was a huge fan of. Notably, ''Spiritual Machines'' was even better received than the previous album, but change was in the air, as this would be the last album recorded with longtime producer Arnold Lanni.
Founding member Mike Turner was gone from the band a week after they started writing and recording with producer Bob Rock. Steve Mazur replaced him, but Turner still has rhythm guitar credits on the album. Said album was ''Gravity,'' one of the band's more controversial albums, as it streamlined the band's music back to a basic PostGrunge sound. While the album met a cool reception from some critics, the album did spawn big hits in "Somewhere Out There" and "Innocent."
The lineup from this album pressed on with 2005's ''Healthy In Paranoid Times,'' a more politically charged album, and also produced by Bob Rock. 2009's ''Burn Burn'' is not only their shortest album, but was the first album Raine Maida personally produced. Inspired by [=OLP=]'s 2010 Clumsy and Spiritual Machines tour, the band released ''Curve'' in 2012 in an effort to make something closer to their old sound.
The band released their ninth album in 2018, ''Somethingness,'' which was marked by their Canadian tour with Canadian alt-rock peer Music/MatthewGood. It is their first album with new drummer Jason Pierce, after longtime drummer Jeremy Taggart left the band in 2016.
Our Lady Peace are more or less one of Canada's most well-known rock bands in general, who had one of alt-rock's more distinctive sounds, and a long string of hit singles, plus they even broke through to the American market, and internationally. Our Lady Peace also had the rather dubious honor of being the band behind "Whatever," the theme song of wrestler Wrestling/ChrisBenoit, but when his life ended with a double-murder-suicide, [[{{Discontinuity}} the band could never play it again in good conscience.]]
Maida has been married to Canadian SingerSongwriter Chantal Kreviazuk since 1999.
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#: ''Naveed'' (1994)
#: ''Clumsy'' (1997)
#: ''Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch'' (1999)
#: ''Spiritual Machines'' (2000)
#: ''Gravity'' (2002)
#: ''Healthy in Paranoid Times'' (2005)
#: ''Burn Burn'' (2009)
#: ''Curve'' (2012)
#: ''Somethingness'' (2018)
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* ArenaRock: Started embracing this more in the 2000s, especially ''Gravity.''
* CarefulWithThatAxe: Raine's vocals can go from mid-range to ''very'' high at the drop of a hat.
* ConceptAlbum: ''Spiritual Machines'' is very much this trope as mentioned above, though ''Happiness...'' is this to a lesser extent.
* EpicRocking: A few songs, like "The Birdman," "Naveed" and "Stealing Babies" cross the 5 minute mark, with "Naveed" almost 6 minutes.
* LittlestCancerPatient: A fan of the band, Mina Kim, was this, and her succumbing to cancer inspired "Thief." The music video ends with the message [[TearJerker "Each year, terminal illness steals the lives of thousands of children. Mina Kim was one."]]
* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Often a 4, and rarely more than a 5.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Raine Maida was young, he played a prank on his friend with a gun which he didn't realize was loaded. No one was hurt, but his remorse at scaring his friend lead to the song "Big Dumb Rocket."
* NonIndicativeName: There are no ladies whatsoever in Our Lady Peace.
* [[OneSteveLimit One Mike Limit]]: Raine chose his StageName to avert this and separate himself from Mike Turner.
* PerishingAltRockVoice: Raine Maida, blessed with a huge vocal range in his prime, still manages to get a little of this.
* WanderlustSong: "Naveed" from the album of the same name.
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