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Jim Creeggan - double bass, bass guitar, singing
Tyler Stewart - drums, singing
Steven Page - singing, acoustic and electric guitars
Ed Robertson - acoustic and electric guitars, singing
Kevin Hearn - keyboards, accordion, singing, electric guitar
Barenaked Ladies began in 1988 in Toronto,Canada. Blending alt-pop-rock with hints of folk and country, the group toured extensively throughout Canada and England.
The 1991 release of their independent EP signaled BNL's popular potential, as the hit single "Be My Yoko Ono" helped the collection become the first independent release in Canadian music industry history to go gold.
Barenaked Ladies signed a major label deal with Sire/Reprise Records a year later and released Gordon, which was No. 1 in Canada for eight weeks and earned them Groupo f the Year honors at the Juno Awards.
The 1994 album Maybe You Should Drive (containing "Jane" and "Alternative Girlfriend") and the enhanced1996 Shoe Box Ep (featuring the title track and the other unavailable "Trust Me" and marking BNL's first release sans Sire) followed Gordon. They met with similar success and accolades at home, but were noticed in the U.S. only by their growing, but still modest, underground core of fans.
BNL has been on a steady creative and commercial rise that culminated in early 1998 when the quintet earned its first-ever U.S. gold record.
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Albums
| Year | Title | |
| 1992 | Gordan | |
| 1994 | Maybe You Should Die | |
| 1996 | Born On A Pirate Ship | |
| 1998 | Stunt | |
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