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 Kevin Hearn, 2005.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kevin Neil Hearn |
| Born | July 3, 1969 |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Keyboard instruments, accordion, guitar, mandolin |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Associated acts | The Look People, Barenaked Ladies, Rheostatics, Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle |
| Website | www.kevinhearn.com |
Kevin Neil Hearn (born July 3, 1969 in Grimsby, Ontario, Canada) plays keyboards and other instruments for Barenaked Ladies (BNL) and also has his own band, Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grimsby ( Canada 2006 Census population 24240 is a Town on Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. The accordion is a portable box-shaped Musical instrument of the hand-held Bellows -driven free-reed aerophone family sometimes referred to as a Squeezebox The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles A mandolin is a musical instrument in the Lute family (plucked or strummed The Look People were a Canadian Alternative rock band in the 1980s and 1990s Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Juno -winning and Grammy -nominated Canadian Alternative Rheostatics were a Canadian Indie rock band active from 1980 to 2007 Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle are a Canadian band consisting of Barenaked Ladies multi-instrumentalist Kevin Hearn as the front man bassist Chris Gartner Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grimsby ( Canada 2006 Census population 24240 is a Town on Lake Ontario in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Juno -winning and Grammy -nominated Canadian Alternative A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle are a Canadian band consisting of Barenaked Ladies multi-instrumentalist Kevin Hearn as the front man bassist Chris Gartner He also attended Inglenook Community Highschool. Inglenook Community High School is an alternative school which offers only senior (grade 11 and 12 courses and is housed in a historical building in Corktown, in downtown
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Early life
Kevin was born to a relatively large family, and they lived in a small home. [1] He recalls buying Magical Mystery Tour and a Beach Boys greatest hits record, and having them become his first two favourite albums, which led him to an interest in performing music. Magical Mystery Tour is the name of the 11-song Album and six-song Double EP by the English rock band The Beatles, first The Beach Boys is an American rock band Formed in 1961 the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California Youth culture [1] Hearn has a classical piano background. He also attended St. Michael's Choir School.
Career
Hearn joined The Look People in 1988 and played with the band until their break-up in 1993. The Look People were a Canadian Alternative rock band in the 1980s and 1990s In 1995 he replaced departed keyboardist Andy Creeggan in the Barenaked Ladies. A keyboardist is a Musician who plays Keyboard instruments Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists Andy Creeggan (born Andrew Burnett Creeggan 4 July 1971, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) was the keyboard and Hearn did not own any of the band's albums and had to learn all of the band's songs in a matter of weeks. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed
His early contribution to the band can be heard on the live release Rock Spectacle, which was recorded on his first tour with the group. A live album &ndash commonly contrasted with a Studio album &ndash is a recording consisting of material (usually music recorded during stage performances Rock Spectacle (1996 is the fourth full-length album by Barenaked Ladies and their first live release He played mostly keyboards on the songs included on the album, and some accordion. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public The accordion is a portable box-shaped Musical instrument of the hand-held Bellows -driven free-reed aerophone family sometimes referred to as a Squeezebox His first BNL music video was the video for "Shoe Box", followed by the video for "The Old Apartment" (neither of which was for a recording he actually played on). A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics " Shoe Box " is a song by Canadian band Barenaked Ladies, released as a single in 1995 " The Old Apartment " (often just " Old Apartment " is a song by Canadian Alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies. Also, thanks to the opportunities afforded him by the job, Hearn released an album called Mothball Mint of his own material. Mothball Mint is a solo CD by Kevin Hearn, keyboardist of Barenaked Ladies.
After extensive touring in the United States, building upon increasing success of Rock Spectacle, the band recorded their fourth studio album, Stunt. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. Ideally the space is specially designed by an acoustician to achieve the desired acoustic properties (sound Stunt is the fifth full-length album and fourth studio album by Barenaked Ladies. This was Hearn's first album with the band. While Andy Creeggan was mostly focused on acoustic keyboards (mainly piano), Hearn was experienced with electronic keyboards, synthesizers and samplers. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers A sampler is an electronic musical instrument closely related to a Synthesizer. This contribution to the band's sound is evident on Stunt. Hearn also contributed some lead electric guitar to the album, having a noticeably different style than Ed Robertson or Steven Page. An electric guitar is a type of Guitar that uses pickups to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current which is made louder Lloyd Edward Elwyn Robertson (born October 25 1970) better known as Ed Robertson, is a Lead singer, Guitarist and Songwriter This article is about the Canadian musician for the Australian choreographer see Stephen Page.
Shortly after the recording of the album, Hearn was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia. Chronic myelogenous (or myeloid leukemia ( CML) is a form of Leukemia characterized by the increased and unregulated growth of predominantly Myeloid cells He began treatment at the same time the band was shooting the video for "One Week", and as such, does not appear in many of the shots. " One Week " is a 1998 hit single by Barenaked Ladies. [1] He was hospitalized in Toronto while the band continued to tour in support of the new album (which had become a hit). Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario In Popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list&mdasha Chart &mdashof top [1] Several of the band's friends filled in at different points (including Chris Brown and Greg Kurstin). Chris Brown is a Canadian Singer-songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist. Hearn ultimately required bone marrow transplants from his brother Sean Hearn, and eventually his cancer went into remission. Bone marrow is the flexible tissue found in the hollow interior of Bones In adults marrow in large bones produces new Blood cells It constitutes 4% of Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled [1][2] He rejoined the band in 1999, though still dealing with the effects of the disease. He also released another solo album, called H-Wing (named for the hospital wing he was in when he wrote most of the songs) which centered on his illness. H-Wing is the first album by Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. It was released in 2001 and features the band's original lineup This time his album was performed with a band, Thin Buckle (all the members of whom performed in some level or another on his first album).
BNL's next album, Maroon, featured one of Hearn's songs, "Hidden Sun" as a hidden track at the end of the disc; his song "Born Human", later re-recorded for Thin Buckle, was recorded and left off the album. Maroon (2000 is the sixth full-length album by Barenaked Ladies and their fifth studio album Starting with the release of the band's sixth studio album, Everything to Everyone, the band entered into a new writing process in which Hearn and Jim Creeggan brought not only songs, but also song ideas that the band would complete together. Everything to Everyone (commonly abbreviated E2E is the eighth full-length album by Barenaked Ladies and their sixth studio album (not including Disc James Raymond Creeggan, better known as Jim Creeggan (born February 12 1970, in Scarborough Ontario) is the Bassist for Everything to Everyone saw Hearn's first writing credits on the regular body of a BNL album. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both He learned to play the mandolin for the album and it has become a common instrument for him on tour. A mandolin is a musical instrument in the Lute family (plucked or strummed Hearn also released a third solo album, Night Light in 2003 with Thin Buckle. Night Light is the second album by Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle.
A fourth album, The Miracle Mile, was released on July 11, 2006 in Canada and online. The Miracle Mile is the third album by Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The BNL writing process from the previous album continued for their seventh studio album, Barenaked Ladies Are Me, released in September 2006. Barenaked Ladies Are Me (usually abbreviated BLAM, and occasionally Are Me or BLAMe) is the tenth full-length
Also of note are Hearn's collaborations with the Rheostatics. Rheostatics were a Canadian Indie rock band active from 1980 to 2007 For their tribute album to the art of the Group of Seven, Hearn contributed keyboards throughout the album, and sings the song "Yellow Days Under A Lemon Sun," (which bookends the CD with two different versions. The Group of Seven was a group of Canadian landscape painters in the 1920s originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio For the album The Story of Harmelodia, a thematical, and somewhat psychadelic children's album, Hearn contributed the songs "Wingophone" and "Monkey Bird. Modern psychedelia For "psychedelics" see Psychedelic drug. " He also contributed to the overall sound of the disc, and has performed live with the Rheostatics throughout the years.
Personal life
Hearn currently lives in downtown Toronto. He also spends time at a cottage which he acquired in the early 2000's. The isolated cottage is on a lake where his family spent time when he was a child. [1]
Hearn's cousin is actor and comedian Harland Williams, with whom he spent a lot of time as a child. cousin in Kinship terminology is a relative with whom one shares a common Ancestor, but in modern usage the term is rarely used when referring to a An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Harland Michael Williams (born November 14, 1962, He attended but dropped out of Sheridan College, and worked as a Forest ranger for five
Discography
See Barenaked Ladies for Hearn's discography with that group. Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Juno -winning and Grammy -nominated Canadian Alternative
with The Look People
- More Songs About Hats and Chickens (1989)
- Small Fish, Big Pond (1990)
- Boogazm (1991)
- Crazy Eggs (1993)
Solo
- Mothball Mint (1997)
with Thin Buckle
- H-Wing (1998)
- Night Light (2004)
- The Miracle Mile (2006)
with The Rheostatics
- Music Inspired by the Group of Seven (1995)
- The Story of Harmelodia (1999)
References
- ^ a b c d e f Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart. Mothball Mint is a solo CD by Kevin Hearn, keyboardist of Barenaked Ladies. H-Wing is the first album by Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. It was released in 2001 and features the band's original lineup Night Light is the second album by Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. The Miracle Mile is the third album by Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle. Music Inspired by the Group of Seven is a 1995 album by Rheostatics. The Story of Harmelodia is a 1999 album by Rheostatics. Billed as a children's album the album is a Narrative detailing the adventures of Dot James Raymond Creeggan, better known as Jim Creeggan (born February 12 1970, in Scarborough Ontario) is the Bassist for This article is about the Canadian musician for the Australian choreographer see Stephen Page. Lloyd Edward Elwyn Robertson (born October 25 1970) better known as Ed Robertson, is a Lead singer, Guitarist and Songwriter Tyler Joseph Stewart (b September 21, 1967) is the Drummer for the Canadian Music group Barenaked Ladies. The Barenaked Truth [Television documentary/DVD]. Take 3 Productions/Casablanca Media Television.
- ^ Moll, George (executive producer). Behind the Music [TV-series]. Behind the Music was a Television series on VH1 that ran from 1997 to 2006, and continues to air sporadically with new episodes New York, NY: VH1. VH1 (known as VH-1 Video Hits One from 1985 to 1994 and VH1 Music First until 2003) is an American Cable television
External links
- Kevin Hearn official website
- Kevin Hearn at MySpace
- UK fansite
- Unofficial fan club
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