How OUR LADY PEACE Became SO POPULAR!

[@rnrtruestories]

Do you think our lady peace was the best Canadian alternative rock band to come out of the 90s?

[@GrapPro]

For me that's Matthew Good Band.

[@bangslamwham88]

Yes.

[@jezballs4018]

As a Canadian I couldn't stand them,BUM,Punchbuggy,Killjoys,Chixdiggit and The Doughboys were 1000x better.

[@stellafoxband8866]

I Feel Tea Party was better, just not as commercial

[@Les537]

Nope. Never could stand that group.

[@riffdagg6701]

Our Lady Peace is probably my favorite Canadian band next to rush. Criminally underrated and gets not enough attention

[@superunknown2812]

MuchMusic definitely had a huge hand in making alot of Canadian artists popular.

[@ambert.3792]

i freekin LOVED our lady peace, lol. i printed out hella pixelly pictures of them from the internet on my moms printer and hung them on the walls! 😂 this was a wonderful vid, and now im gonna go listen to supermans dead.

[@IloveKurtCobain-z5k]

I still know everyword to every song off of Clumsy. I actually had to buy a 2nd CD b/c I played the 1st one out.

[@TheRaven8]

Clumsy was a life changer for me

[@IloveKurtCobain-z5k]

@@TheRaven8 I can still sing (not good) but I can still sing every song on Clumsy. I had to buy a 2nd CD.

[@nigel_saxon]

That famous guitar intro to Chris benoit's theme

[@rnrtruestories]

Yup

[@Matt-mk8ph]

Everytime I hear the harmonic on that intro riff I think of Chris Benoit smashing people with his flying headbutt.

[@ehleroo]

Blast from the past! OLP was one of my favorite bands and my first-ever rock concert. I’d love to see an RNRTS on Serial Joe if there’s any information out there. Thanks for sharing!

[@tomstrawmyer4980]

As a guy from the USA, I think they are great! Their album clumsy has a lot of great songs! 😁

[@cdk]

clumsy is one of the few albums that is good from start to finish. no skips at all. one of my all time favorites!

[@alleahsasseville]

Summer in the 90s, our Lady Peace, I Mother Earth & Tea Party!! 😎

[@Welcome2whereverUR]

When are you gonna do one on the Matthew Good Band? You're from Canada and I can't think of any band from Canada more deserving of mention and merit.

[@jpm420]

Much love keep up the amazing work

[@mikeygraves16]

I won tickets off the radio in Cleveland back in '94 or '95 to see Candlebox & Sponge. Got to the venue and there were flyers posted up ssying that the opener, Seaweed, had to cancel, so OLP would be filling in. Still one of my all time favorite concerts I've ever been to

[@rnrtruestories]

Good lineup!

[@rorybiller]

They were the first band I ever saw live. Probably my first favourite band. I was obsessed with their first 3 records as a young fella. Even the 4th had some great tracks. Too bad Maida lost his singing voice. The show I saw a couple of years ago was painful to behold. They will always be special to me.

[@VanishedPNW]

I lived in WA state, two miles south of Canada, I vividly recall these albums.

[@sitindogmas]

man, I forgotten more good music than I can even remember, the 90s were amazingly insane. I appreciate your videos dude, ima jam these dudes today, good memories. ✌️💚 from the middle of W.V.

[@rnrtruestories]

Thanks! Appreciate it! It’s funny to see how popular some Canadian bands were in the states

[@markredf150]

Was there a lot of ruckus in Canada around the band Default? I loved The Fallout and Live A Lie is my favorite song of theirs❤

[@AJOngenae]

As a kid I remember liking the Naveed album, but it wasn't until I was a teen and Clumsy came out, that it changed everything about the band for me. To this day they are my favourite canadian band

[@cameronbartlett6593]

The X club in Hamilton and the Mel Lastman's Square in Toronto for New Years. Loved seeing these guys in the small venues in the mid 90's . They are still in every playlist. Thanks P. Toyne!

[@michael7054]

Nice video! I found out about them from a secret code on a playstation Demo disc and it was the song and music video for Clumsy. I thought it was a cool song to be on a playstion demo disc / music video.

[@spfadden082711]

Our lady peace definitely had some great songs. Great video!

[@rnrtruestories]

Thanks

[@Jakew9]

I’m soooo soooo glad you talked about OLP, I live in NY American born and raised. Recently little over a year ago, I started listening to them! ❤

[@redman958]

I miss the days of Much Music and it was great how they would promote Canadian bands.

[@lunarmodule6419]

Word up bro!

[@carriewalker2929]

I loved OLP. I went to a tonne of festival shows in the 90’s and saw them about 5 different times. I also had a pen pal at the time from Australia so we would exchange music. I sent him some OLP and he loved it as well.

[@drewp.wiener1205]

Naveed was a sick album - still listen to it.

[@gregmanca1474]

Great episode. OLP was everywhere. Grew up in Alberta as well(Leduc)🇨🇦 Excellent channel! (PS- ever listen to Harem Scarem?)

[@deannagordon550]

I absolutely still listen to them to this day love them ❤

[@CodyBeach-xp6hq]

I’m glad you covered our lady peace. I remember when there song whatever was the theme of Chris Benoit. The cool part is that the band and the wrestler are both Canadian.

[@rnrtruestories]

@@CodyBeach-xp6hq thanks!

[@706wi11]

My best friend had a subscription to Rock Video Monthly or whatever it was called, where they would literally mail out hour long VHS tapes full of music videos. That was how I heard of both Everclear (Fire Maple Song) & Our Lady Peace (Naveed) long before they really broke big in the states with Everclear's Santa Monica & Our Lady Peace's sophomore album as well. Prior to that, their stuff never got played on alt rock radio near us, & we lived near 2 pretty decent scenes in Athens & Atlanta GA with big rock stations.

[@NoVegetalsCat]

I will never forget the first time I heard them . I was in Denver in Technical School and we had a day where we're supposed to pick a song that sets a mood and explain why it does. I heard "Somewhere Out There" and it was amazing.

[@albert_ponce]

I saw OLP 5-6 times in the 90's and they never disappointed. Great energy and 1 of the best lives bands period

[@AlyssaEhm]

Hello from Alberta! 👋

[@rnrtruestories]

Thanks!

[@texanfournow]

10:50 I spent the summers of my youth in Muskoka. It's one of the most beautiful places on earth, IMO.

[@schmoab]

Going to see Our Lady Peace tonight! I love their first 5 albums, but obviously Naveed is head and shoulders the best. I played Happiness.. on a loop back in 2000.

[@vandalorianvandalorian4769]

I remember hearing ‘Starseed” on the radio, blew me away! I went right out and bought ‘Naveed’ and became a fan. Such a great album. Saw them in a small club. Great show!

[@VitaEx]

I definitely taped clumsy off the radio 107.7 the end on my hand me down tape radio record player. Was on a cassette with greenday and some other tracks I loved growing up I must have been like in 8th grade maybe

[@Peavey311]

I worked for an alt rock radio station when these guys were at their peak and I ended up doing grip work for them when they played our station's Chinese New Year show. The guitarist, Mike was incredible. He was there telling me jokes while he was in the middle of playing songs. True talent there.

[@fgoindarkg]

When musicians are talking while playing that's not talent, that's a lack of passion and commitment. It's basically saying they'd rather chat with a roadie than engage the audience.

[@scusemewhileiwhipout]

saw them in new orleans at mojo fest back in 97. they were great

[@AnodyneJS]

I recall hearing a few of their songs in Los Angeles at the time, but moving back to Michigan, specifically right near the border, they got a lot more play from stations originating in both countries.

[@enlat2003]

OLP is one of my top fave bands and their secret why they go so popular is not secret.... they make good music paired with incredible lyrics all wrapped up in a unique sound. That combination is what makes any OLP song stand the test of time. That's is the real reason they are where they are, still touring, still putting out records out while many of the bands that risen along side OLP are nowhere to be seen, split or simply forgotten to time.

[@jasonrogers8754]

I was 18 when they dropped the clumsy album and the radio station first played Superman's Dead, Clumsy and Automatic Flowers every day here in East Tennessee. I bought and still have that very same CD in the CD case and it plays every single song somehow. I didn't even know that they had a previous album until over 10 years later I thought clumsy was the first one.

[@thebourg]

I lived in Buffalo ad OLP has a huge following there as well. I discovered them though living in California in the late 90s

[@drewp.wiener1205]

That as wild man. Treble Charger was big in Ont in the late 90s amd early 00s, so a bunch of us crossed the border to see them in Buffalo and they were nobody’s. We drank beer with them in the beer tent. Cool you guys follow some Canadian bands. The Hip? The Odds? Wide Mouth Mason?

[@trippy2022]

I got to see back to back van halen shows in toronto a lifetime ago, and olp were opening for them…i became a real fan that night i saw them…they were so good!

[@rnrtruestories]

So speaking of van halen…tune in on Monday

[@scottandrewogden525]

I didn't know you were from Alberta as well! I discovered OLP while listening to Lethrbridge's Rock station, I think it was the Bridge or something in 1995 after hearing Supersatelite. I'll have to watch your Big Shiny Tunes video now.

[@scottandrewogden525]

You should do a video on Serial Joe next!

[@ronzigato]

I remember when my buddy in central ontario brought a copy of Naveed over to my house. His parents were divorced, his Dad lived in Toronto, heard them and turned Ian onto them. The first time we heard the title track we were hooked. First two albums were killer, a little hit and miss beyond that.

[@Abridgimation]

They deserved way more radio play than Nickelback got

[@TheDopekitty]

They're my sister's favorite band and I like them too.

[@Not_Here_At_All]

Thanks to MuchMusic when they aired it here in the US I was introduced to Our Lady Peace more than the US had shown and became a bigger fan of theirs due to it 🤘🏻

[@scottp.5055]

I still listen to OLP. Clumsy and 4am are my favorites from the band.

[@Trashpanda_404]

I remember seeing them at one of those x type feats in the mid 90’s. The drummer played with his back to the crowd.

[@stellafoxband8866]

WHAT!? you're from Edson? Our Bassist is from there. Cool! I remember when they added the Wendy's there.

[@rnrtruestories]

Yup lived there for nearly 13 years

[@JadedMax]

​@@rnrtruestories Dude, I lived in Spruce Grove. Oh the highway truck stop towns.

[@rnrtruestories]

@@JadedMaxyup spruce grove is close to where I live I was actually thinking of moving there

[@striderreborn1467]

I remember "Starseed" also playing in the criminally underrated Slacker Comedy from the 90's. "National Lampoons: Senior Trip".

[@DwemerTom]

Naveed is honestly my favourite OLP album. It has a great raw sound

[@jesterr7133]

Good timing. I have been on a OLP kick, and I have been listening to them for a few days straight now.

[@rnrtruestories]

Thanks

[@chrisplese9293]

One of the best bands of that era. Great albums!

[@noahmichael2213]

Surprising to hear Our Lady Peace is so big in Canada because they aren't all that big in the US. I mean, they had a moment or two in the late 90s but it wasn't that big

[@rnrtruestories]

It’s generally the case for a lot of Canadians band. The government mandates broadcasters play a certain amount of Canadian bands

[@outre00]

I'd love to see a video about New Brunswick's Eric's Trip please!!

[@jesterr7133]

I wish you would go deeper on bands like this. You ended their story 25 years ago. There was so much more to tell about these guys.

[@rnrtruestories]

This is a great point. I’ve done similar style stories on 311 and no doubt. I purposely do this because to sit down and write a full history on a band with a long career and lots of albums takes a lot of time. So I will be definitely revisiting them and finishing off the rest of their discography but it just makes it easier from content creation and research part

[@michael7054]

Yeah somewhere out there was a cool song

[@MrLurchsThings]

@@rnrtruestories a surprising number of 90s bands are still out there producing good, new music. Counting Crows is the one that always springs to mind for me.

[@rnrtruestories]

@@MrLurchsThingsyes I had previously done one video on them and plan on revisiting them again

[@bradyoung1658]

I think after spiritual machines they just weren't the same band anymore

[@mattday2656]

Canadian alt-rock in the 90's was killer, my first concert was edgefest 98'

[@raziswickid]

Great channel man! Would love you to cover anything you can for The Headstones.

[@ronaldbeerguy]

I just saw them last week as a free show at Regina’s exhibition. Raine Maida’s voice isn’t what it used to be but dammit they had a crowd of about 1000 people outdoors rocking. Fantastic show and it was a treat to see them love again. 👍

[@ChrisOnDrums07]

A 16 minute video of the show is on here. Kinda glad I didn't go, his vocals are not great...but it's been 30 years so...

[@thetannedbeard]

They were the first band I ever saw in concert, probably in 1996. I still remember how shocked I was at how poorly he sang, it was alarming. They did not sound great live at all.

[@shanedingz]

As a Canadian teen in the ‘90s, I loved this band. They were great addition to all the killer post-grunge happening at the time. Finally got to see them, opening for G’N’R in 2017. They did not disappoint.

[@rnrtruestories]

Was that an Edmonton show? I saw gnr in 2017 and our lady peace opened for them

[@shanedingz]

@@rnrtruestories It was in Regina

[@matthewmartin9313]

The first two albums were huge to my teenage life

[@bangslamwham88]

I'm a huge fan of OLP's first three albums.

[@andrewmachado6988]

Those are the only ones that are any good.

[@cwrichardson3]

My 3 favorite of theirs too

[@PeterJames-kf5cp]

Hey man! Thank you for making this video! I feel like I'm reconnecting with myself watching your content. Keep up the awesome work!

[@rnrtruestories]

I appreciate that!

[@the_muddy_waters]

Birdman will be my favorite from OLP, but also love Denied, Hope, Neon Crossings, and Starseed, Car Crash, Let me Down, 1000 Aisle...

[@ExNihiloComesNothing]

I loved the Clumsy album here in the US. I remember discussing the lyrics of Superman’s Dead with someone in college and he mentioned “the world’s a subway” was taken from a poet or philosopher Not sure if it’s true and I couldn’t remember the poet 😂

[@jesterr7133]

OLP prior to Gravity and firing Turner is one of my favorite bands. Naveed, Clumsy, Happiness, and Spiritual Machines are among my favorite albums. They never sounded the same after they fired Turner. Objectively, he was not a good guitar player, but he was bad in a very unique way. He was so bad that he was good, lol. His playing, along with Maida's unhinged vocals. are what gave them such a unique and off beat sound. They weren't the same without him. I'm really glad they have started working with him again. I miss the early stuff. Now, they just sound like anything else you hear on the radio. They are almost a pop band.

[@chipsteve]

Taggert was the drummer.

[@alexjamesbaker]

Canadian artists that probably get more play time than olp: Sloan Nickelback The tragically hip Billy talent Sum 41 Metric

[@Cazz8203]

I will never get tired of listening to the entire "clumsy" album

[@mikeymike8065]

Love your videos man, keep up the great work.

[@rnrtruestories]

Thanks, will do!

[@wozja]

Naveed clumsy happiness and spiritual machines were all excellent albums and great for us youth during that time. I remember lazy out of school summers listening to spiritual machines wit my buddies and being 12 year kid when first hearin supermans dead and immediately feeling like I was a ‘teenager’ now with my buddies ditching our toys and beginning the moody broody years of youth lol

[@pwnedeful]

Our Lady Peace is one of the few post-grunge bands that weren't horrible

[@Nolewayout33]

Growing up in Florida from Miami to Daytona Beach it got a ton of play in my Dodge Colt during the 90’s.

[@IloveKurtCobain-z5k]

Hey another Florida person. I saw them in Lighthouse Point, then Pompano Beach. Then Boynton Beach & then West Palm Beach. I moved to the West Coast now near the Gulf of Mexico so I see shows in Tampa. Just saw The Cure for the 10th time last October. It was inside, not at the outside park. Amelie Arena.

[@SeaToSkyImages]

Dodge Colt family unite! The Colt was my first car. That thing got me everywhere I needed to go.

[@anthonyaiello4343]

My wife has been Raine's lawyer for ages. Great guy

[@joshuacoleman8000]

Really? That's so cool.

[@Luge_Lessons]

Sloan and I Mother Earth were both better, but OLP was great and based on sales and airplay they were likely technically at the top.

[@tommymclaughlin-artist]

I Mother Earth - Dig is an amazing album all the way through.

[@MathieuLLF]

​@@tommymclaughlin-artist so's Scenery & Fish

[@Les537]

Sloan was pretty great back in the day. OLP and IME both sounded like prefab rock to me. Never could dig them.

[@MathieuLLF]

@@Les537 OLP sounded like prefab rock, not IME.

[@bound2thefloor1]

Man, I haven't heard that name Our Lady Peace in years. Next stop "Clumsy" music video.

[@LoneCanadianPoet]

If ONLY the Headstones went on tour with Van Halen. I mean... OLP touring with Van Halen sounds like a miscast😂

[@ineffable50]

Terrestrial radio as opposed to extra-terrestrial? After watching this I need to go play all OLPs vids again. Kudos!

[@andersuberman683]

Headstones all the way! 🤘

[@keodahui7504]

Do a video on the band Monster Magnet🚀

[@TiberiusGracchusII]

they told me SUPERMAN'S DEAD , maybe by a poisonous STARSEED that's SOMEWHERE OUT THERE in space , or he got CLUMSY and got beat by a ONE MAN ARMY , but it wasn't them ... they were all INNOCENT.

[@anjy2l332]

4 a.m. is a very good tune. Funny they didnt mention the obvious Billy Corgan influence on homeboy's voice.

[@rnrtruestories]

I mentioned comparisons to smashing pumpkins

[@emilyplunkett6034]

RE the "dark optimism": Fun fact: the entire reason I became of fan was because I bought Spiritual Machines on a whim (particularly for me - I lean way more pop than I care to admit and it became the heaviest thing I'd bought at that point) about 10 days before September 11, 2001 - and, my God, that album might have been the perfect antidote to that absolute frazzled day.

[@Bimmy_Lee]

OLP's fist 5 albums are amazing!

[@walterchew2944]

Healthy in p.t. Was the downhill mark

[@83reggieT]

In the US clumsy with supermans dead was popular for about a year thrn they faded back into obscurity.

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

Superman's Dead is the only song I know of them. But the vocals are unique and I think I should check out their other songs

[@traplord1829]

Chris benoit had his theme song from him

[@cwrichardson3]

Not him but them

[@mikedavis1476]

Benoit is a saint

[@TheDopekitty]

​@mikedavids1476 seriously? He killed his wife and kid(s?)

[@mikedavis1476]

@@TheDopekitty it was probably an accident...these things happen from time to time

[@frustrateduser9933]

You're a small-town 6th grader & you get a Tim Horton's/Wendy's combo? Score! 👍

[@rnrtruestories]

Yes then we got a McDonald’s around the same Time

[@TrumpMagat]

BIG SHINY TUNES BAYBAY!!!!

[@IloveKurtCobain-z5k]

I've been to Calgary 8x. 4x were to snowboard since it doesn't snow in Florida & 4x in the Summer when the Sun stays out until like 9:30 at night. I have to check out Toronto some time, Great videos. You have the perfect voice to do videos & be a DJ, I notice you don't have a thing to pay to watch your videos. So either you are really $$$$ or you are a real DJ in Canada. I know in The States we got Much Music from Canada. I still apologize for when you played a PRANK on April Fools Day. I dropped an F BOMB LOL. You are awesome.

[@rnrtruestories]

Thanks I don’t work as dj or anything. I want to make my content free and all I ask if people watch and share it. I hate creators who promote products in every video when they make more than enough money. I’ve had offers to promote certain products and I say no a lot of the time because I would never advertise something I myself wouldn’t use

[@IloveKurtCobain-z5k]

@@rnrtruestories You do this for free? How do you pay your bills?? You have to be rich I have shared a couple in different FB music groups with Adam hiding under a made up name from 3DG & I shared some on Twitter. You have Paypal or a PO BOX? I don't understand how you do this for free. If its too personal I understand. I just love your voice and learning stuff about music. I am in the Medical field but I do play the guitar. Have a great Sunday with your family. Denise

[@VicariousThePot]

I only know them from beniot theme song

[@michael7054]

I first found out about them from a Playstation demo disc lol. It was the music video clumsy. You had to type a secret code for it.

[@allanvanuga9196]

Great video.

[@johnb5082]

I think in hindsight i heard a few of their songs on the alt rock stations but when they did the song "whatever" for Chris Benoit in the wwe i then started listening to their catalog

[@MiKeMiDNiTe-77]

Awesome underrated band 👏

[@MikeFoerster]

If it wasn't for my ex-wife, I would probably listen to them, but I was never really a fan. On a road trip, my ex played the same damn three songs on the clumsy CD. It was so bad that when we got home, I hid the CD and only found it a couple of years back and then I threw it out. I can't listen to them at all now. I switch the station if they come on.

[@BlindGordie]

I can't believe it has been 30 years since Naveed and I remember hearing Starseed on radio stations in September 1994 and I was looking forward to more songs being added. Obviously, there were and I am happy with what I have heard, since then.

[@teewalker1013]

Now you have to do a video about I Mother Earth.

[@MathieuLLF]

IME are the best Canadian band ever

[@Les537]

@@MathieuLLF Laughs in RUSH

[@MathieuLLF]

@@Les537 Rush are great too!

[@andrewmachado6988]

Not many people will know this but Edwin (the original singer of IME) sang vocals on quite a few songs on Alex Lifeson’s solo album “Victor” (the guitar player from Rush).

[@trendmassacre8423]

​@@Les537(laughs in 5/3)

[@Tombzy]

I believe Raine Maida is married to Chantal Kreviazuk.

[@rnrtruestories]

Yes did you watch their documentary together from a few years ago?

[@bcbradley]

How did they not chart higher. Those numbers seem low for how much they got played on the west coast eh

[@rnrtruestories]

Canada they charted well

[@scotttill3847]

My son's middle name is Raine, which we selected due to Raine Maeda. My wife and I were pretty into OLP (and we are Muricans). I still love Spiritual Machines. Edit: since you are covering a Canadian act, could I suggest you cover Devin Townsend?

[@rnrtruestories]

Good suggestion!

[@scotttill3847]

@@rnrtruestories Hevy Devy time!

[@potterpotter8953]

Raine is an amazing, unique singer. Jeremey Taggert is an under rated drummer as well.

[@IloveKurtCobain-z5k]

He is. He is really nice too.

[@potterpotter8953]

@@IloveKurtCobain-z5k I got to meet all of them in 95 and they were incredible nice.

[@IloveKurtCobain-z5k]

@@potterpotter8953 I met them in 97. Thats when I saw them the 4th time and it was an all day festival. I have a B&W autographed photo. Very nice.