Jump to content

Our Lady Peace: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary
GreenC bot (talk | contribs)
Reformat 3 archive links. Wayback Medic 2.5 per WP:USURPURL and JUDI batch #27af
 
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Canadian rock band}}
'''Our Lady Peace''', colloquially OLP, is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[alternative rock]] band consisting of [[Raine Maida]] ([[vocals]]), Duncan Coutts ([[bass guitar|bass]]), Jeremy Taggart ([[drums]]), and Steve Mazur ([[guitar]]).
{{Redirect|OLP|the religious symbol|Our Lady of Peace|other uses}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Our Lady Peace
| image = Our_Lady_Peace_at_Virgin_Festival_Ontario_day_2_2009.JPG
| image_upright = 1.25
| caption = Our Lady Peace performing in 2009
| alias = OLP
| origin = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Alternative rock]]
* [[post-grunge]]
}}
| years_active = 1992–present
| label = {{flatlist|
* [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music Canada]]
* [[Relativity Records|Relativity]]
* [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
* Coalition
* [[Warner Music Group|Warner]]
}}
| website = {{URL|ourladypeace.com}}
| current_members = {{Plainlist|
* [[Raine Maida]]
* [[Duncan Coutts]]
* [[Steve Mazur]]
* [[Jason Pierce (drummer)|Jason Pierce]]
}}
| past_members = {{Plainlist|
* [[Mike Turner (musician)|Mike Turner]]
* [[Jeremy Taggart]]
* Jamie Edwards
* Robin Hatch
* Chris Eacrett
* Jim Newell
* Paul Martin}}
}}
'''Our Lady Peace''' (sometimes shortened to '''OLP''')<ref>[http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/OLP OLP – thefreedictionary.com] – ''Farlex, Inc.''. Retrieved February 17, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/pique/index.php?cat=Entertainment&content=OLP+1703 OLP returns to its roots] – ''Pique Publishing''. Retrieved February 17, 2010.</ref> is a Canadian [[alternative rock]] band formed in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] in 1992.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120709081116/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/O/Our_Lady_Peace.html Our Lady Peace in the Pop Encyclopedia]}} – ''Canoe.ca''. Retrieved May 10, 2009.</ref> Led by lead vocalist [[Raine Maida]] since its formation, the band currently also features [[Duncan Coutts]] on bass, [[Steve Mazur]] on guitars, and [[Jason Pierce (drummer)|Jason Pierce]] on drums. The band has sold several million albums worldwide,<ref name="sales">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ourladypeace/articles/story/7596155/our_lady_peace_get_well |magazine=Rolling Stone |title=Our Lady Peace Get Well |date=August 1, 2005 |access-date=July 17, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820235002/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ourladypeace/articles/story/7596155/our_lady_peace_get_well |archive-date=August 20, 2008 }}</ref> won four [[Juno Award]]s, and won ten [[MuchMusic Video Awards]]—the most MMVAs ever awarded to a band (tied with [[Billy Talent]]).<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.muchmusic.com/events/mmva06/inside/rewind/
|publisher = [[MuchMusic]]
|title = MuchMusic.com > MMVA06 > REWIND > 97, 98, 00
|access-date = January 17, 2007
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070202053610/http://www.muchmusic.com/events/mmva06/inside/rewind/
|archive-date = February 2, 2007
|df = mdy-all
}}</ref> Nineteen of their singles have reached the Top Ten on one of Canada's singles charts (those being the overall Singles Chart, the Rock Chart and the Alternative Rock Chart). Between 1996 and 2016, Our Lady Peace was the third best-selling Canadian band and the ninth best-selling Canadian artist overall in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bdsradio.com/pd/docs/Nielsen_Canadian150_2017_vs2.pdf|title=NIELSEN MUSIC & BILLBOARD PRESENT CANADA 150 CHARTS|website=bdsradio.com|page=28|access-date=January 2, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102202137/https://bdsradio.com/pd/docs/Nielsen_Canadian150_2017_vs2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Our Lady Peace has released ten studio albums, one [[Live (Our Lady Peace album)|live album]], and two compilation albums, with their debut album, 1994's ''[[Naveed (album)|Naveed]]'', having reached quadruple platinum in Canada. ''Naveed'' contains their breakthrough single, "[[Starseed (song)|Starseed]]", which peaked in the Top Ten on both the US Mainstream and Alternative Rock Tracks charts, and the [[Naveed (song)|title track]], which reached No. 4 on Canada's Alternative Rock Chart. Their 1997 album, ''[[Clumsy (Our Lady Peace album)|Clumsy]]'', which reached No. 1 in Canada, is considered their signature and most widely recognized work.<ref name="Clumsybest">"[http://www.canada.com/globaltv/globalshows/et_story.html?id=981a7cd4-4a31-4c0a-a024-0ffd50445df4 Canada.com article ''top 100 Canadian albums'']". Retrieved on July 21, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022031415/http://www.canada.com/globaltv/globalshows/et_story.html?id=981a7cd4-4a31-4c0a-a024-0ffd50445df4 |date=October 22, 2007 }}</ref> ''Clumsy'' was certified as Diamond in sales in Canada with its [[Clumsy (Our Lady Peace song)|title track]] reaching No. 1 on Canada's Singles Chart and its lead single, "[[Superman's Dead]]", reaching No. 2 on Canada's Alternative Rock Chart. The album was certified platinum in sales in the US with the title track peaking at No. 5 on the US Alternative Rock chart. OLP's 1999 album, ''[[Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch]]'', also reached No. 1 in Canada and was certified triple platinum there. Its singles "[[One Man Army (song)|One Man Army]]" and "[[Is Anybody Home?]]" reached Nos. 1 and 2 on Canada's Alternative Rock Chart. The band's first four albums are often praised for their unique sound and style, with singer Maida being called "erratic" and "truly unrivaled"<ref name="NvdReview">[http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=2551 Our Lady Peace – Naveed review] – ''Sputnikmusic.com''. Retrieved May 10, 2009.</ref> as a vocalist.
==1990s==
Our Lady Peace was founded in [[1992]] when Mike Turner placed a "musicians wanted" ad in a [[Toronto]] newspaper. Responding first was replaced by Steve Mazur.


Their fifth album, ''[[Gravity (Our Lady Peace album)|Gravity]]'' (2002), is considered to be a "radical departure" from OLP's distinctive style.<ref name="Departure">{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/O/Our_Lady_Peace/2002/02/12/748555.html|publisher=Canoe|title=New OLP record a radical departure|access-date=July 17, 2008|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802053943/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/O/Our_Lady_Peace/2002/02/12/748555.html|archive-date=August 2, 2012}}</ref> Maida has confirmed the change, calling ''Gravity'' "vastly different" from their previous records.<ref name="Gazette2010">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100407055736/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/complete+Raine+Maida/2632762/story.html The complete Q&A: Raine Maida] – ''Montreal Gazette''. Canwest Publishing, Inc. 2010. Archived version retrieved December 15, 2011.</ref> ''Gravity'' reached No. 2 in Canada, where it became the group's fifth straight (and last) double platinum seller, with its "[[Somewhere Out There (Our Lady Peace song)|Somewhere Out There]]" and "[[Innocent (Our Lady Peace song)|Innocent]]" songs reaching No. 1 and 2, respectively, on Canada's Singles Chart. ''Gravity'' was their highest charting album in the United States, reaching No. 9 on the strength of "Somewhere Out There" being their most successful single on the US Hot 100 (No. 26) and reaching No. 7 on the US Alternative Rock Chart. Their 2005 album ''[[Healthy in Paranoid Times]]'' also peaked at No. 2 in Canada and went platinum in sales.
Our Lady Peace first won recognition with their first album ''[[Naveed]]'', released in Canada in [[1994]] and the United States in [[1995]]. "Naveed" became a hit in Canada and "Starseed" a hit in Canada and the United States. ("Starseed" would later appear on the ''[[Armageddon (movie)|Armageddon]]'' film soundtrack. Their second album, ''[[Clumsy (Our Lady Peace album)|Clumsy]]'', released in [[1997]] and including the tracks "Clumsy", "4 AM", "Superman's Dead", "Carnival" and "Automatic Flowers", established OLP as a leading band in [[1990s]] rock [[music of Canada|music in Canada]], and a notable group internationally. Their music explored often deep intellectual and emotional themes with powerful orchestration and the unique singing voice of lead vocalist Maida, called "strange" and "paranoid".


Having released three studio albums with only moderate success between 2009 and 2018, their sequel album ''[[Spiritual Machines 2]]''<ref name="Substream">{{cite web|last=White|first=Logan|date=June 25, 2021|title=Our Lady Peace's Raine Maida Talks New Single + 'Spiritual Machines II'|url=https://substreammagazine.com/2021/06/interview-raine-maida-stupid-people/|website=Substreammagazine.com|access-date=June 25, 2021}}</ref> was released in 2021.<ref name="Sony">{{cite web|url=https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/our-lady-peace-releases-20th-anniversary-remastered-edition-of-double-platinum-certified-album-spiritual-machines|title=OUR LADY PEACE RELEASES 20TH ANNIVERSARY REMASTERED EDITION OF DOUBLE-PLATINUM CERTIFIED ALBUM SPIRITUAL MACHINES|work=Sony Music's sonymusic.ca|date=November 3, 2020 |access-date=December 5, 2020}}</ref> The album's first single, "Stop Making Stupid People Famous" (feat. [[Pussy Riot]]), was released in June 2021.<ref name="AmSong">{{cite web|last=Eves|first=Tina|date=June 25, 2021|title=Our Lady Peace Offer Reality Check with "Stop Making Stupid People Famous"|url=https://americansongwriter.com/our-lady-peace-offer-reality-check-with-stop-making-stupid-people-famous/|work=Americansongwriter.com|access-date=June 25, 2021}}</ref>
[[1999]] saw the release of ''[[Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch]]'', featuring "One Man Army", "Thief" and "Is Anybody Home?". The title track, "Happiness & The Fish", was not released as a single but is credited for spawning the [[catch phrase]], "Talking is just masturbating without the mess." In [[2000]], the band released ''[[Spiritual Machines]]'', a [[concept album]] inspired by [[Ray Kurzweil]]'s ''[[The Age of Spiritual Machines]]'', and featuring "In Repair", "Life" and "Right Behind You".


==2000s==
==History==
===Formative years (1991–1993)===
In the early [[2000s]], some critics contended that the band's new music changed significantly, adopting an increasingly mainstream sound, with Maida's voice perhaps losing its "paranoid" edge. Critics of the band's fifth album, ''[[Gravity (album)|Gravity]]'', called it "overproduced" and "too mainstream". That said, its first single, "Somewhere Out There", became the band's top-charting international hit to date.
[[Image:Raine Maida 2 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|150px|Raine Maida co-founded the band with Mike Turner in 1992.]]
In late 1991, guitarist [[Mike Turner (musician)|Mike Turner]] placed an ad in Toronto-based ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now newspaper]]'' in search of musicians. [[Raine Maida|Michael Maida]], a [[criminology]] student at the [[University of Toronto]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/artists/our-lady-peace#biography|title=Biography|publisher=NME|access-date=September 17, 2009}}</ref> was the first to reply. The two formed a band called As If, inviting Jim Newell as drummer and a friend of Turner's, Paul Martin, to play bass. After they played a number of gigs in [[Oshawa]] with sets containing a mix of original and cover material, Martin departed, and the band placed an ad for a replacement bassist. Chris Eacrett, a business student at Ryerson University, replied and was accepted after an audition. During that time, Turner and Maida attended a music seminar where they met songwriter and producer [[Arnold Lanni]], the owner of Arnyard Studios. The band, with Lanni, commenced writing new material and recorded some material under the As If name.


Soon after, the band's name was changed to Our Lady Peace, after a [[Mark Van Doren]] poem of the same name. With encouragement from Lanni and his management team, the band performed some gigs in Eastern Ontario and [[Montreal]] in conjunction with [[The Tea Party (band)|The Tea Party]]. It was during this time that Maida began using the stage name "Raine" instead of "Mike".{{cn|date=May 2024}}
In [[2003]], Our Lady Peace released the album ''Live'', a compilation of fourteen tracks from live performances. Our Lady Peace also released a DVD under the same name, featuring 22 tracks, including all the tracks from their ''Live'' album.


[[File:Jer-Dec-2002.jpg|left|thumb|125px|Jeremy Taggart joined the band as drummer in April 1993.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706215620/http://www.ourladypeace.cc/bandology.htm Our Lady Peace bandology]}} – ''Ourladypeace.cc''. Retrieved March 29, 2010.</ref>]]
Reports state that Our Lady Peace's next record will be released in March [[2005]], and while a name is yet to be announced, rumoured posibilities include ''Vampires'' and ''Unusual Amount of Common Sense''. Maida, however, has stated that the album's name will most likely not be ''Vampires'' as the name lost its spark after a month or so of consideration for the name of the next release. For the past two years Our Lady Peace has recorded 40 additional tracks and is currently still in the recording process. Some of these tracks include ''Vampires'', which was previewed on The Fox radio, ''Wipe That Smile Off Your Face''; ''Walking In Circles'' and ''Picture''. These tracks may or may not appear on the next album.
An independent music video of the band's debut song "Out of Here" was created in February 1992 by Sam Siciliano, a film student and friend of Turner's, who produced, edited, and directed the video. The video was aired on the [[MuchMusic]] ''Indie'' show. After returning to Arnyard Studios to continue writing and recording material, drummer Jim Newell departed the band. Writing and recording continued with session drummer John Bouvette.


With managers Rob Lanni and Eric Lawrence of Coalition Entertainment representing the band, short showcases were arranged with [[Warner Music Group|Warner Music Canada]], [[EMI|EMI Canada]], and [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music Canada]]. Sony Music Canada head of [[Artist and repertoire|A&R]] Richard Zuckerman liked what he heard, and saw the potential of the band, its producer, and management. The band signed a record and publishing deal with Sony Music Canada in April 1993, and commenced writing for their debut album. Around the same time, then-17-year-old [[Jeremy Taggart]] joined the band as permanent drummer.
== Discography ==
* ''Naveed'' (1994 in Canada, 1995 in the U.S.)
* ''Clumsy'' (1997)
* ''Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch'' (1999)
* ''Spiritual Machines'' (2000 in Canada, 2001 in the U.S.)
* ''Gravity'' (2002)
* ''Live'' (2003)


===Early success (1994–2000)===
== External links ==
After writing and recording over the next year or so, OLP released its debut album, ''[[Naveed (album)|Naveed]]'', in Canada in March 1994, through Sony Music Canada.<ref name="Inc.1996">{{cite magazine|author=Larry LeBlanc|title=Sony Music Takes on the World|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62|date=June 22, 1996|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=62–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> The first single from the album, "[[The Birdman (song)|The Birdman]], was released in January 1994 but did not obtain enough airplay to chart on the Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles Chart. Maida would later say "The Birdman" was chosen as the lead single because its non-commercial sound would likely appeal to university campus radio on which OLP hoped to develop "a buzz", and that waiting a few months to release a more commercial song gave them time to tour with other bands in order to improve their live show.<ref name=LeBlanc>LeBlanc, Larry. "Our Lady Peace jumps Canadian border. " ''Billboard'' 25 Feb. 1995: JuniorQuest Magazines, ProQuest. Web. Retrieved 28 Sep. 2010.</ref> Following the release of the album, the band toured Canada, supporting acts [[I Mother Earth]] and [[54-40 (band)|54-40]]. The second single was "[[Starseed (song)|Starseed]]" which almost made the Top 40 on the RPM Top 100 Chart; there was no national rock and alternative song chart at that time,<ref name="auto">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?q1=%22Our+Lady+Peace%22&q2=Top+Singles&interval=36&x=41&y=5&sk=1&&&&&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5 |title=Our Lady Peace Top Singles positions |magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]] |access-date=2009-11-16 }}</ref> but "Starseed" was ranked at No. 25 on the Top Songs of the 1990s according to 102.1 The Edge, Toronto's most popular alternative/modern rock station.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.torontomike.com/2009/09/the_top_200_songs_of_the_90s_a/|title=The Top 200 Songs Of The 90's According to 102.1 the Edge|date=September 12, 2009|website=Torontomike.com|access-date=July 20, 2021}}</ref> The third and fourth singles released in Canada were "[[Hope (Our Lady Peace song)|Hope]]" and "[[Supersatellite]]" with each receiving moderate airplay, but it was the fifth single, the [[Naveed (song)|title track]] which drove sales of the album, as the track it went to No. 4 on the new RPM Rock/Alternative Singles Chart<ref name="auto"/> and was later ranked as the No. 50 alternative rock song of the 1990s by 102.1 The Edge.<ref name="auto1"/> ''Naveed'' rose to No. 12 on the Canadian RPM Album Chart and was certified 4× Platinum for sales of 400,000 copies in Canada.<ref name="NZ">{{cite web |url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Our+Lady+Peace |title=Discography Our Lady Peace |publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=November 14, 2009}}</ref>
*[http://www.ourladypeace.com Official Band Page]
*[http://www.clumsycongress.com Official Message Board]
*[http://www.ourladypeace.net Official News/Fan Page]
*[http://www.sonymusic.co.uk/ourladypeace Official UK Band Page]
*[http://www.ourladypeace.cc Unofficial Fan Page]
*[http://www.clumsymonkey.net Unofficial Message Board]


''Naveed'' picked up and released in the United States in March 1995 by a Sony Music indie label, [[Relativity Records]], after which the band toured as the opening act for [[Van Halen]]'s Balance summer tour as well as opening shows for Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. "[[Starseed (song)|Starseed]]" was a significant hit in United States reaching Nos. 7 and 11 on the Billboard Modern and Mainstream Rock Charts, respectively.<ref name="US-2">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/our-lady-peace-p169679/charts-awards/billboard-singles|title=Our Lady Peace > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles|work=Allmusic|publisher=Macrovision|access-date=August 13, 2010}}</ref> Touring behind the album resumed in 1996 with time spent opening for [[Alanis Morissette]]. A remix of "Starseed" would later be added to the ''[[Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]]'' film soundtrack. In early 1997, Our Lady Peace was offered (and the band accepted) an American signing with [[Columbia Records]], expanding their horizons within Sony Music. After touring for the album ''Naveed'' concluded, the band began work on their second studio album. As the writing process ensued, bassist Chris Eacrett left the band due to musical differences. [[Duncan Coutts]], a [[Ridley College (Ontario)|Ridley College]] alumnus and former classmate of Raine Maida, joined the band during the recording of that second album. Coincidentally, Duncan Coutts and Mike Turner both studied at the [[University of Western Ontario]] and lived in [[Saugeen–Maitland Hall]].
[[Category:Canadian musical groups]]

[[Category:Rock music groups]]
{{Listen
[[Category:1990s music groups]]
|filename = Automatic_Flowers.ogg
|title = "''Automatic Flowers''"
|pos = right
|description = A clip of the ''Clumsy'' single "[[Automatic Flowers]]"
}}
Our Lady Peace's second album, ''[[Clumsy (Our Lady Peace album)|Clumsy]]'', was released in January 1997. The album cover is based on an abandoned song called "Trapeze", which was initially intended to be the title of the album. The albums's lead single, the guitar-driven "[[Superman's Dead]]", quickly rose to No. 2 for five weeks on Canada's Alternative Rock Songs chart pushing the album to debut at No. 1 on the Canadian Album Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com:80/damn/1999/19990929.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030725060252/http://www.chartattack.com/damn/1999/19990929.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 25, 2003|title=TWO IN A ROW: OUR LADY PEACE DEBUT AT #1 IN CANADA!|publisher=[[Chart Attack]]|access-date=January 21, 2019}}</ref> The second single, "[[Clumsy (Our Lady Peace song)|Clumsy]]", was just as successful, topping the Canadian RPM Singles chart<ref name="auto"/> while also reaching No. 2 on the Alternative Rock Chart. Subsequent singles "[[Automatic Flowers]]" and "[[4 AM (Our Lady Peace song)|4 AM]]", the band's first ballad released as a single, also made the Top 10 on the Alternative Rock chart establishing Our Lady Peace as a leading band in the Canadian rock scene. The most-listened to alternative rock station in Canada, Toronto's CFNY, listed ''Clumsy'' as the No. 1 album for 1997, based on sales, listener requests for songs, and listener votes for the year's top album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spiritofradio.ca/Charts.asp#1997|title=CFNY Hit Lists|website=Spiritofradio.ca|access-date=July 20, 2021}}</ref> In February 2001, Clumsy was certified Diamond (1 million copies) in sales in Canada. Between 1996 and 2017, ''Clumsy'' was the best-selling album by a Canadian band in Canada and the eight best-selling album by a Canadian artist overall in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musiccanada.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/top-150-canadian-albums/|title=Top 150 Canadian Albums|website=musiccanada.wordpress.com|date=July 2017 |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref> In the US, both "Superman's Dead" and "Clumsy" made the Top 15 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, while peaking at No. 11 and No. 5, respectively, on the Alternative Rock Tracks Chart. ''Clumsy'' reached the Top 80 on the Billboard Album Chart and was certified Platinum for sales of 1 million units in the US.

In 1999, Our Lady Peace released their third album, titled ''[[Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch]]''. The album included such hits as "[[Thief (Our Lady Peace song)|Thief]]", a song about a young girl the band met named Mina Kim, who had cancer, as well as "[[One Man Army (song)|One Man Army]]" and "[[Is Anybody Home?]]". Legendary jazz drummer [[Elvin Jones]] was featured on the song "Stealing Babies". Multi-instrumentalist Jamie Edwards was brought in for the 1996 sessions for the album (he remained an unofficial member of the band until 2001, when he was asked to officially join the band to finish the ''[[Gravity (Our Lady Peace album)|Gravity]]'' album). Later that year, the band played an eleven-song set at [[Woodstock 1999]].

[[File:Mike-Sept.10-2001.jpg|right|125px|thumb|The exact circumstances surrounding former lead guitarist Mike Turner's 2001 departure are disputed.]]
In 2000, the band recorded and released ''[[Spiritual Machines]]'', a [[concept album]] inspired by [[Ray Kurzweil]]'s book ''[[The Age of Spiritual Machines]]''. During the recording of the album, drummer Jeremy Taggart was sidelined with an ankle injury; [[Soundgarden]] and [[Pearl Jam]] drummer [[Matt Cameron]], played drums on "Right Behind You (Mafia)" and "Are You Sad?" in his place. The album featured the singles "[[In Repair (Our Lady Peace song)|In Repair]]", "Life" and "Right Behind You (Mafia)". "Life" was also featured in the soundtrack for the Canadian sports comedy film ''[[Men with Brooms]]''. ''Spiritual Machines'' was less commercially successful than its predecessors.

===Line-up and stylistic changes (2001–2005)===
By the early 2000s, the band was becoming restless, feeling a "numbness" with their popularity as well as the "over-saturation" of their songs on Canadian radio. The band almost broke up after completing their ''Spiritual Machines'' tour.<ref name="Durham">Durham, Victoria. "{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706215728/http://www.ourladypeace.cc/articles/2002/Articles2002-Nov-RockSound.htm Our Lady Peace – Weight and Bleed]}}" Rock Sound Nov 2002. Retrieved September 21, 2009.</ref><ref name="O"/>

In December 2001, having dropped original producer [[Arnold Lanni]], the band met with new producer [[Bob Rock]] to start work on their fifth album. Later the following month, founding guitarist Mike Turner either [[resignation|quit]] the band<ref>"[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/451661891.html?dids=451661891:451661891&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+14%2C+2001&author=&pub=The+Spectator&edition=&startpage=D.07&desc=Turner+leaves+Our+Lady+Peace+citing+creative+differences Turner leaves Our Lady Peace citing creative differences] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206172648/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/451661891.html?dids=451661891:451661891&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+14%2C+2001&author=&pub=The+Spectator&edition=&startpage=D.07&desc=Turner+leaves+Our+Lady+Peace+citing+creative+differences |date=February 6, 2013 }}" [[The Hamilton Spectator]] December 14, 2001: D07. Retrieved June 14, 2009.</ref><ref name="OLP3">"[http://www.torchonline.com/uncategorized/2005/10/19/our-lady-peace-disappoints-fans-with-new-album-release/ The Torch article ''Our Lady Peace disappoints fans with new release'']". Retrieved on July 21, 2008.</ref><ref>Anonymous. "[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/430036341.html?dids=430036341:430036341&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+19%2C+2002&author=&pub=The+Record&edition=&startpage=A.7&desc=Our+Lady+Peace+puts+out+the+call+for+new+guitarist Our Lady Peace puts out the call for new guitarist] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206172707/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/430036341.html?dids=430036341:430036341&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+19%2C+2002&author=&pub=The+Record&edition=&startpage=A.7&desc=Our+Lady+Peace+puts+out+the+call+for+new+guitarist |date=February 6, 2013 }}" [[Toronto Star]] February 19, 2002: A7. Retrieved June 14, 2009.</ref> or was forced out due to the other members' concerns about his guitar-playing abilities.<ref>[http://content.bandzoogle.com/users/sflmag/files/SFL_Winter_2010.pdf Interview with Raine Maida] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111064433/http://content.bandzoogle.com/users/sflmag/files/SFL_Winter_2010.pdf |date=November 11, 2012 }} – ''Bandzoogle''. Retrieved March 31, 2010.</ref> Said Maida of Turner's departure, "The last two records we've been yearning for a guitar player that can really stand up and have a strong voice and Mike (Turner) just wasn't that kind of guitar player."<ref name="O">Pacienza, Angela. "Our Lady Peace Finds Gravity in Maui." [[The Winnipeg Free Press]] June 29, 2002: C6</ref> Turner later formed the band [[Fair Ground (band)|Fair Ground]] with [[Harem Scarem]] guitarist [[Pete Lesperance]] and later joined the band [[Crash Karma]]. Turner's last performance with the band was for ''Music Without Borders'' at Toronto's [[Air Canada Centre]] on October 21, 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/O/Our_Lady_Peace/2002/02/12/748555.html |title="New OLP album a radical departure: Our Lady Peace guitarist quits" – article at Jam! Canoe |publisher=Jam.canoe.ca |date=February 12, 2002 |access-date=October 29, 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120802053943/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/O/Our_Lady_Peace/2002/02/12/748555.html |archive-date=August 2, 2012 }}</ref> In the months following Turner's departure, the band held auditions for a replacement lead guitarist. [[Berklee College of Music]] alumnus [[Steve Mazur]], a friend of a friend of drummer Jeremy Taggart, was announced as the new guitarist in April 2002. Long-time touring musician Jamie Edwards also became an official band member around this time.

In June, their fifth album, ''[[Gravity (Our Lady Peace album)|Gravity]]'', was completed and released.<ref>Anonymous. "[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/430105401.html?dids=430105401:430105401&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+16%2C+2002&author=&pub=The+Record&edition=&startpage=B.8&desc=Our+Lady+Peace+signs+new+guitarist Our Lady Peace signs new guitarist] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206172659/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/430105401.html?dids=430105401:430105401&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+16%2C+2002&author=&pub=The+Record&edition=&startpage=B.8&desc=Our+Lady+Peace+signs+new+guitarist |date=February 6, 2013 }}" [[Toronto Star]] April 16, 2002: B8. Retrieved June 14, 2009.</ref> Shortly after the completion of the record, Jamie chose to leave the band for personal reasons, though he returned briefly to stand in for Mike Eisenstein during the Canadian tour of ''Gravity''. The album received mixed reviews, with some critics and fans contending that the album was too drastic a departure from the band's original musical style into a more mainstream sound and lacking any [[creativity]].<ref name="Kludge">Anon. "{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706220441/http://www.ourladypeace.cc/articles/2002/Articles2002-Unknown-KludgeSound.htm Our Lady Peace]}}" – ''[[Kludge Sound]]'' June 26, 2002. Retrieved December 9, 2009.</ref> Maida's signature nasal [[falsetto]] vocal technique was largely absent from the album.<ref name="Kludge" /> Maida said that the album was "pretty much the opposite of ''Spiritual Machines''", calling it their "most basic album" since ''Naveed''.<ref name="Durham" /> ''Gravity''<nowiki/>'s Canadian chart-topping first single, "[[Somewhere Out There (Our Lady Peace song)|Somewhere Out There]]", became the band's biggest international hit to date peaking at No. 26 on the US Hot 100 and No. 7 on the US Alternative Rock Song Chart. Its second single, "Innocent", was also very popular, peaking at No. 2 in Canada, and regained popularity in 2008 after a cover performance on ''[[American Idol]]''. Gravity proved to be more successful than Spiritual Machines in both America and Canada, due to the success of the singles; it reached No. 2 in Canada and No. 9 in the US, their highest charting album in the US. In between their fifth and sixth albums, OLP released their first live album, titled simply ''[[Live (Our Lady Peace album)|Live]]'', which contains a selection of the band's hits from their first five albums as played throughout tours in various Canadian cities.

In August 2005, the band released their sixth album, ''[[Healthy in Paranoid Times]]'', which included the singles "[[Angels/Losing/Sleep]]", "Will the Future Blame Us", and "Where Are You?" According to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', it took 1165 days to create it, and its twelve tracks were chosen from forty-five that the band had written and produced. Maida has since criticized ''Healthy in Paranoid Times'', saying that "(the) record was total excess, total bullshit in the sense of, we finally had succumbed to a label: making us record that many songs, trying to find the right singles for American radio and MTV."<ref name="preferMC">{{cite web|access-date=July 17, 2008|url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=529733b0-3e18-45b7-81ed-6b61bb12a36c|work=Montreal Gazette|title=interview with Raine Maida|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611090329/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=529733b0-3e18-45b7-81ed-6b61bb12a36c|archive-date=June 11, 2008}}</ref> After nearly breaking up during the recording of ''Healthy in Paranoid Times''<ref name="sales" /> the band took a prolonged hiatus.

===Compilations, hiatus, and ''Burn Burn'' (2006–2009)===
In November 2006, Columbia Records released a greatest hits compilation titled ''[[A Decade]],'' following the band's departure from the label. There were two previously unreleased songs on the album, "Kiss on the Mouth" and "Better Than Here". Steve Mazur wrote in a blog on the band's fan club that the new songs on the disc were two unreleased songs from the ''[[Healthy in Paranoid Times]]'' sessions. The collection also included a bonus DVD containing live concert footage and exclusive interviews at the [[Massey Hall]] concert. The single "Kiss on the Mouth", the first off ''A Decade'', has received play on radio stations across Canada. Lead vocalist Raine Maida began work on his first [[solo album]], ''[[The Hunters Lullaby]]'', released in 2007, while the remaining members of the band pursued other personal endeavours. The hiatus would result in the longest time gap between OLP studio albums to date.

The band began working on ''[[Burn Burn (album)|Burn Burn]]'', their seventh studio album, in February 2007. On March 31, 2009, [[Legacy Recordings]] released OLP's second compilation album, ''[[The Very Best of Our Lady Peace]]'' as part of the Playlist series. The album includes the popular singles "[[Naveed (song)|Naveed]]" and "[[Somewhere Out There (Our Lady Peace song)|Somewhere Out There]]", as well as lesser-known songs such as "Car Crash" and "Stealing Babies". That same month, the band completed the new material, with Raine calling the new album "huge", and noted it as being a "proper rock album again", featuring a return to the raw originality of the band's first album ''[[Naveed (album)|Naveed]]'', though a "little more [[maturity (psychological)|mature]]".<ref name="OLP">{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Lowdown/2008/05/13/5551481-ca.html|title=interview with Raine Maida|publisher=Canoe|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110524163703/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Lowdown/2008/05/13/5551481-ca.html|archive-date=May 24, 2011|url-status=usurped|access-date=July 17, 2008}}</ref> Maida produced the album himself, noting his excitement over "not (having had) anybody intrude on (recording) sessions".<ref name="OLP" /> The album was released in North America on July 21, 2009, to mixed reviews, though the album later received Gold status in Canada.<ref name="Release">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090509164741/http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2309071 Our Lady Peace set to release their seventh studio album July 21] – ''Tradingmarkets.com''. Retrieved May 5, 2009.</ref> The band [[concert tour|toured]] to promote ''Burn Burn'' and made stops in several cities across North America from July through December 2009.<ref name="Tour">[https://consequence.net/2009/06/30/our-lady-peace-rolls-out-a-scorching-summer-tour/ Our Lady Peace rolls out a scorching summer tour]{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} – ''Consequence of Sound''. Retrieved July 19, 2009.</ref>

[[File:Raine-Maida-March-2010.jpg|thumb|200px|Maida performing with a [[megaphone]] during OLP's ''Clumsy'' and ''Spiritual Machines'' recreation tour]]

===Recreation tour and ''Curve'' (2010–2012)===
In December 2009, the band announced a new tour. In a tour that ran from March to May 2010, and spanned Canada and select U.S. cities, the band "recreated" both their 1997 album ''[[Clumsy (Our Lady Peace album)|Clumsy]]'' and their 2000 album ''[[Spiritual Machines]]'' in their entirety.<ref name="OLP2010">[http://ourladypeace.net/EWOLP/#D847 An Evening with Our Lady Peace] — ''Ourladypeace.net''. Retrieved December 7, 2009.</ref>

Our Lady Peace's eighth studio album, ''[[Curve (Our Lady Peace album)|Curve]]'', began production in January 2010 and was released April 3, 2012.<ref name="OLP2010" /><ref name="2010album">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100114113817/http://www.chartattack.com/news/77668/our-lady-peace-preparing-new-album-talk-clumsyspiritual-machines-tour Our Lady Peace preparing new album]}} — ''Chartattack.com''. Retrieved on January 4, 2010.</ref><ref name="2011 date">[http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2010/10/22/raine-maida-looking-back-and-moving-forward/ Raine Maida Interview {{!}} Guitar International] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025065456/http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2010/10/22/raine-maida-looking-back-and-moving-forward/|date=October 25, 2010}} – ''Guitar International''. October 22, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.whistlerquestion.com/article/20100210/WHISTLER04/302109793/1014/WHISTLER04/our-lady-peace-back-from-the-brink Our Lady Peace: back from the brink] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221043113/http://www.whistlerquestion.com/article/20100210/WHISTLER04/302109793/1014/WHISTLER04/our-lady-peace-back-from-the-brink |date=February 21, 2010 }}. – ''Glacier Interactive Media''. Retrieved February 17, 2010.</ref> The album's first single, "[[Heavyweight (song)|Heavyweight]]", was released on December 20, 2011. In a March 2010 interview, lead singer Raine Maida noted that after having gone back to re-learn songs from ''Spiritual Machines'' and ''Clumsy'' in preparation for their tour, he was "brought back to the great things about this band". He added that fans—especially those who are particularly fond of the pre-''[[Gravity (Our Lady Peace album)|Gravity]]'' albums—should expect to see "a lot of stuff (from pre-''Gravity'' albums) creeping its way back into our music".<ref name="Gazette2010"/>

In 2012, the band released a song titled "Fight the Good Fight" in reaction to the [[Occupy Wall Street]] events that took place across North America in late 2011 for ''[[Occupy This Album]]''.

===Taggart's departure and ''Somethingness'' (2014–2018)===
A planned tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of ''Naveed'' was cancelled in early 2014 due to "scheduling conflicts". In June 2014, speculation began that longtime drummer Jeremy Taggart was no longer part of the band; this was confirmed in statements by both Taggart and Our Lady Peace on June 30, 2014. Canadian drummer Jason Pierce (ex-touring drummer for [[Paramore]] and current touring drummer for [[Treble Charger]]) filled in during live shows, and Jason Boesel of Rilo Kiley handled recording duties.<ref name="riffyou.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.riffyou.com/interview-raine-maida-talks-new-our-lady-peace-music-taggarts-exit/|title=Interview: Raine Maida Talks New Our Lady Peace Music, Taggart's Exit - Riffyou.com|work=Riffyou.com|date=July 21, 2014 |access-date=October 25, 2015}}</ref>

On April 30, 2014, Raine Maida revealed on his Twitter account that OLP was headed back into the studio with producer [[Mike Elizondo]], in Los Angeles. On July 10, 2014, the band débuted their single, "[[Won't Turn Back (song)|Won't Turn Back]]", on Toronto's [[CFNY-FM|102.1 The Edge]] radio station. On July 17, "Won't Turn Back" was released on iTunes in Canada.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schukov |first=Jenia |url=http://www.confrontmagazine.com/2014/07/listen-our-lady-peace-release-single-wont-turn-back/ |title=Our Lady Peace Release Single "Won't Turn Back" |date=July 18, 2014 |access-date=August 2, 2014 |publisher=Confront |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205121633/http://www.confrontmagazine.com/2014/07/listen-our-lady-peace-release-single-wont-turn-back/ |archive-date=December 5, 2014 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Maida described the song as "poppier" than much of their discography.<ref>{{cite news |last=Grant |first=Adam |url=http://www.riffyou.com/interview-raine-maida-talks-new-our-lady-peace-music-taggarts-exit/ |title=Interview: Raine Maida Talks New Our Lady Peace Music, Taggart's Exit |date=July 21, 2014 |access-date=August 2, 2014 |publisher=RiffYou}}</ref>

On November 20, the band tweeted that it would be releasing unreleased songs and b-side tracks via email subscription. The first song from the "OLP Vault" was "No Warning", released on November 27. A second, a demo of "Not Afraid" was released on December 11. A live cover of [[Lana Del Rey]]'s "[[Summertime Sadness]]" was released on December 24 and on January 15, a demo version of Consequence of Laughing, named "Immune" was released from the vault. On January 28, "Hurt Yourself", a track recorded during Healthy in Paranoid Times, and released alongside #BellLetsTalk to raise awareness for mental illness, was released. On February 14, the band released a clip of the demo "Say". A full version of the song "Vampires" was released on March 2.

It was later announced that Pierce was now an official member of Our Lady Peace.

On August 11, 2017, the band announced the release of their ninth album, ''[[Somethingness]]'', on their Facebook page. The band planned the release in the form of two EP volumes. The first single "Drop Me In The Water" was released on August 18, and the ''Vol. 1'' EP was released on August 25, 2017. The full album (including the tracks from the Vol. 1 EP) was released on February 23, 2018.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

===''Spiritual Machines 2'' and "The Wonderful Future" tour (2019–2025)===
In May 2019, the ''[[Republican-American]]'' reported that a tenth studio album by Our Lady Peace was in the works, which, according to Maida, would continue "the guitar-driven approach."<ref name="tenthalbum">{{cite news |last=Ramunni |first=Kate |url=https://archives.rep-am.com/2019/05/31/its-the-1990s-all-over-again/ |title=It's the 1990s all over again |date=May 30, 2019 |access-date=March 25, 2020 |publisher=Republic American Archives}}</ref> In August 2020, it was revealed that album will be titled ''Spiritual Machines 2'', and will be a direct sequel to the band's 2000 album ''Spiritual Machines''.<ref name="SM2Tweet">{{cite tweet |user=OurLadyPeace|number=1290769511998787584|date= August 4, 2020|title=Tweet from Our Lady Peace's official Twitter account}}</ref><ref name="SM2Tweet2">{{cite tweet |user=OurLadyPeace|number=1290771165217263616|date= August 4, 2020|title=Tweet from Our Lady Peace's official Twitter account}}</ref> ''Spiritual Machines 2'' was produced by [[Dave Sitek]],<ref name="Dave">{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200804235536/https://jujulive.ca/|title=JUJU - Livestream your favorite bands and artists|archive-date=August 4, 2020|url=https://jujulive.ca/}}</ref> and its genre has been described by the band as "future rock". In June 2021, the band's official Facebook account hinted that original co-founder and guitarist Mike Turner would be a featured guest on the album.<ref name="MikeReturn">{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ourladypeace/posts/10159436112387238?comment_id=10159436116252238&reply_comment_id=10159436116782238 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/23585517237/10159436112387238 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |url-access=limited|date=June 1, 2021|access-date=June 1, 2021|title=Official Our Lady Peace account on Facebook|website=Facebook.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Raine Maida later confirmed that Turner had indeed returned,<ref name="RedditAMATweet">{{cite tweet|user=ourladypeace|number=1421159648221147141|title=<nowiki>.@rainemaida
is doing a live AMA right now. Head to https://redd.it/ouooq6 to ask your questions!</nowiki>}}</ref><ref name="RedditAMA">{{cite web|title=I'm Raine Maida, lead singer for Our Lady Peace and Chief Product Officer & EVP @ S!NG app here to answer all your questions. AMA|url=https://old.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/ouooq6/im_raine_maida_lead_singer_for_our_lady_peace_and/h73uhb2/|work=Reddit.com|accessdate=July 30, 2021|date=July 30, 2021|last=Maida|first=Raine|quote=Did you mean Mike Turner . Yes we speak and Spiritual Machines 2 would've {{sic}} be right without Mike involved.}}</ref><ref name="ExclaimCover">{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/our_lady_peace_announce_spiritual_machines_ii|title=Our Lady Peace Detail 'Spiritual Machines 2'|last=Bell|first=Kaelen|work=Exclaim.ca|date=July 30, 2021|accessdate=July 30, 2021}}</ref> stating that ''Spiritual Machines 2'' wouldn't have been "right without Mike involved".<ref name="RedditAMA" />

In June 2022, the band began a cross-country tour called "The Wonderful Future Theatrical Experience", named after the final song on their 2000 album ''Spiritual Machines''. The tour featured what have been referred to as [[holographic display]] capsules, which were placed on stage in advance of the live show, and contained a video screen that displayed selected pre-recorded videos of band members as well as various special guests. Special guests appearing through the holographic technology included [[Sarah Slean]], [[Nadezhda Tolokonnikova]], [[Ray Kurzweil]], and former OLP guitarist [[Mike Turner (musician)|Mike Turner]]. Turner also played guitar live in person (alongside his successor [[Steve Mazur]]) at select venues, which is the first time he performed on stage with Our Lady Peace since his original departure from the band in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/our-lady-peace-breaks-new-technological-ground-with-tour-that-opens-monday-in-victoria-5431104|title=Our Lady Peace breaks new technological ground with tour that opens Monday in Victoria|last=Devlin|first=Mike|date=June 2, 2022|accessdate=June 18, 2022|work=Times Colonist}}</ref><ref name="MikeStage">{{cite web|url=https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2022/06/10-captures-of-our-lady-peaces-unique-hologram-performance-in-victoria-photos/|title=10 captures of Our Lady Peace's unique hologram performance in Victoria|accessdate=June 18, 2022|date=June 7, 2022|work=Victoria Buzz}}</ref> In December 2022, the band released a rendition of Jane's Addiction "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXAKN-Sg3_Y&t=1s Mountain Song]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Shelia |date=January 7, 2023 |title=Our Lady Peace: Mountain Song |url=https://amplifythenoise.com/2023/01/07/our-lady-peace-mountain-song/ |access-date=March 21, 2023 |website=Amplify the Noise |language=en}}</ref>

===30th Anniversary Tour; Return of "Whatever" (2025–present)===

The band began a tour to celebrate their 30th anniversary in February 2025.<ref>https://www.ourladypeace.com/olp30-news/2024/9/25/olp30-tour-wcollective-soul</ref> All dates are in Canada.

On the first night of their 30th Anniversary Tour in Calgary, the band played their song "Whatever" live for the first time in 22 years, after deciding it was time for them to "reclaim the song" having purposefully not played it due to its ties to the [[Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide|highly controversial]] deceased [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] [[Chris Benoit]] (who used the song as an [[Music in professional wrestling|entrance theme]] when he was alive).<ref>https://metro.co.uk/2025/02/21/rock-band-reclaims-song-troubled-past-first-live-performance-22-years-22602632/</ref><ref>https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/our-lady-peace-plays-chris-benoit-theme-whatever-first-time-22-years-say-they-want-reclaim-it</ref><ref>https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1543685-our-lady-peace-performs-whatever-chris-benoit-theme-for-first-time-in-22-years</ref>

==Summersault festivals==
{{About|the Canadian concert series organized by OLP|the Australian concert series|Summersault (Australian festival)}}
<!--- standalone article existed, but was deleted in 2016 --->
Our Lady Peace founded the ''Summersault'' festival that toured across Canada in 1998, and again in 2000.<ref name=CBCMusic>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/11739/whatever-happened-to-the-canrock-revolution |title=Whatever happened to the Canrock revolution? |first=Jon |last=Dekel |work=[[CBC Music]] |date=April 11, 2016 |access-date=May 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7817354/broken-social-scene-kevin-drew-field-trip-interview |title=Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew on Field Trip: Fate of the Festival Is Up to the People |first=Karen |last=Bliss |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=June 1, 2017 |access-date=May 28, 2018}}</ref><ref name=SummerACross>{{cite news |url=http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/10-pioneering-canadian-music-festivals/ |title=10 Pioneering Canadian Music Festivals |author=Cross, Alan |author-link=Alan Cross |work=A Journal of Musical Things |date=May 15, 2017 |access-date=May 28, 2018}}</ref> The 1998 tour ran from late August to early September at outdoor venues in [[Barrie]] (north of [[Toronto]]), [[Quebec City]], [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]] and [[Shediac|Shediac (New Brunswick)]]. The concerts featured headliners Our Lady Peace along with a slate that included [[I Mother Earth]], [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]], [[Garbage (band)|Garbage]], [[Treble Charger]], Bucket Truck, [[The Crystal Method]] and [[Moist (Canadian band)|Moist]].<ref name=Summer98BBoard>{{cite magazine |first=Betsy |last=Powell |title=There's no place like home |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58 |date=January 16, 1999 |access-date=May 28, 2018 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |pages=50 and 58 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref><ref name=SummerACross/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.setlist.fm/festival/1998/summersault-1998-quebec-city-5bd6ebd4.html |title=Summersault 1998 Quebec City |work=setlist.fm |access-date=May 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.snn-rdr.ca/old/august98/aug98/bucket.html |title=Small band from Newfoundland makes it big |first1=Sherry |last1=White |first2=Michelle |last2=Wray |work=[[SchoolNet]] |publisher=[[Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada|Industry Canada]] |date=August 1998 |access-date=May 28, 2018}}</ref>

There were discussions of a ''Summersault'' festival for 1999,<ref name=Summer99BBoard>{{cite magazine |author=LeBlanc, Larry |author-link=Larry LeBlanc |title=Local Boost for Canadian Live Circuit |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zg4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA41 |date=February 20, 1999 |access-date=May 28, 2018 |pages=39 and 41}}</ref> but the tour did not return until 2000; the second iteration of the festival featured a larger, more impressive roster of bands, with a more extensive Canadian itinerary.<ref name=CBCMusic/><ref name=SummerACross/> Over the first half of August 2000, the festival played at outdoor venues in eight of the largest [[List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada|Canadian metropolises]].<ref name=SummerMTV>{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1433133/a-perfect-circle-hits-summersault-delivers-album/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201075735/http://www.mtv.com/news/1433133/a-perfect-circle-hits-summersault-delivers-album/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |title=A Perfect Circle Hits Summersault, Delivers Album |first=Rob |last=Mancini |work=[[MTV]] |date=May 25, 2000 |access-date=May 27, 2018}}</ref>

Our Lady Peace's headlining set from the 2019 ''Summersault'' Festival was released on YouTube Live in 2020. Primarily filmed on September 13, 2019, at [[TD Place Stadium|Landsdowne Park]] in Canada's capital city of Ottawa, ON. The performance features some of the band's best-known hits. As part of the release of the concert, Our Lady Peace offered discounts at their online merch store. All proceeds from the sales went to two major food banks, one in the United States and one in Canada, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Lady Peace live performance available today (April 16)|url=https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/our-lady-peace-live-performance-available-today/|last=Stephan|first=Laura|date=April 16, 2020|website=A Journal of Musical Things|language=en-CA|access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Lady Peace Recent Concert Begins Airing on YouTube|url=http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/aanewsarticle/our-lady-peace-recent-concert-begins-airing-on-youtube|website=Alternativeaddiction.com|language=en|access-date=May 14, 2020}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Date
! City
! Venue
|-
| August 4 || [[Vancouver]] || [[BC Place]]
|-
| August 6 || [[Edmonton]] || [[Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)|Commonwealth Stadium]]
|-
| August 7 || [[Saskatoon]] || [[Saskatchewan Place]]
|-
| August 9 || [[Winnipeg]] || [[Winnipeg Stadium]]
|-
| August 11 || [[Barrie]] || [[Molson Park]]
|-
| August 12 || [[Montreal]] || [[Parc Jean-Drapeau]]
|-
| August 13 || [[Ottawa]] || [[Rideau Carleton Raceway]]
|-
| August 16 || [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]] || [[Citadel Hill (Fort George)|Citadel Hill]]
|}

The 2000 tour featured 11 bands.<ref name=SummerMTV/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.last.fm/festival/3708771+Summersault/lineup |title=Line-up for Summersault |website=[[Last.fm]] |access-date=May 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/not-much-to-flip-out-over-at-summersault-festival/article4166793/ |title=Not much to flip out over at Summersault festival |first=Alan |last=Niester |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=August 12, 2000 |access-date=May 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fhQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48 |author=LeBlanc, Larry |author-link=Larry LeBlanc |title=Canadian Music at a Crossroads, New Talent Ready to Blaze a Trail |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=March 31, 2001 |access-date=May 28, 2018 |pages=46 and 48}}</ref>
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Band
|-
| [[The Smashing Pumpkins]]
|-
| Our Lady Peace
|-
| [[Foo Fighters]]
|-
| [[A Perfect Circle]]
|-
| [[Deftones]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/deftones/2000/bc-place-stadium-vancouver-bc-canada-5bdb6380.html|title=Deftones Setlist at Summersault 2000 Vancouver|website=setlist.fm}}</ref>
|-
| [[I Mother Earth]]
|-
| [[Eve 6]]
|-
| [[Catherine Wheel (band)|Catherine Wheel]]
|-
| [[Treble Charger]]
|-
| [[Sum 41]]
|-
| [[Finger Eleven]]
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+''Summersault'' Festival (2019)
!DATE
!CITY
|-
|September 1
|Quebec City, QC
|-
|September 10
|[[Moncton|Moncton, NB]]
|-
|September 12
|Montreal, QC
|-
|September 13
|Ottawa, ON
|-
|September 15
|Toronto, ON
|}
'''2019 Festival lineup:'''

* Our Lady Peace

* [[Bush (British band)|Bush]]

* [[Live (band)|Live]]

* [[Dear Rouge]]

* Human Kebab

==Musical style and themes==

Our Lady Peace is mainly described as [[post-grunge]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/our-lady-peace/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214061610/http://www.mtv.com/artists/our-lady-peace/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 14, 2012|title=Our Lady Peace|work=MTV Artists|access-date=October 28, 2015}}</ref> and [[alternative rock]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/our-lady-peace-emc/|title=Our Lady Peace|author=Steve McLean|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=October 28, 2015}}</ref>

In the band's early years, especially on ''[[Naveed (album)|Naveed]]'' and ''[[Clumsy (Our Lady Peace album)|Clumsy]]'', their overall sound was often compared to alternative rock and grunge bands including [[Soundgarden]], [[The Smashing Pumpkins]], and [[Pearl Jam]].<ref name="NvdReview"/> The band's [[melody|melodic structure]] was also said to echo that of bands such as [[The Beatles]] and [[Led Zeppelin]].<ref name="NvdReview" /> Lead singer [[Raine Maida]] expresses much admiration for vocalist [[Mike Patton]] and his versatility, calling him "by far one of the best singers and best showmen in rock", while also naming the song "[[Everything's Ruined]]" by his band [[Faith No More]] among his favorites.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=March 12, 2021|url=https://ink19.com/2001/11/magazine/interviews/our-lady-peace|publication-date=November 5, 2001|title=The Soul in the Machine: An Interview with Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace|first=Gail |last=Worley|website=Ink19.com}}</ref> Maida's voice was called "erratic" and "truly unrivaled" in his field.<ref name="NvdReview" /> In albums ''Naveed'' through ''[[Spiritual Machines]]'', Maida sang in a [[countertenor]] vocal register and was known for his frequent use of [[falsetto]]. This singing method, in combination with the band's melody structure, often gave many songs a [[surrealism|surreal]] sound and effect.

The band's song "Whatever" was used as professional wrestler [[Chris Benoit]]'s [[WWE]] theme song from 2002 until his death in 2007. Our Lady Peace had not performed the song live for a number of years prior to the [[Chris Benoit murder-suicide|murder/suicide of Benoit and his family in 2007]]. In a 2012 interview, the band stated that they would never play the song live again due to the circumstances of Benoit's death.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chattman |first=Jon |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-chattman/asides-with-jon-chattman-_13_b_1418159.html |title=Our Lady Peace Throws a Curve, Discusses the Late Chris Benoit |date=April 12, 2012 |access-date=August 2, 2014 |publisher=[[Huffington Post]]}}</ref> The band resumed playing the song as part of their 30th Anniversary Tour in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sescoops.com/news/wwe/our-lady-peace-performs-chris-benoits-wwe-theme-whatever-after-15-year-ban/|title=Our Lady Peace Performs Chris Benoit’s WWE Theme ‘Whatever’ After 15-Year Ban|first=Michael|last=Reichlin|publisher=SEScoops|publication-date=February 20, 2025|access-date=February 20, 2025}}</ref>

==Band members==
;Current members
*[[Raine Maida]] – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar (1992–present)
*[[Duncan Coutts]] – bass, backing vocals (1995–present)
*[[Steve Mazur]] – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (2002–present)
*[[Jason Pierce (drummer)|Jason Pierce]] – drums, percussion (2016–present; touring member 2014–2016)

;Former members
*[[Jeremy Taggart]] – drums, percussion (1993–2014)
*Jamie Edwards – guitar, keyboards (2000–2002; touring member 1998–2000)
*[[Mike Turner (musician)|Mike Turner]] – lead guitar, backing vocals (1992–2001; guest 2021–2022)
*Chris Eacrett – bass, backing vocals (1992–1995)
*Jim Newell – drums (1992–1993)
*Paul Martin – bass (1992)

;Touring/session members
*John Bouvette – drums (1993)
*Mike Eisenstein – guitar, keyboards (2002–2003)
*Joel Shearer – guitar (2005–2006)
*Robin Hatch – keyboards (2012–2016)
*[[Jason Boesel]] - drums (2014)

===Timeline===
{{#tag:timeline|
ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:24
PlotArea = left:85 bottom:80 top:0 right:20
Alignbars = justify
DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy
Period = from:01/01/1992 till:03/04/2025
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy
Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:4
ScaleMajor = increment:3 start:1992
ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:1992

Colors =
id:vocals value:red legend:Lead_vocals,_acoustic_guitar
id:guitar value:green legend:Guitar
id:bass value:blue legend:Bass
id:drums value:orange legend:Drums
id:bvocals value:pink legend:Backing_vocals
id:keys value:purple legend:Keyboards
id:touring value:yellow legend:Touring
id:lines value:black legend:Studio_album
id:bars value:gray(0.93)

LineData =
at:22/03/1994 color:black layer:back
at:23/01/1997 color:black layer:back
at:22/09/1999 color:black layer:back
at:12/12/2000 color:black layer:back
at:18/06/2002 color:black layer:back
at:30/08/2005 color:black layer:back
at:21/07/2009 color:black layer:back
at:03/04/2012 color:black layer:back
at:23/02/2018 color:black layer:back
at:28/01/2022 color:black layer:back

BarData =
bar:Maida text:"Raine Maida"
bar:Turner text:"Mike Turner"
bar:Mazur text:"Steve Mazur"
bar:Martin text:"Paul Martin"
bar:Eacrett text:"Chris Eacrett"
bar:Coutts text:"Duncan Coutts"
bar:Edwards text:"Jamie Edwards"
bar:Newell text:"Jim Newell"
bar:Taggart text:"Jeremy Taggart"
bar:Pierce text:"Jason Pierce"

BackgroundColors = bars:bars

PlotData=
width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4)
bar:Maida from:01/01/1992 till:end color:vocals
bar:Coutts from:16/10/1995 till:end color:bass
bar:Coutts from:16/10/1995 till:end color:bvocals width:3
bar:Mazur from:15/05/2002 till:end color:guitar
bar:Mazur from:15/05/2002 till:end color:bvocals width:3
bar:Turner from:01/01/1992 till:01/12/2001 color:guitar
bar:Turner from:01/01/1992 till:01/12/2001 color:bvocals width:3
bar:Taggart from:05/05/1993 till:11/06/2014 color:drums
bar:Newell from:01/01/1992 till:03/05/1993 color:drums
bar:Eacrett from:15/04/1992 till:16/10/1995 color:bass
bar:Eacrett from:15/04/1992 till:16/10/1995 color:bvocals width:3
bar:Pierce from:22/09/2016 till:end color:drums
bar:Pierce from:11/06/2014 till:22/09/2016 color:drums
bar:Pierce from:11/06/2014 till:22/09/2016 color:touring width:3
bar:Martin from:01/01/1992 till:15/04/1992 color:bass
bar:Edwards from:01/01/1999 till:01/07/2002 color:keys
bar:Edwards from:01/01/1999 till:01/07/2002 color:guitar width:3
bar:Edwards from:01/01/1999 till:01/01/2001 color:touring width:7
}}

<ref name="riffyou.com"/>
<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.clumsymonkey.net/bands/?b=Our+Lady+Peace | title=ClumsyMonkey.net • Our Lady Peace }}</ref>

==Discography==
{{Main|Our Lady Peace discography}}
* ''[[Naveed (album)|Naveed]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Clumsy (Our Lady Peace album)|Clumsy]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Spiritual Machines]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Gravity (Our Lady Peace album)|Gravity]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Healthy in Paranoid Times]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Burn Burn (album)|Burn Burn]]'' (2009)
* ''[[Curve (album)|Curve]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Somethingness]]'' (2018)
* ''[[Spiritual Machines 2]]'' (2021)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{cc}}
* {{Official site}}
*{{allmusic}}
* {{IMDb name|1500120}}

{{Our Lady Peace}}
{{Portal bar|Music|Canada}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:1992 establishments in Ontario]]
[[Category:Canadian alternative rock groups]]
[[Category:Canadian post-grunge groups]]
[[Category:Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year winners]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1992]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Toronto]]
[[Category:Canadian musical quartets]]
[[Category:Juno Award for Group of the Year winners]]

Latest revision as of 17:45, 4 May 2025

Our Lady Peace
Our Lady Peace performing in 2009
Our Lady Peace performing in 2009
Background information
Also known asOLP
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Years active1992–present
Labels
Members
Past members
Websiteourladypeace.com

Our Lady Peace (sometimes shortened to OLP)[1][2] is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1992.[3] Led by lead vocalist Raine Maida since its formation, the band currently also features Duncan Coutts on bass, Steve Mazur on guitars, and Jason Pierce on drums. The band has sold several million albums worldwide,[4] won four Juno Awards, and won ten MuchMusic Video Awards—the most MMVAs ever awarded to a band (tied with Billy Talent).[5] Nineteen of their singles have reached the Top Ten on one of Canada's singles charts (those being the overall Singles Chart, the Rock Chart and the Alternative Rock Chart). Between 1996 and 2016, Our Lady Peace was the third best-selling Canadian band and the ninth best-selling Canadian artist overall in Canada.[6]

Our Lady Peace has released ten studio albums, one live album, and two compilation albums, with their debut album, 1994's Naveed, having reached quadruple platinum in Canada. Naveed contains their breakthrough single, "Starseed", which peaked in the Top Ten on both the US Mainstream and Alternative Rock Tracks charts, and the title track, which reached No. 4 on Canada's Alternative Rock Chart. Their 1997 album, Clumsy, which reached No. 1 in Canada, is considered their signature and most widely recognized work.[7] Clumsy was certified as Diamond in sales in Canada with its title track reaching No. 1 on Canada's Singles Chart and its lead single, "Superman's Dead", reaching No. 2 on Canada's Alternative Rock Chart. The album was certified platinum in sales in the US with the title track peaking at No. 5 on the US Alternative Rock chart. OLP's 1999 album, Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch, also reached No. 1 in Canada and was certified triple platinum there. Its singles "One Man Army" and "Is Anybody Home?" reached Nos. 1 and 2 on Canada's Alternative Rock Chart. The band's first four albums are often praised for their unique sound and style, with singer Maida being called "erratic" and "truly unrivaled"[8] as a vocalist.

Their fifth album, Gravity (2002), is considered to be a "radical departure" from OLP's distinctive style.[9] Maida has confirmed the change, calling Gravity "vastly different" from their previous records.[10] Gravity reached No. 2 in Canada, where it became the group's fifth straight (and last) double platinum seller, with its "Somewhere Out There" and "Innocent" songs reaching No. 1 and 2, respectively, on Canada's Singles Chart. Gravity was their highest charting album in the United States, reaching No. 9 on the strength of "Somewhere Out There" being their most successful single on the US Hot 100 (No. 26) and reaching No. 7 on the US Alternative Rock Chart. Their 2005 album Healthy in Paranoid Times also peaked at No. 2 in Canada and went platinum in sales.

Having released three studio albums with only moderate success between 2009 and 2018, their sequel album Spiritual Machines 2[11] was released in 2021.[12] The album's first single, "Stop Making Stupid People Famous" (feat. Pussy Riot), was released in June 2021.[13]

History

[edit]

Formative years (1991–1993)

[edit]
Raine Maida co-founded the band with Mike Turner in 1992.

In late 1991, guitarist Mike Turner placed an ad in Toronto-based Now newspaper in search of musicians. Michael Maida, a criminology student at the University of Toronto,[14] was the first to reply. The two formed a band called As If, inviting Jim Newell as drummer and a friend of Turner's, Paul Martin, to play bass. After they played a number of gigs in Oshawa with sets containing a mix of original and cover material, Martin departed, and the band placed an ad for a replacement bassist. Chris Eacrett, a business student at Ryerson University, replied and was accepted after an audition. During that time, Turner and Maida attended a music seminar where they met songwriter and producer Arnold Lanni, the owner of Arnyard Studios. The band, with Lanni, commenced writing new material and recorded some material under the As If name.

Soon after, the band's name was changed to Our Lady Peace, after a Mark Van Doren poem of the same name. With encouragement from Lanni and his management team, the band performed some gigs in Eastern Ontario and Montreal in conjunction with The Tea Party. It was during this time that Maida began using the stage name "Raine" instead of "Mike".[citation needed]

Jeremy Taggart joined the band as drummer in April 1993.[15]

An independent music video of the band's debut song "Out of Here" was created in February 1992 by Sam Siciliano, a film student and friend of Turner's, who produced, edited, and directed the video. The video was aired on the MuchMusic Indie show. After returning to Arnyard Studios to continue writing and recording material, drummer Jim Newell departed the band. Writing and recording continued with session drummer John Bouvette.

With managers Rob Lanni and Eric Lawrence of Coalition Entertainment representing the band, short showcases were arranged with Warner Music Canada, EMI Canada, and Sony Music Canada. Sony Music Canada head of A&R Richard Zuckerman liked what he heard, and saw the potential of the band, its producer, and management. The band signed a record and publishing deal with Sony Music Canada in April 1993, and commenced writing for their debut album. Around the same time, then-17-year-old Jeremy Taggart joined the band as permanent drummer.

Early success (1994–2000)

[edit]

After writing and recording over the next year or so, OLP released its debut album, Naveed, in Canada in March 1994, through Sony Music Canada.[16] The first single from the album, "The Birdman, was released in January 1994 but did not obtain enough airplay to chart on the Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles Chart. Maida would later say "The Birdman" was chosen as the lead single because its non-commercial sound would likely appeal to university campus radio on which OLP hoped to develop "a buzz", and that waiting a few months to release a more commercial song gave them time to tour with other bands in order to improve their live show.[17] Following the release of the album, the band toured Canada, supporting acts I Mother Earth and 54-40. The second single was "Starseed" which almost made the Top 40 on the RPM Top 100 Chart; there was no national rock and alternative song chart at that time,[18] but "Starseed" was ranked at No. 25 on the Top Songs of the 1990s according to 102.1 The Edge, Toronto's most popular alternative/modern rock station.[19] The third and fourth singles released in Canada were "Hope" and "Supersatellite" with each receiving moderate airplay, but it was the fifth single, the title track which drove sales of the album, as the track it went to No. 4 on the new RPM Rock/Alternative Singles Chart[18] and was later ranked as the No. 50 alternative rock song of the 1990s by 102.1 The Edge.[19] Naveed rose to No. 12 on the Canadian RPM Album Chart and was certified 4× Platinum for sales of 400,000 copies in Canada.[20]

Naveed picked up and released in the United States in March 1995 by a Sony Music indie label, Relativity Records, after which the band toured as the opening act for Van Halen's Balance summer tour as well as opening shows for Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. "Starseed" was a significant hit in United States reaching Nos. 7 and 11 on the Billboard Modern and Mainstream Rock Charts, respectively.[21] Touring behind the album resumed in 1996 with time spent opening for Alanis Morissette. A remix of "Starseed" would later be added to the Armageddon film soundtrack. In early 1997, Our Lady Peace was offered (and the band accepted) an American signing with Columbia Records, expanding their horizons within Sony Music. After touring for the album Naveed concluded, the band began work on their second studio album. As the writing process ensued, bassist Chris Eacrett left the band due to musical differences. Duncan Coutts, a Ridley College alumnus and former classmate of Raine Maida, joined the band during the recording of that second album. Coincidentally, Duncan Coutts and Mike Turner both studied at the University of Western Ontario and lived in Saugeen–Maitland Hall.

Our Lady Peace's second album, Clumsy, was released in January 1997. The album cover is based on an abandoned song called "Trapeze", which was initially intended to be the title of the album. The albums's lead single, the guitar-driven "Superman's Dead", quickly rose to No. 2 for five weeks on Canada's Alternative Rock Songs chart pushing the album to debut at No. 1 on the Canadian Album Chart.[22] The second single, "Clumsy", was just as successful, topping the Canadian RPM Singles chart[18] while also reaching No. 2 on the Alternative Rock Chart. Subsequent singles "Automatic Flowers" and "4 AM", the band's first ballad released as a single, also made the Top 10 on the Alternative Rock chart establishing Our Lady Peace as a leading band in the Canadian rock scene. The most-listened to alternative rock station in Canada, Toronto's CFNY, listed Clumsy as the No. 1 album for 1997, based on sales, listener requests for songs, and listener votes for the year's top album.[23] In February 2001, Clumsy was certified Diamond (1 million copies) in sales in Canada. Between 1996 and 2017, Clumsy was the best-selling album by a Canadian band in Canada and the eight best-selling album by a Canadian artist overall in Canada.[24] In the US, both "Superman's Dead" and "Clumsy" made the Top 15 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, while peaking at No. 11 and No. 5, respectively, on the Alternative Rock Tracks Chart. Clumsy reached the Top 80 on the Billboard Album Chart and was certified Platinum for sales of 1 million units in the US.

In 1999, Our Lady Peace released their third album, titled Happiness... Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch. The album included such hits as "Thief", a song about a young girl the band met named Mina Kim, who had cancer, as well as "One Man Army" and "Is Anybody Home?". Legendary jazz drummer Elvin Jones was featured on the song "Stealing Babies". Multi-instrumentalist Jamie Edwards was brought in for the 1996 sessions for the album (he remained an unofficial member of the band until 2001, when he was asked to officially join the band to finish the Gravity album). Later that year, the band played an eleven-song set at Woodstock 1999.

The exact circumstances surrounding former lead guitarist Mike Turner's 2001 departure are disputed.

In 2000, the band recorded and released Spiritual Machines, a concept album inspired by Ray Kurzweil's book The Age of Spiritual Machines. During the recording of the album, drummer Jeremy Taggart was sidelined with an ankle injury; Soundgarden and Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron, played drums on "Right Behind You (Mafia)" and "Are You Sad?" in his place. The album featured the singles "In Repair", "Life" and "Right Behind You (Mafia)". "Life" was also featured in the soundtrack for the Canadian sports comedy film Men with Brooms. Spiritual Machines was less commercially successful than its predecessors.

Line-up and stylistic changes (2001–2005)

[edit]

By the early 2000s, the band was becoming restless, feeling a "numbness" with their popularity as well as the "over-saturation" of their songs on Canadian radio. The band almost broke up after completing their Spiritual Machines tour.[25][26]

In December 2001, having dropped original producer Arnold Lanni, the band met with new producer Bob Rock to start work on their fifth album. Later the following month, founding guitarist Mike Turner either quit the band[27][28][29] or was forced out due to the other members' concerns about his guitar-playing abilities.[30] Said Maida of Turner's departure, "The last two records we've been yearning for a guitar player that can really stand up and have a strong voice and Mike (Turner) just wasn't that kind of guitar player."[26] Turner later formed the band Fair Ground with Harem Scarem guitarist Pete Lesperance and later joined the band Crash Karma. Turner's last performance with the band was for Music Without Borders at Toronto's Air Canada Centre on October 21, 2001.[31] In the months following Turner's departure, the band held auditions for a replacement lead guitarist. Berklee College of Music alumnus Steve Mazur, a friend of a friend of drummer Jeremy Taggart, was announced as the new guitarist in April 2002. Long-time touring musician Jamie Edwards also became an official band member around this time.

In June, their fifth album, Gravity, was completed and released.[32] Shortly after the completion of the record, Jamie chose to leave the band for personal reasons, though he returned briefly to stand in for Mike Eisenstein during the Canadian tour of Gravity. The album received mixed reviews, with some critics and fans contending that the album was too drastic a departure from the band's original musical style into a more mainstream sound and lacking any creativity.[33] Maida's signature nasal falsetto vocal technique was largely absent from the album.[33] Maida said that the album was "pretty much the opposite of Spiritual Machines", calling it their "most basic album" since Naveed.[25] Gravity's Canadian chart-topping first single, "Somewhere Out There", became the band's biggest international hit to date peaking at No. 26 on the US Hot 100 and No. 7 on the US Alternative Rock Song Chart. Its second single, "Innocent", was also very popular, peaking at No. 2 in Canada, and regained popularity in 2008 after a cover performance on American Idol. Gravity proved to be more successful than Spiritual Machines in both America and Canada, due to the success of the singles; it reached No. 2 in Canada and No. 9 in the US, their highest charting album in the US. In between their fifth and sixth albums, OLP released their first live album, titled simply Live, which contains a selection of the band's hits from their first five albums as played throughout tours in various Canadian cities.

In August 2005, the band released their sixth album, Healthy in Paranoid Times, which included the singles "Angels/Losing/Sleep", "Will the Future Blame Us", and "Where Are You?" According to Rolling Stone, it took 1165 days to create it, and its twelve tracks were chosen from forty-five that the band had written and produced. Maida has since criticized Healthy in Paranoid Times, saying that "(the) record was total excess, total bullshit in the sense of, we finally had succumbed to a label: making us record that many songs, trying to find the right singles for American radio and MTV."[34] After nearly breaking up during the recording of Healthy in Paranoid Times[4] the band took a prolonged hiatus.

Compilations, hiatus, and Burn Burn (2006–2009)

[edit]

In November 2006, Columbia Records released a greatest hits compilation titled A Decade, following the band's departure from the label. There were two previously unreleased songs on the album, "Kiss on the Mouth" and "Better Than Here". Steve Mazur wrote in a blog on the band's fan club that the new songs on the disc were two unreleased songs from the Healthy in Paranoid Times sessions. The collection also included a bonus DVD containing live concert footage and exclusive interviews at the Massey Hall concert. The single "Kiss on the Mouth", the first off A Decade, has received play on radio stations across Canada. Lead vocalist Raine Maida began work on his first solo album, The Hunters Lullaby, released in 2007, while the remaining members of the band pursued other personal endeavours. The hiatus would result in the longest time gap between OLP studio albums to date.

The band began working on Burn Burn, their seventh studio album, in February 2007. On March 31, 2009, Legacy Recordings released OLP's second compilation album, The Very Best of Our Lady Peace as part of the Playlist series. The album includes the popular singles "Naveed" and "Somewhere Out There", as well as lesser-known songs such as "Car Crash" and "Stealing Babies". That same month, the band completed the new material, with Raine calling the new album "huge", and noted it as being a "proper rock album again", featuring a return to the raw originality of the band's first album Naveed, though a "little more mature".[35] Maida produced the album himself, noting his excitement over "not (having had) anybody intrude on (recording) sessions".[35] The album was released in North America on July 21, 2009, to mixed reviews, though the album later received Gold status in Canada.[36] The band toured to promote Burn Burn and made stops in several cities across North America from July through December 2009.[37]

Maida performing with a megaphone during OLP's Clumsy and Spiritual Machines recreation tour

Recreation tour and Curve (2010–2012)

[edit]

In December 2009, the band announced a new tour. In a tour that ran from March to May 2010, and spanned Canada and select U.S. cities, the band "recreated" both their 1997 album Clumsy and their 2000 album Spiritual Machines in their entirety.[38]

Our Lady Peace's eighth studio album, Curve, began production in January 2010 and was released April 3, 2012.[38][39][40][41] The album's first single, "Heavyweight", was released on December 20, 2011. In a March 2010 interview, lead singer Raine Maida noted that after having gone back to re-learn songs from Spiritual Machines and Clumsy in preparation for their tour, he was "brought back to the great things about this band". He added that fans—especially those who are particularly fond of the pre-Gravity albums—should expect to see "a lot of stuff (from pre-Gravity albums) creeping its way back into our music".[10]

In 2012, the band released a song titled "Fight the Good Fight" in reaction to the Occupy Wall Street events that took place across North America in late 2011 for Occupy This Album.

Taggart's departure and Somethingness (2014–2018)

[edit]

A planned tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Naveed was cancelled in early 2014 due to "scheduling conflicts". In June 2014, speculation began that longtime drummer Jeremy Taggart was no longer part of the band; this was confirmed in statements by both Taggart and Our Lady Peace on June 30, 2014. Canadian drummer Jason Pierce (ex-touring drummer for Paramore and current touring drummer for Treble Charger) filled in during live shows, and Jason Boesel of Rilo Kiley handled recording duties.[42]

On April 30, 2014, Raine Maida revealed on his Twitter account that OLP was headed back into the studio with producer Mike Elizondo, in Los Angeles. On July 10, 2014, the band débuted their single, "Won't Turn Back", on Toronto's 102.1 The Edge radio station. On July 17, "Won't Turn Back" was released on iTunes in Canada.[43] Maida described the song as "poppier" than much of their discography.[44]

On November 20, the band tweeted that it would be releasing unreleased songs and b-side tracks via email subscription. The first song from the "OLP Vault" was "No Warning", released on November 27. A second, a demo of "Not Afraid" was released on December 11. A live cover of Lana Del Rey's "Summertime Sadness" was released on December 24 and on January 15, a demo version of Consequence of Laughing, named "Immune" was released from the vault. On January 28, "Hurt Yourself", a track recorded during Healthy in Paranoid Times, and released alongside #BellLetsTalk to raise awareness for mental illness, was released. On February 14, the band released a clip of the demo "Say". A full version of the song "Vampires" was released on March 2.

It was later announced that Pierce was now an official member of Our Lady Peace.

On August 11, 2017, the band announced the release of their ninth album, Somethingness, on their Facebook page. The band planned the release in the form of two EP volumes. The first single "Drop Me In The Water" was released on August 18, and the Vol. 1 EP was released on August 25, 2017. The full album (including the tracks from the Vol. 1 EP) was released on February 23, 2018.[citation needed]

Spiritual Machines 2 and "The Wonderful Future" tour (2019–2025)

[edit]

In May 2019, the Republican-American reported that a tenth studio album by Our Lady Peace was in the works, which, according to Maida, would continue "the guitar-driven approach."[45] In August 2020, it was revealed that album will be titled Spiritual Machines 2, and will be a direct sequel to the band's 2000 album Spiritual Machines.[46][47] Spiritual Machines 2 was produced by Dave Sitek,[48] and its genre has been described by the band as "future rock". In June 2021, the band's official Facebook account hinted that original co-founder and guitarist Mike Turner would be a featured guest on the album.[49] Raine Maida later confirmed that Turner had indeed returned,[50][51][52] stating that Spiritual Machines 2 wouldn't have been "right without Mike involved".[51]

In June 2022, the band began a cross-country tour called "The Wonderful Future Theatrical Experience", named after the final song on their 2000 album Spiritual Machines. The tour featured what have been referred to as holographic display capsules, which were placed on stage in advance of the live show, and contained a video screen that displayed selected pre-recorded videos of band members as well as various special guests. Special guests appearing through the holographic technology included Sarah Slean, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Ray Kurzweil, and former OLP guitarist Mike Turner. Turner also played guitar live in person (alongside his successor Steve Mazur) at select venues, which is the first time he performed on stage with Our Lady Peace since his original departure from the band in 2001.[53][54] In December 2022, the band released a rendition of Jane's Addiction "Mountain Song".[55]

30th Anniversary Tour; Return of "Whatever" (2025–present)

[edit]

The band began a tour to celebrate their 30th anniversary in February 2025.[56] All dates are in Canada.

On the first night of their 30th Anniversary Tour in Calgary, the band played their song "Whatever" live for the first time in 22 years, after deciding it was time for them to "reclaim the song" having purposefully not played it due to its ties to the highly controversial deceased professional wrestler Chris Benoit (who used the song as an entrance theme when he was alive).[57][58][59]

Summersault festivals

[edit]

Our Lady Peace founded the Summersault festival that toured across Canada in 1998, and again in 2000.[60][61][62] The 1998 tour ran from late August to early September at outdoor venues in Barrie (north of Toronto), Quebec City, St. John's and Shediac (New Brunswick). The concerts featured headliners Our Lady Peace along with a slate that included I Mother Earth, Sloan, Garbage, Treble Charger, Bucket Truck, The Crystal Method and Moist.[63][62][64][65]

There were discussions of a Summersault festival for 1999,[66] but the tour did not return until 2000; the second iteration of the festival featured a larger, more impressive roster of bands, with a more extensive Canadian itinerary.[60][62] Over the first half of August 2000, the festival played at outdoor venues in eight of the largest Canadian metropolises.[67]

Our Lady Peace's headlining set from the 2019 Summersault Festival was released on YouTube Live in 2020. Primarily filmed on September 13, 2019, at Landsdowne Park in Canada's capital city of Ottawa, ON. The performance features some of the band's best-known hits. As part of the release of the concert, Our Lady Peace offered discounts at their online merch store. All proceeds from the sales went to two major food banks, one in the United States and one in Canada, respectively.[68][69]

Date City Venue
August 4 Vancouver BC Place
August 6 Edmonton Commonwealth Stadium
August 7 Saskatoon Saskatchewan Place
August 9 Winnipeg Winnipeg Stadium
August 11 Barrie Molson Park
August 12 Montreal Parc Jean-Drapeau
August 13 Ottawa Rideau Carleton Raceway
August 16 Halifax Citadel Hill

The 2000 tour featured 11 bands.[67][70][71][72]

Band
The Smashing Pumpkins
Our Lady Peace
Foo Fighters
A Perfect Circle
Deftones[73]
I Mother Earth
Eve 6
Catherine Wheel
Treble Charger
Sum 41
Finger Eleven
Summersault Festival (2019)
DATE CITY
September 1 Quebec City, QC
September 10 Moncton, NB
September 12 Montreal, QC
September 13 Ottawa, ON
September 15 Toronto, ON

2019 Festival lineup:

  • Our Lady Peace
  • Human Kebab

Musical style and themes

[edit]

Our Lady Peace is mainly described as post-grunge[74] and alternative rock.[75]

In the band's early years, especially on Naveed and Clumsy, their overall sound was often compared to alternative rock and grunge bands including Soundgarden, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Pearl Jam.[8] The band's melodic structure was also said to echo that of bands such as The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.[8] Lead singer Raine Maida expresses much admiration for vocalist Mike Patton and his versatility, calling him "by far one of the best singers and best showmen in rock", while also naming the song "Everything's Ruined" by his band Faith No More among his favorites.[76] Maida's voice was called "erratic" and "truly unrivaled" in his field.[8] In albums Naveed through Spiritual Machines, Maida sang in a countertenor vocal register and was known for his frequent use of falsetto. This singing method, in combination with the band's melody structure, often gave many songs a surreal sound and effect.

The band's song "Whatever" was used as professional wrestler Chris Benoit's WWE theme song from 2002 until his death in 2007. Our Lady Peace had not performed the song live for a number of years prior to the murder/suicide of Benoit and his family in 2007. In a 2012 interview, the band stated that they would never play the song live again due to the circumstances of Benoit's death.[77] The band resumed playing the song as part of their 30th Anniversary Tour in 2025.[78]

Band members

[edit]
Current members
  • Raine Maida – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar (1992–present)
  • Duncan Coutts – bass, backing vocals (1995–present)
  • Steve Mazur – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals (2002–present)
  • Jason Pierce – drums, percussion (2016–present; touring member 2014–2016)
Former members
  • Jeremy Taggart – drums, percussion (1993–2014)
  • Jamie Edwards – guitar, keyboards (2000–2002; touring member 1998–2000)
  • Mike Turner – lead guitar, backing vocals (1992–2001; guest 2021–2022)
  • Chris Eacrett – bass, backing vocals (1992–1995)
  • Jim Newell – drums (1992–1993)
  • Paul Martin – bass (1992)
Touring/session members
  • John Bouvette – drums (1993)
  • Mike Eisenstein – guitar, keyboards (2002–2003)
  • Joel Shearer – guitar (2005–2006)
  • Robin Hatch – keyboards (2012–2016)
  • Jason Boesel - drums (2014)

Timeline

[edit]

[42] [79]

Discography

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ OLP – thefreedictionary.comFarlex, Inc.. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
  2. ^ OLP returns to its rootsPique Publishing. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
  3. ^ Our Lady Peace in the Pop Encyclopedia[usurped]Canoe.ca. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Our Lady Peace Get Well". Rolling Stone. August 1, 2005. Archived from the original on August 20, 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
  5. ^ "MuchMusic.com > MMVA06 > REWIND > 97, 98, 00". MuchMusic. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2007.
  6. ^ "NIELSEN MUSIC & BILLBOARD PRESENT CANADA 150 CHARTS" (PDF). bdsradio.com. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  7. ^ "Canada.com article top 100 Canadian albums". Retrieved on July 21, 2008. Archived October 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b c d Our Lady Peace – Naveed reviewSputnikmusic.com. Retrieved May 10, 2009.
  9. ^ "New OLP record a radical departure". Canoe. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
  10. ^ a b The complete Q&A: Raine MaidaMontreal Gazette. Canwest Publishing, Inc. 2010. Archived version retrieved December 15, 2011.
  11. ^ White, Logan (June 25, 2021). "Our Lady Peace's Raine Maida Talks New Single + 'Spiritual Machines II'". Substreammagazine.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  12. ^ "OUR LADY PEACE RELEASES 20TH ANNIVERSARY REMASTERED EDITION OF DOUBLE-PLATINUM CERTIFIED ALBUM SPIRITUAL MACHINES". Sony Music's sonymusic.ca. November 3, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  13. ^ Eves, Tina (June 25, 2021). "Our Lady Peace Offer Reality Check with "Stop Making Stupid People Famous"". Americansongwriter.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  14. ^ "Biography". NME. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
  15. ^ Our Lady Peace bandology[usurped]Ourladypeace.cc. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  16. ^ Larry LeBlanc (June 22, 1996). "Sony Music Takes on the World". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 62–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  17. ^ LeBlanc, Larry. "Our Lady Peace jumps Canadian border. " Billboard 25 Feb. 1995: JuniorQuest Magazines, ProQuest. Web. Retrieved 28 Sep. 2010.
  18. ^ a b c "Our Lady Peace Top Singles positions". RPM. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
  19. ^ a b "The Top 200 Songs Of The 90's According to 102.1 the Edge". Torontomike.com. September 12, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  20. ^ "Discography Our Lady Peace". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 14, 2009.
  21. ^ "Our Lady Peace > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved August 13, 2010.
  22. ^ "TWO IN A ROW: OUR LADY PEACE DEBUT AT #1 IN CANADA!". Chart Attack. Archived from the original on July 25, 2003. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  23. ^ "CFNY Hit Lists". Spiritofradio.ca. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  24. ^ "Top 150 Canadian Albums". musiccanada.wordpress.com. July 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  25. ^ a b Durham, Victoria. "Our Lady Peace – Weight and Bleed[usurped]" Rock Sound Nov 2002. Retrieved September 21, 2009.
  26. ^ a b Pacienza, Angela. "Our Lady Peace Finds Gravity in Maui." The Winnipeg Free Press June 29, 2002: C6
  27. ^ "Turner leaves Our Lady Peace citing creative differences Archived February 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine" The Hamilton Spectator December 14, 2001: D07. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
  28. ^ "The Torch article Our Lady Peace disappoints fans with new release". Retrieved on July 21, 2008.
  29. ^ Anonymous. "Our Lady Peace puts out the call for new guitarist Archived February 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine" Toronto Star February 19, 2002: A7. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
  30. ^ Interview with Raine Maida Archived November 11, 2012, at the Wayback MachineBandzoogle. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
  31. ^ ""New OLP album a radical departure: Our Lady Peace guitarist quits" – article at Jam! Canoe". Jam.canoe.ca. February 12, 2002. Archived from the original on August 2, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2011.
  32. ^ Anonymous. "Our Lady Peace signs new guitarist Archived February 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine" Toronto Star April 16, 2002: B8. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
  33. ^ a b Anon. "Our Lady Peace[usurped]" – Kludge Sound June 26, 2002. Retrieved December 9, 2009.
  34. ^ "interview with Raine Maida". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
  35. ^ a b "interview with Raine Maida". Canoe. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
  36. ^ Our Lady Peace set to release their seventh studio album July 21Tradingmarkets.com. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
  37. ^ Our Lady Peace rolls out a scorching summer tour[permanent dead link]Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 19, 2009.
  38. ^ a b An Evening with Our Lady PeaceOurladypeace.net. Retrieved December 7, 2009.
  39. ^ Our Lady Peace preparing new album[usurped]Chartattack.com. Retrieved on January 4, 2010.
  40. ^ Raine Maida Interview | Guitar International Archived October 25, 2010, at the Wayback MachineGuitar International. October 22, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  41. ^ Our Lady Peace: back from the brink Archived February 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. – Glacier Interactive Media. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
  42. ^ a b "Interview: Raine Maida Talks New Our Lady Peace Music, Taggart's Exit - Riffyou.com". Riffyou.com. July 21, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  43. ^ Schukov, Jenia (July 18, 2014). "Our Lady Peace Release Single "Won't Turn Back"". Confront. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  44. ^ Grant, Adam (July 21, 2014). "Interview: Raine Maida Talks New Our Lady Peace Music, Taggart's Exit". RiffYou. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  45. ^ Ramunni, Kate (May 30, 2019). "It's the 1990s all over again". Republic American Archives. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  46. ^ @OurLadyPeace (August 4, 2020). "Tweet from Our Lady Peace's official Twitter account" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  47. ^ @OurLadyPeace (August 4, 2020). "Tweet from Our Lady Peace's official Twitter account" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  48. ^ "JUJU - Livestream your favorite bands and artists". Archived from the original on August 4, 2020.
  49. ^ "Official Our Lady Peace account on Facebook". Facebook.com. June 1, 2021. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  50. ^ @ourladypeace (July 30, 2021). ".@rainemaida is doing a live AMA right now. Head to https://redd.it/ouooq6 to ask your questions!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  51. ^ a b Maida, Raine (July 30, 2021). "I'm Raine Maida, lead singer for Our Lady Peace and Chief Product Officer & EVP @ S!NG app here to answer all your questions. AMA". Reddit.com. Retrieved July 30, 2021. Did you mean Mike Turner . Yes we speak and Spiritual Machines 2 would've [sic] be right without Mike involved.
  52. ^ Bell, Kaelen (July 30, 2021). "Our Lady Peace Detail 'Spiritual Machines 2'". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  53. ^ Devlin, Mike (June 2, 2022). "Our Lady Peace breaks new technological ground with tour that opens Monday in Victoria". Times Colonist. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  54. ^ "10 captures of Our Lady Peace's unique hologram performance in Victoria". Victoria Buzz. June 7, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  55. ^ Taylor, Shelia (January 7, 2023). "Our Lady Peace: Mountain Song". Amplify the Noise. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  56. ^ https://www.ourladypeace.com/olp30-news/2024/9/25/olp30-tour-wcollective-soul
  57. ^ https://metro.co.uk/2025/02/21/rock-band-reclaims-song-troubled-past-first-live-performance-22-years-22602632/
  58. ^ https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/our-lady-peace-plays-chris-benoit-theme-whatever-first-time-22-years-say-they-want-reclaim-it
  59. ^ https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/1543685-our-lady-peace-performs-whatever-chris-benoit-theme-for-first-time-in-22-years
  60. ^ a b Dekel, Jon (April 11, 2016). "Whatever happened to the Canrock revolution?". CBC Music. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  61. ^ Bliss, Karen (June 1, 2017). "Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew on Field Trip: Fate of the Festival Is Up to the People". Billboard. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  62. ^ a b c Cross, Alan (May 15, 2017). "10 Pioneering Canadian Music Festivals". A Journal of Musical Things. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  63. ^ Powell, Betsy (January 16, 1999). "There's no place like home". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 50 and 58. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  64. ^ "Summersault 1998 Quebec City". setlist.fm. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  65. ^ White, Sherry; Wray, Michelle (August 1998). "Small band from Newfoundland makes it big". SchoolNet. Industry Canada. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  66. ^ LeBlanc, Larry (February 20, 1999). "Local Boost for Canadian Live Circuit". Billboard. pp. 39 and 41. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  67. ^ a b Mancini, Rob (May 25, 2000). "A Perfect Circle Hits Summersault, Delivers Album". MTV. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  68. ^ Stephan, Laura (April 16, 2020). "Our Lady Peace live performance available today (April 16)". A Journal of Musical Things. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  69. ^ "Our Lady Peace Recent Concert Begins Airing on YouTube". Alternativeaddiction.com. Retrieved May 14, 2020.
  70. ^ "Line-up for Summersault". Last.fm. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  71. ^ Niester, Alan (August 12, 2000). "Not much to flip out over at Summersault festival". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  72. ^ LeBlanc, Larry (March 31, 2001). "Canadian Music at a Crossroads, New Talent Ready to Blaze a Trail". Billboard. pp. 46 and 48. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
  73. ^ "Deftones Setlist at Summersault 2000 Vancouver". setlist.fm.
  74. ^ "Our Lady Peace". MTV Artists. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  75. ^ Steve McLean. "Our Lady Peace". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  76. ^ Worley, Gail (November 5, 2001). "The Soul in the Machine: An Interview with Raine Maida of Our Lady Peace". Ink19.com. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  77. ^ Chattman, Jon (April 12, 2012). "Our Lady Peace Throws a Curve, Discusses the Late Chris Benoit". Huffington Post. Retrieved August 2, 2014.
  78. ^ Reichlin, Michael (February 20, 2025). "Our Lady Peace Performs Chris Benoit's WWE Theme 'Whatever' After 15-Year Ban". SEScoops. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
  79. ^ "ClumsyMonkey.net • Our Lady Peace".
[edit]