Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock Active: 90's Formed: 1994
Cheap Trick, Squeeze, Slayer, The Raspberries, Queen, Pixies, Nirvana, Randy Newman, Freddie Mercury, Elton John, Jellyfish, Joe Jackson, Paul McCartney & Wings, Todd Rundgren, XTC The Flaming Lips, Eels, Rufus Wainwright, The Moog Cookbook, The Rentals, Built to Spill, Supergrass, Weezer, Beck, Cake, Mercury Rev, The Rembrandts, Billy Joel, Jon Bolden, Spymob, Jim Greer |  |
A guitarless band may seem strange at first, but the piano, bass and drums trio Ben Folds Five have dispelled any misgivings about their ability to rock as loud and hard as the next band. Calling themselves "punk rock for sissys," the band have been grouped with the nerd rock movement of the mid-'90s with one exception, Folds knows how to write catchy and clever pop songs that hold up after repeated listens.
The group's story is, in many ways, the story of its de facto leader and namesake, Ben Folds. The son of a carpenter, Folds was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Upon graduating high school in the mid-'80s, the young songwriter drifted from place to place in hopes of discovering a good scene to sow his brainchild.
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