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Look I doubt anyone will respond but...

How can we add Raine as both producer and lead singer on that little chart at the bottom of the article? I tried and it won't work. Thanks in advance to anyone who's actually still on Wikipedia reading talk pages. 142.176.57.15 (talk) 00:57, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article is rife with opinionated statements...

Statements like "many consider" should not really be used to describe the band, especially if there's no source appended. You may think the band has become more "mainstream", but if you can't source an article, its still just your opinion. 69.14.18.172 (talk) 17:32, 11 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely. I used to love this band, and I totally agree, but this article reads like it was written by a 15-year old fanboy. And Clumsy was not their best album. Twice in this article that statement is made, referenced to some dude's list of his favorite 100 canadian albums of all time. One person making a list hardly justifies the claim that it was their most "widely recognized" or "best" album. Happiness was their best album. I knew a quite a few diehard fans back in the day, and they would all agree. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.218.239.109 (talk) 02:45, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Considering the band's radical departure from their early style upon the release of Hapiness... and future albums, most fans would likely agree that Clumsy was their best effort. I have seen many television programs/critical articles by music critics that have stated as such. Perhaps someone can find a mainstream critic's words to this effect, and cite the quote? Mrcooker (talk) 16:26, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cover?

A Decade says that "...this will be the last album featuring Saul Fox on the cover" while Spiritual Machines says "The album was also the last Our Lady Peace album produced by Arnold Lanni, whose face appears on the patient being carried on a stretcher on the album's cover art. Lanni produced (and appeared on the cover of) the band's first four albums"

Since most of these covers feature only one person, these can't both be accurate statements. TheHYPO (talk) 20:47, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Spiritual Machines reference to Arnold Lanni was just added in late September, and is indeed inaccurate. I've removed it. It seems the editor may have been confused. Lanni was never on any OLP cover. — ^`CRAZY`(lN)`SANE^` 23:16, 3 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Post Grunge

Although Post grunge is abit of a subgenre I think the term is very descriptive of the early tunes of Our Lady Peace. Particuarly tunes like Superman is Dead. They are unmistakedly post-grunge. Then take Naveed which almost sounds like a Pearl Jam tune. No doubt about it in my mind and I think they came into existance and were around at the right time to earn this tag. Supposed (talk) 06:20, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Canadian grunge, perhaps? (I guess for a genre to exist, multiple bands have to fill it... Good luck with getting Big Wreck or Default to call themselves that.) Post Grunge seems to be a blanket definition for most bands these days, and once someone is called that it never leaves them. (i.e.: Live, who is lately more "Power-Pop" than anything grunge anymore.) Post Grunge works for OLP for now. 209.180.155.14 (talk) 03:19, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Art Rock?

I think not. I doubt anyone could argue that Our Lady Peace sounds like Can, the Mars Volta, or Half Japanese. Should be removed. Megadan76 (talk) 14:58, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Record Company

I read in the paper this week that the 2009 album is their first without the SonyBMG label. Should this be incorporated once a proper reference can be found? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.196.169.146 (talk) 12:43, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

They actually are releasing the album through Sony in Canada, and through Warner in the US. But Sony doesn't own any of the material, OLP own that independently. They're also financing their own music videos. — ^\`CRAZY`(lN)`SANE^`^/ (talk • contribs) 14:57, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As If

I'm wondering if anyone knows if OLP released any music (other than Out of Here) while under the name As If (if they did then it should be added)

also, I noticed that As If (band) currently doesn't direct to anything, but it should probably direct to OLP's page (i'm not sure how to change it so that As If (band) redirects to OLP's page). Charwinger21 (talk) 15:32, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've redirected the page. Take a look at the redirect page's source to see how it's done. Mindmatrix 16:36, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

thanks :) Charwinger21 (talk) 19:45, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hatnote

I recently edited the hatnote of this article to include a reference to Our Lady of Peace which was then reverted. Is there a precedent here that I am unaware of? Our Lady of Peace references this page, so it is only logical that this page references Our Lady of Peace.

~~I replaced:~~

~~"OLP" redirects here. For other uses, see OLP (disambiguation).~~
~~With: Template:Redirect6~~

~~Your input is appreciated. --Bsay@CSU[ π ] 22:57, 8 August 2009 (UTC)~~ Resolved --Bsay@CSU[ π ] 06:07, 9 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]