Talk:The Bens

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Australian?[edit]

Although Ben Lee is indeed Australian, and the Bens toured Australia, I'm not sure if it's proper to classify the band as Australian. Two of the members are American, after all, and they did their recording in America. Wantsarevolution 06:10, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Although the members are not mainly Australian, the band is. The band came together, and played mainly in Australia. If you look at the band as a new object, instead of the sum of the members, the band is Australian.Randomname 13:55, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

I've gone for Australian. Powerhouse Museum curator, Peter Cox, writes "In 2003 Ben Folds, Ben Lee and Ben Kweller formed a triple bill on a tour of Australia." See here. AllMusic's MacKenzie Wilson has "While touring his new homeland of Australia in 2003 in support of his debut solo album, Rockin' the Suburbs, Ben Folds gathered indie rock darlings Ben Lee and Ben Kweller for a nine-date outing down under." See here. So despite Folds and Kweller being from the US, the tour and trio were formed in Australia.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 08:32, 10 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]