 a.k.a. 'Sowrd Swallowin Steve' a.k.a. 'The It's Been Guy' Steven, born June 22, 1970 is from Scarborough, Ontario. He is the co-lead vocalist in Barenaked Ladies and also plays a Gibson electric guitar. Over the years Steve and Ed Robertson have written most of the songs for BNL, but he has been known to join up with his mentor, Steven Duffy when help is needed with writing. Many people refer to Steve as "the daddy of the group", "the more serious member of the group", but maybe he's just the most intelligent of the group. Steve's lyrics are mind boggling at times. Just when you think you know a song inside, outside and upside down, you find some double or hidden meaning in his words. Then the voice that can carry through any theater un-mic'd, picks you up and takes you somewhere far away. He truly has an outstanding voice and writing abilities that I believe will carry BNL long into the future. On December 28, 1993, Steve married Carolyn Ricketts in Toronto. They currently have two childeren, Issac, who was born the winter of 1997, and Ben. Steve's Favourites Movies: Wings of Desire Naked Good Hours After Hours Albums: Blood and Chocolate - Elvis Costello Nilsson Sings Newman - Harry Nilsson Whale Music - Rheostatics Songs: Your Kind - Paul Simon Cruel to be Kind - Nick Lowe The Sign - Ace of Base Concerts: Beck - T in the Park, Scotland 96 Sloan - Blossom Music Theatre, OH Turandot - Canadian Opera Company, Toronto Cities: NYC Las Vegas Boise Videos: Everlong - Foo Fighters Karma Police - Radiohead Beetlebum - Blur New Bands/Artits: Divine comedy Magnetic Fields Belle + Sebastian Media Scandals: Teva Birkenstock Flip Flops Restaurants: Restaurant Daniel - NYC Tojo's - Vancouver Gramercy Tavern - NYC Drop his pants on stage while signing "Steven's pants are falling down, falling down" Streak across stage naked Shove a monkey in his pants and pull it out his fly Streak down the street Tear open packets of Kraft cheese and pout it over his head Streak through a town Tear open a box of Kraft dinner and pour it over his head Streak through the bus Wear dresses on stage, but only green dresses |
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