Ben Folds Five
Ben Folds Five (1994?2000) war eine Band aus drei Mitgliedern, gegründet in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Ihr Musikstil könnte Klavier-beherrschter Rock genannt werden. Mitglieder der Band waren Ben Folds (Leadsänger, Pianist/Keyboarder, Songwriter), Robert Sledge (E-/Kontrabass) und Darren Jessee (Schlagzeug). Nachdem sich die Band 2000 auflöste, begann Ben Folds eine Solokarriere.
Nach dem verwirrenden Namen der Band gefragt, antwortete Folds, "Ben Folds Three hätte einfach beschissen geklungen"...
Diskographie
Ben Folds Five, 1995, Passenger Records/Caroline Records
- Jackson Cannery
- Philosophy
- Julianne
- Where's Summer B.?
- Alice Childress
- Underground
- Sports & Wine
- Uncle Walter
- Best Imitation of Myself
- Video
- The Last Polka
- Boxing
Naked Baby Photos, 1997, Passenger Records/Caroline Records
- Eddie Walker
- Jackson Cannery
- Emaline
- Alice Childress
- Dick Holster
- Tom & Mary
- For Those Of Ya'll Who Wear Fannie Packs
- Bad Idea
- Underground
- The Ultimate Sacrifice
- Satan Is My Master
- Julianne
- Song For The Dumped
- Philosophy
- Twin Falls
- Boxing
Whatever And Ever Amen, 1997, Sony 550 (Epic)
- One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces
- Fair
- Brick
- Song For The Dumped
- Selfless, Cold and Composed
- Kate
- Smoke
- Cigarette
- Steven's last night in town
- Battle of Who Could Care Less
- Missing the War
- Evaporated
The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, 1999, Sony
- Narcolepsy
- Don't Change Your Plans
- Mess
- Magic
- Hospital Song
- Army
- Your Redneck Past
- Your Most Valuable Possession
- Regrets
- Jane
- Lullabye