Raine Maida
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 Raine Maida at the 2007 CASBY Awards in Toronto, Ontario
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| Birth name | Michael Anthony Maida |
| Born | February 18, 1970 |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Rock, post-grunge, alternative |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, record producer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Label(s) | Kingnoise Records, Columbia, Sony BMG |
| Associated acts | Our Lady Peace |
| Website | www.rainemaida.net |
Raine Maida, full name Michael Anthony Maida (born February 18, 1970) is a Canadian singer, best known as the front man of the rock band Our Lady Peace. He has stated that he "added Raine to his birth name as a personal statement on his pursuit of the arts"[citation needed]. He has always written all of his band's lyrics and attributes his influences, including Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and U2's Bono.[citation needed] Maida's voice has been infamously described as a mix between Geoff Tate and Billy Corgan by music critic Robert Christgau.[citation needed] He is married to Chantal Kreviazuk.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Maida's parents split up when he was very young. He has a half brother named Adam, who is eighteen years younger than he is. Prior to pursuing a musical career, Maida studied criminology at the University of Toronto, and prior to that attended Ridley College in St. Catharines. He married Winnipeg, Manitoba singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk in December, 1999. On January 16, 2004 their son, Rowan Michael K. Maida, was born. Their second child, a boy named Lucca Jon, was born on June 3, 2005. According to blogger Perez Hilton, the couple is expecting a third son.[1] Raine Maida's mother, Joan Maida, is the longtime executive secretary to Conrad Black[2].
[edit] Our Lady Peace
Raine Maida is the vocalist and a founding member of the Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace. Maida started the band with guitarist Mike Turner in 1992. Especially on the albums prior to Gravity, he often sung in a high, nasal falsetto voice. This trademark singing style, along with Maida's often cryptic lyrics, became one of the distinctive features of Our Lady Peace's music. After working with producer Bob Rock on the album Gravity, this changed: his voice got less nasal and became deeper, and his lyrics were less cryptic. Maida has released six albums with Our Lady Peace, plus a live album and a greatest hits collection. A new OLP album is expected in 2008 or 2009,[3] and will feature music akin to OLP's earlier albums such as Naveed.[4]
[edit] Solo work
Maida released a four song EP called Love Hope Hero on November 14, 2006. The EP contains the songs "One Second Chance", "Earthless", "Sex Love and Honey", and "Careful What You Wish For". The EP was sold on tours with Chantal Kreviazuk, on his website, and on iTunes.
His full-length solo album, The Hunter's Lullaby, was released on November 13, 2007 by independent label Kingnoise Records. The album was recorded in Maida's own studio using mostly acoustic instruments, and is described by Maida as "a collection of poems put to music". Maida's wife is featured on several tracks, singing and playing piano.[5]
[edit] Producing and writing
Maida has also been producing music since 1999, when he co-produced Our Lady Peace's albums Happiness...Is Not a Fish That You Can Catch and Spiritual Machines. He has developed numerous indie bands, including Texas-based Sleepway, Lightbreak, and LA-based Neuromance.
He produced four songs on the dance punk band Men, Women & Children's self-titled debut for Warner Bros. Records. He co-wrote and produced five tracks on Avril Lavigne's second album Under My Skin, released in 2004.
Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk contributed to Kelly Clarkson's song "Where Is Your Heart?"; Kreviazuk co-wrote it, while Maida played the guitar.[6] Maida and Kreviazuk also helped write the international hit "Walk Away", another song on Clarkson's album, Breakaway. They also co-wrote "One Minute" for Clarkson's third album, My December.
Maida and Kreviazuk contributed to the The Veronicas first album The Secret Life Of...; they wrote and produced the song "Revolution". Maida and Kreviazuk also co-wrote "Outside of You" for Hilary Duff's 2007 release, Dignity.
The two wrote and produced both the first single and theme for Cheyenne Kimball's MTV reality show and album The Day Has Come. They wrote "Meant to Fly" for Eva Avila, the winner of the fourth season of Canadian Idol, and wrote the first single of Rex Goudie's second album Look Closer, called "You Got to Me".
[edit] Other work
Maida had a small role in a Canadian movie released in 2001, Century Hotel. He played the character Damon Riley.
In 2005, Maida contributed Liar to Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies from Neverending White Lights.
Maida and Kreviazuk wrote an original song for the HBO documentary Ithuteng.
Both Maida and Kreviazuk are strong advocates of the organization War Child. Maida produced a War Child Canada benefit album entitled Help: A Day in the Life. Maida and Kreviazuk both also co-hosted a 2006 Mothers Against Drunk Driving video.
[edit] Discography
| Date of Release | Title | Tracklisting | Available |
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| November 13, 2007 | The Hunter's Lullaby |
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[edit] Singles
- "Lebo's River" (with Chantal Kreviazuk, Lebo Kgasapane, and Archie Khambula) from Help: A Day in the Life.
- "Yellow Brick Road" premiere single from The Hunter's Lullaby[7]
[edit] References and notes
- ^ Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton » Blog Archive » Sperminated!
- ^ Westhead, Rick (2007-06-01). Black's parties 'useful' to Post: Whyte. TheStar.com. Toronto Star. Retrieved on 2007-06-02. “The 59-year-old, whose son Raine Maida is in the rock band Our Lady Peace, was openly hostile towards assistant U.S. attorney Jeff Cramer during cross-examination.”
- ^ Our Lady Peace fansite
- ^ Raine Maida interview March 2008
- ^ Chartattack.com: Raine Maida delivers the Hunter's Lullaby - retrieved September 21, 2007.
- ^ Google cache of Kelly Clarkson's official website - retrieved June 27, 2007.
- ^ Chartattack.com: Raine Maida delivers the Hunter's Lullaby - retrieved September 21, 2007.
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