Tyler Stewart
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 Stewart on stage, 2005.
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| Birth name | Tyler Joseph Stewart |
| Born | September 21, 1967 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Drummer |
| Instrument(s) | Drums |
| Associated acts | Barenaked Ladies |
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| Pearl drum kits Sabian cymbals Regal Tip drumsticks |
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Tyler Joseph Stewart (b. September 21, 1967) is the drummer for the Canadian music group Barenaked Ladies.
Tyler was the last of the original five Barenaked Ladies to join the band. He met Steven Page, Ed Robertson and Jim Creeggan at a buskers festival in the summer of 1990 and soon filled their desire for a real kit drummer. When Andy (who played congas) returned from a trip to Ecuador to find Tyler on drums, he felt a little displaced (and eventually moved over to playing mostly keyboards). Tyler has been with the band ever since. He is the only member of the band who does not actively write songs for the group's albums or for a side project. He has received a writing credit on only two songs in the band's catalogue: "Grade 9" from Gordon and "Why Say Anything Nice?" from Barenaked Ladies Are Men (on the latter, he only came up with the title). Tyler also adds other percussion elements to the band, and occasionally adds melodic elements (including some piano on the Born On A Pirate Ship album).
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[edit] Early life
Stewart was born in Toronto, but was raised in Newmarket, Ontario. He is the son of a white mother and a black father, a fact which he learned when he was about 12 years old[1]. His father sang in a Scarborough rock band named "The Wizards of Id".[2] He notes their relative youth (only 19 years his senior) to exposing him to interesting music which was frequently played around the house when he was young.[2] He has claimed that his unique eyebrows are the result of his shaving them off when he was young.
Stewart is a graduate of Huron Heights Secondary School. He received a Bachelor of Applied Arts degree in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Ryerson University) in 1989, making him the only member of Barenaked Ladies to have earned a degree.
Stewart was a member of The Ambassadors Drum and Bugle Corps, playing bongos and pit percussion from 1979-1980, and tri-drums from 1980 to 1982. He was the drummer for cowpunk/rockabilly band Pogo Rodeo and later 3 Day Bender in the late 1980s. When he met the Barenaked Ladies, at a buskers' festival, he was drumming for the Would Be Goods.
[edit] Personal life
Stewart's wife is named Jill, married on Sept 19/98; they have two daughters, Mili Apr 2/99 and Hazel Apr 16/01. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking. He is a fan of hockey (the Toronto Maple Leafs in particular), and went to school with former Leafs goalie, Curtis Joseph, where the two became friends. Tyler also enjoys playing hockey, and is a member of the "Jokers" hockey team in the Canadian Exclaim! Hockey Summit of the Arts. Stewart is also an occasional panelist/contributor on the post-game show for Hockey Night In Canada. Tyler took part in Super Skate at Madison Square Garden for the Christopher Reeve Foundation in 2001 and 2002. It was a celebrity hockey game with particpants such as Denis Leary, Kim Alexis, Rick Moranis, Chris Jericho, Gary Dell'Abate, Chad Smith, Darren Pang and Jason Priestly, among others.
[edit] Drum Equipment
Tyler currently plays Pearl drum kits and Sabian cymbals. He uses Regal Tip drumsticks (mainly Groovers) and Regal Tip Blasticks for brushes. He also has his own signature Thai sticks through the company which he designed with his drum tech, Rob "Tiny" Menegoni. The sticks are called Ty-phoons (a second, "dipped", version of which was recently released).
[edit] References
- ^ Moll, George (executive producer). Behind the Music [TV-series]. New York, NY: VH1.
- ^ a b Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart. The Barenaked Truth [Television documentary/DVD]. Take 3 Productions/Casablanca Media Television.
[edit] External links
- Tyler Stewart at the Internet Movie Database
- Barenaked Ladies Official Website
- The Ambassadors Drum and Bugle Corps
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