In a statement posted late Tuesday on the band's website, the Toronto-based group said that "Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart will continue recording and touring together as Barenaked Ladies."Steven Page will pursue solo projects including theatrical opportunities while the band enters the studio in April 2009, and hits the road in the fall."
The band had the following quotes.
"These guys are my brothers. We've grown up together over the past twenty years," the 38-year-old Page said. "I love them and wish them all the best in the future."
Ed Robertson said: "It's the start of a new chapter for all of us. Here's to the future!"
There was no mention in the statement of Page's drug arrest last year or whether that might be related to the announcement.
Police in Fayetteville, N.Y. charged Page, his girlfriend and her roommate with drug possession in July. Cocaine was found in the apartment.
The trio got a deal in late October where they would avoid criminal convictions if they stayed out of trouble for six months.
News of the arrest had come as the veteran band had released a children's album, Snacktime.
In another bit of hard luck, Robertson crashed his float plane north of Bancroft, Ont. last year. He and three passengers escaped without any serious injury.
The BareNaked Ladies first formed in Scarborough in 1988.
Since then, they have become among Canada's most accomplished recording artists, with top hits such as "If I had a Million Dollars," "Brian Wilson" and a cover of Bruce Cockburn's "Lovers in a Dangerous Time." The single "One Week" reached the top of the U.S. charts just over a decade ago.
They have won almost 20 Juno Awards and been nominated for two Grammies.
In Toronto, their name got them kicked off a 1991 New Year's Eve concert bill at city hall when a staffer of then-mayor June Rowlands felt the name objectified women. However, it turned out to be a huge publicity boon for the then-young band.
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I'm dying a lot on the inside! My heart is broken into a million pieces.
It's the beginning of the end for BNL.
I'm so relieved that Steven is out of the band. I stopped supporting the group upon learning of Steven's drug problem. He's in a prominent position in society and should always be setting a positive example, but he chose not to! The judge let him off easy with a slap on the wrist when he should have done jail time. Back to supporting Ed and the remaining members. I'll never be a fan of Steven again.
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