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Ben Folds Five to reunite for one-off show

They'll get back together this month

Sep 3, 2008
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Ben Folds leaked 'fake' album

Singer reveals he purposely put material online

Aug 14, 2008

BEN'S ROCKIN' COMEBACK!

The video for 'Rockin' The Suburbs' has been directed by funnyman Weird Al Yankovic...

Aug 15, 2001

FOLDS RETURNS TO THE FOLD

Don't go getting pianist envy now...

Jan 9, 2001

FIVE FOLD ON GOOD TERMS

The Ben Folds Five parted on "good terms", it would seem. Will their dignity remain intact?....

Nov 3, 2000

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Ben Folds Five Videos

The Wave Pictures At Benicasim 2009

We catch up with the band backstage at the spanish festival.

Lightspeed Champion at Benicassim '08

Dev talks to NME Video about nerves and fans, backstage at Benicassim.

Peaches Walks Onstage at Benicassim 2009

Find out what it's like to walk on stage with Peaches at Benicassim 2009.

Harsh Winds At Benicassim 2009

Harsh winds at Benicassim festival caused bands to cancel shows and campsites to be evacuated.

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Ben Folds Five - Army (03:22)

Ben Folds Five Reviews

Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall

They're the band who, on one hand, fashioned [B]'Underground'[/B] a punchy classic slice of professorial pop with a heart of molten boogie but on the other can make something as dumb, vile and

Apr 28, 1999

Folds, Ben Five : Army

A rash of horns, stadium honky-tonk, some insufferably self-regarding piano - that's supposed to be enough to dazzle the listener, like a budgie transfixed by a mirror.

Apr 17, 1999

The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner

There always has to be a joke, doesn't there?...

Apr 4, 1999

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Ben Folds Five Biography

Ben Folds Five was an alternative rock trio formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The group comprised Ben Folds on vocals, piano, and principal songwriting; Robert Sledge played bass and provided backing vocals; and Darren Jessee played drums, sang backing vocals and co-wrote some of the songs. The group achieved mainstream success in the alternative, indie and pop music scenes. The band is best known for the hit single "Brick" from their 1997 album Whatever and Ever Amen, which gained airplay on many mainstream radio stations.

Much of Ben Folds Five's work was influenced by jazz, evident in frequent improv-styled passages through bridge and/or ending. During their seven years together, the band released three proper studio records, one retrospective album of B-sides & outtakes, and eight singles. They also contributed to a number of soundtracks and compilations. Ben Folds Five disbanded in October 2000, apparently under amicable circumstances.

The group reunited for a one-off concert on September 18, 2008, where they played their final album, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, in its entirety.

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