Raine Maida Official Thread

Hugh Freaking Dillon

DON'T JUDGE THIS MAN BEFORE YOU HEAR HIS SOLO STUFF. I CAN'T STAND OUR LADY PEACE, BUT I LOVE HIS SOLO STUFF.

With that out of the way, here's his stuff so far:

Love Hope Hero (4 song EP-all of these songs later appear on Hunters Lullaby)
The Hunters Lullaby (first solo album)
Don't Let It Bring You Down - Borrowed Tunes II (Neil Young Tribute)
The Moon Struck One - Garth Hudson Presents a Canadian Celebration of The Band
Pachamama I & II - two 3-song EP's that were for free download last year
We All Get Lighter - upcoming solo album due March 26th, also with a limited run in vinyl format. First single, Montreal, is available for purchase digitally now

http://www.rainemaida.net

Dead Man Walking

I normally don't go out of my way to shit on bands/artists but this guy has fallen so far it's not even funny.

His voice is at the worst it ever has been, OLP's music i recent years has been the same generic garbage and ho make everything worse, Raine's ego is so big and he's so full of himself, it's nauseating to watch him.

Personally, I'll be staying away from his solo stuff. Much like I stayed away from the last 10 years of OLP.

facepollution

Dead Man Walking wrote:

I normally don't go out of my way to shit on bands/artists but this guy has fallen so far it's not even funny.

His voice is at the worst it ever has been, OLP's music i recent years has been the same generic garbage and ho make everything worse, Raine's ego is so big and he's so full of himself, it's nauseating to watch him.

Personally, I'll be staying away from his solo stuff. Much like I stayed away from the last 10 years of OLP.

I met him a couple of weeks ago, not a hint of ego, he happily signed something and posed for a picture. What's more he sounded fine when I saw the band play - he's never been an amazing technical singer anyway.....

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Dead Man Walking wrote:

Raine's ego is so big and he's so full of himself, it's nauseating to watch him.

Personally, I'll be staying away from his solo stuff.

it always makes me laugh when people talk about a celebrity or rock star like they know them.

I have stayed away from OLP for about as long as you, but don't be so close minded. No falsetto garbage, no pop hits. His solo stuff is not even in the same hemisphere as OLP. I'm not comparing him to Ed in any way, but does Ed's solo stuff remind you at ALL of PJ? It doesn't to me.

mookeywrench

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Dead Man Walking wrote:

Raine's ego is so big and he's so full of himself, it's nauseating to watch him.

Personally, I'll be staying away from his solo stuff.

it always makes me laugh when people talk about a celebrity or rock star like they know them.

Even moreso when they're suprised to find that people in bands have egos.

drlovemonkey

Dead Man Walking wrote:

I normally don't go out of my way to shit on bands/artists but this guy has fallen so far it's not even funny.

His voice is at the worst it ever has been, OLP's music i recent years has been the same generic garbage and ho make everything worse, Raine's ego is so big and he's so full of himself, it's nauseating to watch him.

Personally, I'll be staying away from his solo stuff. Much like I stayed away from the last 10 years of OLP.

Besides the ego part (which I can't speak of), I pretty much agree with all of this. The recent OLP CDs have been pathetic. I bought into the usual "band speak" that the latest CD would be a return to their roots...blah blah blah. Was totally let down...again. I'm pretty much done w/ OLP (and Raine for that matter).

Hugh Freaking Dillon

mookeywrench wrote:

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

Dead Man Walking wrote:

Raine's ego is so big and he's so full of himself, it's nauseating to watch him.

Personally, I'll be staying away from his solo stuff.

it always makes me laugh when people talk about a celebrity or rock star like they know them.

Even moreso when they're suprised to find that people in bands have egos.

I never said he didn't. I'm just saying we don't know him, so we can't speak to that.

Attaway77

Right on, thank you for throwing this out there..Just listened to it, I dig it.. I like Raines solo stuff... Looking forward to his new album..

Dead Man Walking

Well, The last time I saw OLP perform was August of 2009. He sounded the worst I had ever heard him (previously was at late-90's Edgefest's).

As for the ego thing, there was a part during one of his new songs where he got off the stage and ran through the almost empty crowd (they were a day act at a festival) and as she made his way back down to the stage he caught himself on the big video screen. He then proceeded to stand there and stare at himself on scren for - no lie - the better part of two minutes during a jam the rest of the band was doing on stage. It was so uncomfortable to watch I was embarrassed for him.

You make a great point though about not comparing him to OLP, that is/was a little narrow minded of me. I'll give it a listen. I mean after all, the price is right if it's something I don't like.

Nami

pretty impressive- thanks for link.

Also, OLP has been solid since the first time i heard Starseed imo. Of course a couple pop songs along the way but every band is guilty of that.

Dead Man Walking

The second installment of this solo project was released today if you didn't receive an email for it. Just downloading it now.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

his new solo album, We All Get Lighter, comes out March 26th. You can get the first single, Montreal, on iTunes now.

restlesssoul

one of three bands I have seen Live in 3 different decades.

OLP will always be late 90's for me. Havent heard much good from them in a long time.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

restlesssoul wrote:

one of three bands I have seen Live in 3 different decades.

OLP will always be late 90's for me. Havent heard much good from them in a long time.

they've pretty much sucked since their second album. But Raine's solo stuff is really good.

uninnocent-

Dead Man Walking wrote:

Well, The last time I saw OLP perform was August of 2009. He sounded the worst I had ever heard him (previously was at late-90's Edgefest's).

Was that at VFest at the Amphitheatre? If so, I can attest that his voice was horrible that night. I used to enjoy OLP, but drifted away from them in the later years.

2-feign-reluctance

Fucking awesome band. Saw them twice - once in 97 and again in 98 - small venue 500 people. Fucking incredible energy off of Naveed and Clumsy. Great band IMO. Musicians are already super critical of themselves IMO - so a little ego never hurt anyone.

restlesssoul

starseed and naveed were their musical heights to be sure.