I'm a member of a One Man Army

Does anyone know what I am referring to? (Other than Mike Mahler)

Its the first song on the album "Happiness is Not a Fish That You Can Catch"
Don't know who the fuck I'm talking about? Its one of my favorite bands, "Our Lady Peace", and if you don't own at least 3 of their albums than you should mainline some Drano then have someone close a car door on your head.
I'm not even remotely joking. End yourself.
I know that the economy is bad, and the bank is foreclosing on your house right now, and gas prices are still to high, and.... blah fucking blah.
Go out to a music exchange store and buy at least two of their albums. (I would go with "Clumsy", and the aforementioned "Happiness is Not a Fish That You Can Catch")

I am proclaiming that it is Our Lady Peace week.
That's fucking "A" right, during an election week I am promoting the sonic ear-ecstasy of a band from Canadia. Blow me.

Our Lady Peace is my 10th favorite band, lodged right behind AC/DC and ahead of 2Pac. Tenth place isn't a bad thing, hell, at least they're not "The Mighty Might Bosstones" who finished behind "Rammstein", who of course is a German band and only have one song that they actually sing in English. (That would be the aptly named song......"Amerika") But what makes tenth place so fucked up is that they have never been a commercial success, which is a fucking abomination, especially seeing some of the other shit that people are buying. (That's right, I'm looking right at you Weezer fans*) Every other band that is higher than OLP has been a huge commercial success (Other than Bad Religion. But I understand why not a lot of people like them, they're more of a punk band rather than a rock/pop band... And people are fucking stupid)
OLP has never had an album go higher than 9 in America, and has never had a song that has went higher than 7th (there were two songs that made it to 7th. Starseed, and Somewhere out There)

Not only does Our Lady Peace rock the hizzie, they will also get you laid. Yes, if you are a guy, chicks will fuck you silly because you introduced them to Our Lady Peace. I have had no less than 5 chicks sleep with me because of Our Lady Peace. I have no idea why either. Maybe its because they sound different than most mainstream music and are lyrically better than other bands, or that they look like a bunch of pretty boys, or they are easy to sing along to, or they talk about dying alot, I have no idea. All I know is that when I am in a romantic mood and bring a lady friend back to my place and throw in some OLP, I usually get laid. OLP is a fucking leg spreader. I've gotten laid more with OLP than rohypnol, ether, chloroform, or just a punch to the back of the head. Combined. I joke. (Not really)





Some obscure facts about Our Lady Peace

• Their last two albums (Gravity, and Healthy in Paranoid Times) sound vastly different than their first 5 albums. Its like two different bands. Which is not to say that the last two albums aren't good. One of them rocks, the other,,,, not as much. In fact I have a boner right now just typing about them as I am listening to the song "Sorry" So there.
• All of the members of OLP are Canadian, which should tell you how fucking awesome they really are. The fact that I like someone from Canada must mean that their music is really really good. (What is even weirder now that I really think about it is the fact that one of the 5 chicks that I banged because of OLP was Canadian and was in Canada at the time. And no, she wasn't a fictional girl from Niagara Falls)
• In 1998, Our Lady Peace founded the Summersault festival, which sounds a little less gay than "Lilith Fair" The festival included acts like "A Perfect Circle", "Foo Fighters", and "The Smashing Pumpkins".
• On the song "Stealing Babies" (One of my favorites) a guy named Elvin Jones played drums. I had no idea who Elvin Jones was before I looked him up, which makes him a perfect litmus test. If you know who Elvin Jones is, you know more about music than I do.
• Matt Cameron has worked with OLP most notably on the album "Spiritual Machines" Matt was in a little known band called "Soundgarden" (Have you heard about them?), and currently beats on drums for a band called "Pearl Jam" Pretty obscure, but fuck it, I figured I would throw it out there.
• Their new album drops early in 2009, and the first single from the album will be "Burn, Burn"
• The lead singers name is Raine Maida. Which sounds like Bjork's next door neighbor. Seriously, who names their kid Raine? "You know what? Since we're total fucking hippies that live in socialist Canada lets name our kid Raine!, And just in case the kid doesn't get his ass kicked enough in school, lets throw an "E" on the end of it just to toughen him up." Jesus, talk about a curb stomp waiting to happen.
• The band broke up while making "Healthy in Paranoid Times", and recorded 45 fucking tracks for the album.
• Mike Mahler is the only other person that loves Our Lady Peace as much as I do.
  
• Mike Mahler is a titan.
• Raine Maida's wife's name is Chantal Kreviasuk. This is possibly the weirdest names of two people that decided to fuck.
  

*C'mon. Is this even an argument? They're last song was "Pork and Beans" A far cry from great shit they made like "No One Else"