Raine Maida

liam · Post by **liam** » 7/20/2003, 6:51 am

From www.imdb.com

Spent time in Iraq working with War Child

Has said that many of his musical influences are female artists such as Sinéad O'Connor.

Interested in the martial arts and holds a black belt in karate

Born Michael Raine Maida, but officially changed his name to Raine Maida, because of former band member Mike Turner

Dropped out of studying criminology at the University of Toronto to persue in a singing career and join the band

Has a brother, Adam, who's 18 years younger

Has a tattoo of a cross and vine on his left shoulder blade

In his band, he also plays guitar

Parents split up when he was young

The first song he learned to play was "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2

Vocalist/Frontman for Canadian Band Our Lady Peace

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Personal quotes
"It's just about how hard it is for kids to grow up today. They're inundated with the media and images and cliques they try to have to fit into. Two images that are really strong for me lyrically are ordinary's just not good enough today,' and when I think of kids today, I would never think of a group of eight year olds going out to a baseball park and throwing the ball around. It doesn't happen any more. I have a nine year old brother; he's either inside playing Nintendo or staying up late on a school night watching Beavis & Butt-Head. And you juxtapose that against the old Superman, on the black and white series. He was a real hero, good values, strong willed, a gentleman, but I think Beavis & Butt-Head wins today." (Talking about the song "Superman's Dead" from the album "Clumsy")

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Where are they now
(February 2003) After finishing some Canadian tour dates, Raine heads to Europe with the band, touring with Canadian artist Avril Lavigne. Soon after, Raine and his wife Chantal will be recording a record together.

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Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 7/20/2003, 7:43 am

liam · Post by **liam** » 7/20/2003, 7:48 am

i thought it was interesting.

nelison · Post by **nelison** » 7/20/2003, 10:21 am

isn't that all stuff we really already knew? :roll:

Candy-coated Fake · Post by **Candy-coated Fake** » 7/20/2003, 11:00 am

So? It doesn't hurt to be reminded of what we already know.

nelison · Post by **nelison** » 7/20/2003, 11:01 am

you speak english. Did you know that?

Candy-coated Fake · Post by **Candy-coated Fake** » 7/20/2003, 11:02 am

What are you talking about?

Edit: OMG, I'm an idiot. Never mind.

liam · Post by **liam** » 7/20/2003, 11:11 am

lol, i liekd it. I thought it was some nice insite on Maida... not EVERYONE knows a bunch of stuff about Maida...

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 7/20/2003, 11:29 am

that thing about the tattoo still confuses me...seems he either doesnt have that one, or has a different one...

and come to think of it, we dont really know a ton about the guy, not like other celebrities at least.

liam · Post by **liam** » 7/20/2003, 11:59 am

yeah i know... but how often do you see chantal and raine talk about their new movie on a local station... (ben and jlo joke) I think its better that Raine doesn't have the media following his every steps and asking him if he's a virgin constantly.

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 7/20/2003, 12:07 pm

yeah, its good the guy has some privacy.

speaking of jlo, she's kinda living a town over from me right now :freak:

liam · Post by **liam** » 7/20/2003, 12:18 pm

i hate her...

Clumsy7Thief · Post by **Clumsy7Thief** » 7/20/2003, 12:51 pm

I hate Jlo too :nod:

liam · Post by **liam** » 7/20/2003, 12:56 pm

we can hate her as one.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 7/20/2003, 1:25 pm

J-Ho is a bee-yotch

liam · Post by **liam** » 7/20/2003, 2:45 pm

he he he... nice avatar

robcore · Post by **robcore** » 7/20/2003, 3:56 pm

LIAM wrote:yeah i know... but how often do you see chantal and raine talk about their new movie on a local station... (ben and jlo joke) I think its better that Raine doesn't have the media following his every steps and asking him if he's a virgin constantly.

We at least know he masterbates.

megxyz128 · Post by **megxyz128** » 7/20/2003, 4:04 pm

J-Neli wrote:isn't that all stuff we really already knew?

i actually didn't know all of that, but thanks for playing.

robcore · Post by **robcore** » 7/20/2003, 4:14 pm

Who the hell is Raine Maida?

megxyz128 · Post by **megxyz128** » 7/20/2003, 4:21 pm

my dad