Ben Folds Five is a trio formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States in 1994, who until their breakup in 2000 were a mainstay of Piano rock. Much of their work was influenced by jazz, evident in frequent improv-styled passages through bridge and/or ending.
The members of the band are Ben Folds, the lead singer and pianist, who also wrote most of the songs; Robert Sledge on bass; and Darren Jessee on drums. The group enjoyed the success of the single Brick in 1997, a ballad written by Folds (with a chorus by Jessee) about his high school girlfriend getting an abortion. This song has, to a large degree, misrepresented the band to fans who aren't familiar with their other work; "Brick" is a serious ballad, whereas most of their music is characterised by jazz inflections and witty, humorous lyrics.
Style over time
Genres of the artist's albums over the years: the higher the line, the stronger the genre on that album
1995
1997
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2012
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Artists on air on the same radio stations and in the same genres
Members
Ben Foldseponymous, lead vocals, original, keyboard, piano, melodica
Darren Jesseedrums (drum set), original, background vocals, percussionFans
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On the radio
Stations that played Ben Folds Five in the last 30 days
- 12×
Got Radio Alternative Attic 90s
United States · Alternative Rock - 8×
T and J's Radio (HQ MP3)
United States · Alternative Metal - 5×
Biloela 4BRZ 89.7MHz FM The Breeze Central Queensland
Australia · Rock - 5×
BestNetRadio - 90's Alternative
United States · Alternative Rock - 4×
That 90s Channel
United States · Rock - 4×
Bellarmine Radio
United States · Rock - 3×
BKK.FM
Thailand · Hard Rock - 3×
Channel X
New Zealand - 3×
WOBN Otterbein
United States · Rock - 3×
Third Rock Radio
United States · Pop - 3×
Radio Viseu
Portugal · Rock - 3×
XT Alternative
Ireland · Pop
