Kevin Neil (Neal?) Hearn! Like...Neil before him...he is so great! I mean, isnt he? He plays keyboards, he plays guitar, he plays accordian...hes gonna go far!
Kevin was born July 3rd, 1969! That makes him a Cancer, like me! I always knew Cancer's were special. ;) In that...special we talk to puppets sort of way... \:P
Kevin joined the barenaked bunch in 1995 when Andy dropped out. The boys had met kevin while he was playing with the Look People. Tyler was the one to recruit him however. Kevin was to start touring with the boys 2 weeks later...but didnt have any of their albums so I guess he had to go out and snag them! In March of 98 however, Kevin started feeling the effects of luekemia but didnt find out what it was until a scary airplane incident made him go to the doctors. (While in a flight, someone removed their luggage from the overhead compartment and smacked kevin in the head. It cut him and the wound wouldnt stop bleeding.) Later he received a call and he returned to the doctor to find out that he had cancer. The next few years were very rocky and very scary (we could have lost him many a time.) But thanks to his brother Sean's bone marrow and a translpant kev was on the road to recoverey. After some touring kevin had to return home to fully recover when his body starting rejecting the marrow. As of now Kevin is doing fine and dandy and looks just as healthy as he did when he first joined the band. If you had seen him during his recovery touring you probably would not have recognized him ( I know i didnt :( ) because his medications caused a puffy reaction in his face.
Kevin has a solo CD entitled Mothball Mint (and might I add that it is great?) and a forthcoming CD called H Wing.
UPDATE!: H-Wing is now OUT! I dont care if you dont like Kevin's voice, you MUST buy this CD. Its a masterpeice let me tell you. Absolutly wonderfull. "10 Stars!"--New York Times "A musical collection that will go down in history!"--Rolling Stone "Well worth the Snail Mail wait."--Me "Dont sue me for making up qoutes about how great it is!"--me again.
.Kevin was once a member of the Look People, he is an honorary member of the Rheostatics, and he works on his solo albums with Thinbuckle.
"I was in the Brothers Creeggan, but they kicked me out. So I joined Barenaked Ladies."
"Um, can I touch your hand?" -jimmy johnson (kev)
"Oops, I did it again. I blew up the sun, I blew up the moon, oh baby baby...Oops, you think im liar, ive got an evil empire! Im not that innocent!"
"But enough about cancer, lets go check out the gift shops!"
"Hello! Hello! Hi! Thats the..um..the bratwurst mobile." (kevin in europe waving at an odd looking vehicle.
"You've got that right buster!"
"Ah, you can tell by the way I do my walk, Im a ladies man, no time talk. You can laugh, and you can scream, oh..dooby do wah, scooby wah."
Kevin: "If I didnt, can I?"
Fun Kevin Facts!
