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The Verve Pipe is an American post-grunge band from Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was formed in 1991 by Brian and Brad Vander Ark, Doug Corolla, AJ Dunning, and Donny Brown, releasing their first album, I’ve Suffered a Head Injury later that year. They released a second album Pop Smear helping to gain a devoted following in their native state of Michigan, which lead to signing with RCA Records in 1995. Their first major label release was 1996’s Villains, which was a minor hit and launched two respectably-selling singles, first “Photograph” then the #1 hit “The Freshmen”. They came back with The Verve Pipe in 1999, Underneath in 2001, and most recently The Family Album in 2009.

Despite the similarity in name to the British band The Verve, there is no relation between the two.

Current lineup (2008–present)

* Brian Vander Ark – lead vocals, guitars
* Donny Brown – drums, background vocals
* Doug Corella – keyboards, percussion
* AJ Dunning – guitars, background vocals
* John Connors – bass, background vocals
* Joel Ferguson – bass, background vocals
* Lou Musa - guitars, background vocals

In 1992, working with producer/engineer Jon Frazer, they released their first album, I’ve Suffered a Head Injury, which featured an acoustic version of the band’s calling-card hit, “The Freshmen.”

The original 10-song version of the CD is no longer available. A 7-song version, without the original recording of “The Freshmen” and two songs written by Stout, was later released as an EP.

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1	The Freshmen full track	2,211
2	Never Let You Down full track	653
3	Her Ornament	502
4	Colorful full track	486
5	Photograph full track	393
6	The Freshman	326
7	Happiness Is full track	226
7	I Want All of You full track	226
9	Underneath full track	183
10	Only Words full track	172
11	Gotta Move On full track	136
12	Villains full track	129
13	Cup of Tea full track	127
14	Penny Is Poison full track	120
15	Barely (If at All) full track	109

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bendingheart wrote:
last week

the verve pipe is great, of course, but brian vander ark's newer solo stuff is incredible! if you get a chance to see him perform solo you really should. it's beautiful, well written, and honest.

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aquabatmobile wrote:
last month

i was OBSESSED with the verve pipe in high school. great band!

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stokens wrote:
last month

i just started listening to verve, so beautiful

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brubee2k wrote:
last month

Cereal is obviously their best song XD

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xRaven13x wrote:
December 2009

"Never Let You Down" & "Colorful" what can i say, soul touching songs I'm I right

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l2jperry wrote:
December 2009

If you like this band check out The Product on Last.FM at http://www.last.fm/music/The+Product for some new up and coming rock n' roll.

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thelookofarebel wrote:
December 2009

We were merely freshmen. <3

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Uniontrade wrote:
November 2009

I love villans album, Drive your mind, cup of tea, Reverend Girl etc

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Aoife13 wrote:
September 2009

wow :) I found a new amazing band here!!! :) I just fell in love with their songs <3 "I want all of you" is my favorite :)

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Vcjc2006 wrote:
August 2009

Very Best Grunge Band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

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dvk5453 wrote:
June 2009

Colorful is simply put a fantastic song ..

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thebigshakuna wrote:
May 2009

This band was amazing in the 90's and being that they are from my home state, well...I just have to love them. "Never Let You Down" and "Colorful" are by far their best songs. Well...and of course how could forget about "Photograph". I miss this band.

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raydl wrote:
March 2009

they rocks

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Darija_GG wrote:
January 2009

The Freshmen<3

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BigKevinm84 wrote:
January 2009

THE VERVE made Bittersweet Symphony. And THE VERE PIPE's biggest single is THE FRESHMEN. Silly last.fm stats. Also I love The Freshmen it's an awesome song.

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coolbeanie wrote:
November 2008

Here's a homegrown Verve Pipe fan right here! They are considered a one hit wonder band, but they were HUGE in Michigan in the 1990s.

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Bloodoth wrote:
November 2008

unfortunatly this was the one hit everyone remember but this is a good band. This song, however, is definatly a wonder song. It's amazing. Makes me want to cry everytime due to the memories connected to it.

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peterdawes wrote:
November 2008

strangely enough, my favorite song of theirs has always been "photograph". i was surprised to see they were considered one-hit wonders for "the freshmen".

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Eric_In_Space wrote:
November 2008

One of my favorite bands. It's a real shame they never caught on. I think the problem was that their main song wasn't representative of their real style.

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xManicKatx wrote:
October 2008

Fantastic band! <3

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