One of many coolest methods a band can luck out is by having a TV present use considered one of their songs of their opening credit, and for that TV present to develop into an sudden decade-long hit. Not solely does it usually make the band a ton of additional money in royalties, but it surely introduces the band to thousands and thousands of viewers who may not have ever heard of them. What number of “Mad Males” followers have been acquainted with RJD2 earlier than listening to them in its theme music? What number of “Scrubs” followers knew about Lazlo Bane earlier than they heard “I am No Superman” within the opening credit?
For “Barenaked Women,” getting a music featured within the theme for “The Massive Bang Concept” wasn’t as huge of a deal as a result of they have been already fairly well-known beforehand. Nonetheless, with the sitcom lasting 12 entire seasons and being one of many largest scores hits of the last decade, it was nonetheless very a lot well worth the effort. The three-minute music has been giving the band members hefty residual checks for over 15 years by this level, and with the present nonetheless enjoying on fixed reruns it would not look like these checks will cease coming any time quickly. The truth is, co-founder of the band Ed Robertson reportedly claimed that the music earned him extra money than some other music in his profession.
The one drawback was that the opposite members of the band, most famously co-founder Steven Web page, allegedly weren’t included in these earnings. When Web page left the band in 2009, he apparently sued the band for his portion of the royalties, alleging that Robertson was the one one gathering that cash. Web page argued that he was owed a minimum of 1,000,000 {dollars}, which is what he believed his promised 20% of the royalties would come out to. These courtroom paperwork have been reported on by TMZ in 2015, and since then there have not been any public updates. No matter got here of this lawsuit, all of it occurred privately.
The Barenaked Women appear to largely nonetheless be on good phrases with Web page
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As for the connection between Web page and the band he was as soon as part of, it appears cordial however strained. “The band was now not the joyous place that it as soon as was, but it surely hadn’t been joyous for a very long time earlier than that,” Web page defined in a 2011 interview. “It wasn’t that we did not placed on good exhibits, we nonetheless had a good time onstage each night time. But it surely turned a spot the place work was simply concerning the stress and never the top product.” When requested about Web page’s departure in a 2009 interview, Robertson replied, “We do not be in contact, however we definitely want him the perfect and there is good will there.”
Truthfully, so far as band break-ups go, this all may’ve been loads worse. Just one lawsuit, one that did not even blow up into an entire huge public ordeal? As a Beatles and Fleetwood Mac fan, this all appears fairly tame; whereas with the Barenaked Women, we’ve to learn between the traces to get any trace of stress, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham could be overtly fuming with one another on stage.
No matter monetary or private points the Barenaked Women might have had, that did not cease them from not simply being an important a part of the legacy of “The Massive Bang Concept,” however from being the recipient of regularly adoring shoutouts from different sitcoms of the time. Who can overlook that scene in “Neighborhood” the place nearly your complete research group aggressively leaps to defend BNL’s honor? The unique BNL might now not carry out collectively, however nobody can ever take away their triple-platinum standing.