1. Kevin Hearn recalls buying the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour and a Beach Boys greatest hits record, and having them become his first two favourite albums, which led him to an interest in performing music.
26 Facts About Kevin Hearn
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Kevin Hearn has cited electronic band OMD, and folk punk group Violent Femmes, as formative influences.
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Kevin Hearn joined Look People in 1988 and played with the band until their break-up in 1993.
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Kevin Hearn did not own any of the band's albums and had to learn all of the band's songs in a matter of weeks.
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Kevin Hearn played mostly keyboards on the songs included on the album, and some accordion.
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Thanks to the opportunities afforded him by his BNL gig, Kevin Hearn subsequently released his first solo album, Mothball Mint.
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Kevin Hearn contributed some lead electric guitar to the album, having a noticeably different style than Ed Robertson or Steven Page.
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Shortly after the recording of Stunt, Kevin Hearn was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia.
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Kevin Hearn began treatment at the same time the band was shooting the video for "One Week", and as such, does not appear in many of the shots.
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Kevin Hearn was hospitalized in Toronto while the band continued to tour in support of the new album.
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Kevin Hearn ultimately required bone marrow transplants from his brother Sean Kevin Hearn, and eventually his cancer went into remission.
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Kevin Hearn rejoined the band in 1999, though still dealing with the effects of the disease.
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Kevin Hearn released another solo album, called H-Wing which centered on his illness.
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BNL's next album, Maroon, featured one of Kevin Hearn's songs, "Hidden Sun" as a hidden track at the end of the disc; his song "Born Human", later re-recorded for Thin Buckle, was recorded and left off the album.
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Everything to Everyone saw Kevin Hearn's first writing credits on the regular body of a BNL album.
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Kevin Hearn learned to play the mandolin for the album and it has become a common instrument for him on tour.
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Kevin Hearn released a third solo album, Night Light in 2003 with Thin Buckle.
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Kevin Hearn contributed significantly to the album and composed the songs "Wingophone" and "Monkey Bird".
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Kevin Hearn is pictured in the group's official portrait at Zunior Records' Independent Music Hall of Fame.
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Kevin Hearn was part of Lou Reed's live band from 2007, including a European tour in 2011.
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Kevin Hearn spends time at a cottage which he acquired in the early 2000s.
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Kevin Hearn has a daughter, Havana Winter Kevin Hearn, born in December 2003 with girlfriend Yvonne.
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Kevin Hearn's cousin is actor and comedian Harland Williams, with whom he spent a lot of time as a child.
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Kevin Hearn's ongoing lawsuit against a Toronto art gallery, after learning that a Norval Morrisseau painting he had purchased was an apparent forgery, was profiled in Jamie Kastner's 2019 documentary film There Are No Fakes.
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Kevin Hearn was eventually awarded $60,000 in compensation in September 2019.
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See Barenaked Ladies' discography; Kevin Hearn's contributions include releases from 1996 until present.