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Our Lady Peace
For much of their career,
Our Lady Peace had the perfect practice space. Unlike the massive warehouses that house dozens of rehearsal rooms in Toronto, the multi-platinum rock band own a private, 3000-square-foot. two-level building downtown. For 15 years, singer Raine Maida, drummer Jeremy Taggart, bassist Duncan Coutts and guitarist Steve Mazur wrote there, honed their songwriting there, recorded there, rehearsed there -- and generally rocked out until the wee hours of the morning, if they so chose. Until the area gentrified and the band found themselves answering one too many knocks at the door asking them to knock it off, as kids in adjacent homes were trying to sleep. The solution? Say goodbye practice space, hello boutique gym.
Union Studio is the joint effort of Maida, Coutts, Taggart, Christie Ness (formerly of GetSpun) and John Kawaja (of Taylormade-Adidas Golf). Spinner talked to Maida about this unexpected new business venture.
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