Ben Folds Five is a trio formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States in 1994, who until their breakup in 2000 were a mainstay of
Piano rock. Much of their work was influenced by
jazz, evident in frequent
improv-styled passages through bridge and/or ending. The members of the band are
Ben Folds, the lead singer and pianist, who also wrote most of the songs;
Robert Sledge on bass; and
Darren Jessee on drums. The group enjoyed the success of the single
Brick in 1997, a ballad written by Folds (with a chorus by Jessee) about his high school girlfriend getting an abortion. This …
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