Some of these are funny, some are interesting, and I wonder where some of them came from. But, to my knowledge, they're all true. (if you have more information, please email me.)
There are only 3 members in Ben Folds Five.
Ben's third and current marriage is to an Australian woman named Frally Hynes.
Third Eye Blind has a song by the name of "Narcolepsy."
Darren Jessee was born on April 8, 1971.
WAEA was recorded in September and October of 1996.
Ben's brother's name is Chuck (short for Charles), and he is/was in 2 bands - Bus Stop and Snuzz.
Chuck's wife's name is Rachel, and they live in North Carolina.
WAEA has 12 songs.
Ben's second marriage was to a woman named Kate Rosen. "Kate" (the song) is not about her.
Darren's father's name is Dick (short for Richard).
Caleb Southern produced all the albums of Ben Folds Five.
Darren's favorite cartoon character is Bugs Bunny.
Ben has a dimple.
Darren has an older sister named Deane.
Ben was on Politically Incorrect sometime is 1999 (I'm not exactly sure when, but before the twins were born), and didn't say anything until the show was almost over.
On FOP, in "Rubber Sled," Ben says somewhere "Robert Sledge on bass guitar, but it is kind of hard to pick out because "Rubber sled" and "Robert Sledge" sound a lot alike.
Some people who have covered BFF songs: Jameson Boyce (Evaporated), Buffalo Chips (Undergound), Garth Jensen (Sports and Wine), Ben and Jason (Best Imitation of Myself), Blank Pages (Jackson Cannery), Alan Munshower (Smoke), and Warren Gray (Army).
Ben and Frally are currently living in Adelaide, Australia.
Darren uses Zildjian cymbols.
Rob owns about thirty-five pairs of shoes.
Ben's first wife was Anna Goodman.
"Brick" is in D.
Rob wrote "Birds." (Is this true?)
Frally is the screaming woman on Fear of Pop.
In Stephen King's The Long Walk, there is a character named Bobby Sledge.
Apparently, Reinhold Messner is the name Darren and his friends used on their fake ID's when they were still underage.
Darren recently bought a house with his girlfriend in New York (I think).
Ben's dad soundproofed his (Ben's) house before the band recorded WAEA.
Ben's mother's name is Scotty.
The band used to haul around in a yellow Rider truck.
They called it (the truck) "butthole."
Rob has a studio in his house.
Ben grew up in an area of Winston-Salem called Sherwood Forest.
Ben lives in Adelaide, Australia with his wife and (twin) children.
The band was considering calling WAEA "Waist High In Hookers and Coke" or "Cigarette" or "Little Girl With Teeth."
Rob says a pick "blends better with the piano."
On TUBORM, "The Jessee Archives" is commended for photography. That would be for the TUBORM man, who is Darren's grandfather.
Ben used to be in a band called Majosha. (For more about Majosha, see Ben's Bio or Related Stuff.)
The correct spelling of the band's name: bee-ee-en-space-ef-oh-el-dee-es-space-ef-eye-vee-ee.
Robert Sledge was born on March 9, 1968.
Darren says Ben "is a fantastic drummer."
Rob wanted to be a marine biologist when he was young, but then he realized you had to be really smart to do that, so he changed his mind to rock star. Good thing. (Not to be mean or anything... I think he's better at being a rock star than he'd ever be at being a marine biologist.)
Ben is mentioned in the lyrics of a Counting Crows song. ("Got Ben Folds on my radio..." -"Monkey", by Counting Crows)
Rob is probably the most computer literate of the group.
Ben's mother is a teacher.
Darren's favorite song from the self-titled album is "Alice Childress."
I would love to see the boys do a cover of Jellyfish's "He's My Best Friend."
Ben broke a rib diving onto Darren during the filming of the Underground video. Darren wasn't ready and Ben landed on his knee.
Ben Folds Five signed their deal with Caroline during Darren's lunch break from flipping burgers. (I don't know if I believe this one...)
Robert can play drums, guitar, trumpet, and piano,(trumpet and piano really badly, he says) as well as bass.
BNL also has a song by the name of "Jane."
Ben and Frally's twins have different birthdays.
Rob says his favorite board games are Boggle and Scrabble.
Darren's grandfather is the man on the front of TUBORM.
Darren's mother bought him his first set of drums.
Rob decribes "Selfless, Cold and Composed" as being "really relaxing to play."
William Shatner did some of the vocals on Ben's solo project, Fear of Pop.
The band was born in 1994, and in 1995 the first CD was out.
Ben Folds Five were supposedly formed on January 2nd, which is now unofficially International Ben Folds Five Day.
Ben and Frally had twins in July of 1999.
In the liner notes of TUBORM, the people who eat doo-doo on film are thanked. This is Rob's doing.
"Twin Falls" (from NBP) is originally a BTS song.
Ben played bass in Majosha.
There was actually a Hardback Cafe, but it closed down because the HardRock Cafe threatened to take them to court.
In YRP, it actually says, "cover your redneck ass."
Rob plays bass and does some backing vocals for a few tracks on the Gladhands' album, La Di Da.
The band's first rehearsal was in Darren's apartment in Chapel Hill (I don't know where I got this from...email me if you think it's wrong.)
A band called Archers of Loaf is also from Chapel Hill.
BFF has at least one song named after a girl on every CD so far (as of June 2000).
Darren went to East Carolina University to study classical music.
Ben went to R. J. Reynolds High School.
The boys considered calling themselves Rosetta Stone. (Anyone have any more info? Like, did they call themselves Rosetta Stone? And what else?)
Next to the lyrics for "Kate" in WAEA, there is the word "army." "Kate" is track number 6 on WAEA, and "Army" is number 6 on TUBORM. (Coincidence? Or is someone trying to tell us something?)
Darren grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina.
NOTHING happened to "the other two members" of Ben Folds Five. (They were just invisible friends of the boys, maybe?)
WAEA was recorded in Ben's house on Easley Street in Chapel Hill.
Half of Ben and Frally's twins : Louis Frances Folds, born 11:04 PM, July 22, 1999.
Darren's middle name is Michael.
In the episode of Dawson's Creek when Abby dies (#219, "Rest In Peace"), "Magic" is played when people are arriving at the funeral.
The self-titled album was recorded in February of 1995.
Rosemary and Cameron are the names of streets in Chapel Hill, even though they sound like names of people.
Steven Stuart Short overstayed his welcome; he is the character in SLNIT.
There are technically two versions of WAEA: one with the talking between the tracks (these are the earlier pressings) and one without the talking and hidden track.
Darren wrote "Magic" and the original version is on a compilation called "Garden Place : Songs By Our Friends."
Ben Folds was born on September 12, 1966.
Rob was in a band called Lex Luther.
The voice on the hidden track on some copies of WAEA belongs to Leo Overtoom, who was a stagehand or something.
Darren started drumming when he was around 12 years old.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a fan of the band.
Ben once said his motto was "Play with matches, you get burned."
Frank Maynard created the very first Ben Folds Five website.
Ben went to the University of Miami to major in music, but dropped out one semester short of graduating.
Rob's middle name is Ewell.
Darren wrote "Leather Jacket," "Magic," and the chorus to "Brick," and probably collaborated with Ben on other songs.
Ben wrote a song which is on Fleming and John's newest CD (Delusions of Grandeur?).
Rob thinks "One Angry Dwarf" best describes Ben Folds Five.
In "Where's Summer B.?" Ross and Frank are holding hands. Ross and Frank were apparently some guys who screwed Ben over in some way, so he mentioned them in the song as being gay.
Rob also appears on Wow and Flutter (Gladhands).
Ben said that when he and Kate were married, they were tied together and bungee jumped off a bridge.
"Jackson Cannery" was the band's first single.
Rob has a brother.
Whatever and Ever Amen went Platinum.
In the liner notes for TUBORM, Darren thanked the bartenders of Chapel Hill.
When he dropped out of school, Ben threw his drumset off a bridge.
Rob recently bought a house in Denmark.
Bette Midler did a cover of "Boxing."
Darren says his parents have good taste in music.
Robert was an accident, according to Darren.
Andy Wallace mixed all the BFF albums.
TUBORM was recorded November 1998 - January 1999.
Darren likes egg salad sandwhiches.
Ben either wrote or collaborated on every original BFF song.
BFF has covered "Video Killed The Radio Star."
"Evaporated" is played in the episode of Dawson's Creek where Jen breaks up with Dawson. (#107 "Boyfriend")
Rob used to be in a band called Toxic Popsicle.
Ben was born in Chapel Hill.
Robert once told a German interviewer that he liked to build lamps.
Anna Goodman (who was Ben's first wife) collaborated with Ben on a few BFF songs.
Ben's full name is Benjamin Scott Folds.
The other half of Ben and Frally's twins : Gracie Scott Folds, born 1:54AM, July 23, 1999.
In 1998 (I think), Ben released an album called "Fear of Pop Volume 1," which was a side project of his.
Even though Ben plays mainly the piano (a 5'5" Baldwin baby grand) in Ben Folds Five, he can play the drums, guitar, bass guitar, melodica, clarinet, and who knows what else.
The notes and little comments in the liner of NBP were written by Ben.
Rob helped with the cover art for NBP.
Alan Wolmart is the band's manager.
Ben took singing lessons in Nashville.
Brick (the single) went Gold in Australia.
Darren plans to do a solo project. (He has a song on "Garden Place:..." and has already done a few solo shows.)
The voice on YMVP is Ben's dad.
Darren was born in Houston, Texas.
Ben wears boxer shorts. (Ha, ha, anyone know for sure? LOL! Frally?)
Darren once said that his New Year's Resolution was to stop jacking off into his own mouth.
"Emaline" and "Cool Whip" are originally Majosha songs, but are still written by Ben.
BFF is based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Kelis likes the band.
"Alice Childress" was the name of a patient in a mental institution where Anna Goodman worked. She threw mop water on Anna. As with a lot of Ben's songs, whether or not the character in the song is actually the namesake or not is unknown.
Darren plays the drums in Ben Folds Five, but he can also play guitar.
Bus Stop, a band which included Ben's brother did a few of Ben's songs. (I think, I'm not sure on this one.)
Ben grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Charlie Gross took the TUBORM picture where Ben and Rob are both looking at their nails.
Only one BFF single was actually released in Canada.
That single was "Song For The Dumped."
Ben wrote or collaborated on all the songs on Majosha's 'Shut Up and Listen To...Majosha.'
Rob plays bass guitar in Ben Folds Five.
On NBP, SFTD is version #112, according to Ben.
Rosemary and Cameron (hte streets from "Kate") don't intersect. Ben just used the names because he thought they sounded better together than the ones that did intersect.
Reinhold Messner is a mountain climber who climbed Mount Everest without extra oxygen.
In Judd Winick's Cartoon, "Frumpy the Clown," he once drew a cartoon with a girl wearing a bff shirt.
Some of Darren's former bands include In Limbo, Armageddon, and How Town.
Ben's father's name is Dean, and he is a carpenter.
Both Darren and Ben appear on a Barry Black album.
Darren wanted to be a lawyer.
Ben and Frally were married on May 20, 1999.
Darren's long-time girlfriend's name is Melantha Herman-Giddens.
Ben considers himself a "redneck."
Drew Carey likes BFF.
Darren uses Vic Firth drumsticks.
"Brick" is actually about the aftermath of an abortion.
Darren is the tallest out of the three of them.
Rob has the longest hair.
Kelis is a fan of BFF.
Darren is a vegetarian. (So is Melantha.)
Majosha won Duke University's "Battle Of the Bands" in 1988.
Ben is wearing a Guns and Roses T-shirt on the cover of TUBORM, in "honor" of the girl who looks like Axl Rose from "Julianne."
Ben plays a Baldwin piano.
Ben and Darren co-wrote "Wandering" which will be on the "100 Girls" soundtrack.
Bob Sagget is supposedly a fan of BFF.
So is "Weird Al" Yankovic.
The lyrics for "Cigarette" were taken from a newspaper.
The band broke up on (or very close to) October 31, 2000.
This was because the boys felt that the band had "run it's musical course."
Ben has a solo song called "Lonely Christmas Eve" on the Grinch soundtrack.