Brian Vander Ark’s opinions of his band’s most famous song have changed over time. When he wrote The Verve Pipe’s “The Freshmen” as a young man in the ‘90s, the song came from a place of real pain and ...

The Verve Pipe plays The Guild Theatre on Aig. 29. Courtesy Jamie Geysbeek Photography. How will you give back this season? Create a lasting impact close to home — help local journalists uncover the ...

The Verve Pipe has been a road warrior band since it launched 28 years ago in East Lansing. So having to cancel or postpone some 40 shows this year due to the pandemic was jarring. But the troupe is ...

It's been more than seven years since The Verve Pipe released an album. Heck, it's been 12 years since the band's only real hit, "The Freshmen," became a staple of mid-'90s radio rock. Yes, their ...

After more than 25 years as a band, The Verve Pipe, the 1990s band best known for its hit “The Freshmen,” knows about music. It knows which are its best songs – the ones with which it opened, then ...

The Verve Pipe will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, at the ArtsQuest Center's Musikfest Café at SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. The band, formed in 1992 in West Michigan, consists of: Brian ...

There’s no difference between Fuel’s “Bad Day,” Creed’s “With Arms Wide Open,” and the Verve Pipe’s 1997 hit, “The Freshman.” Like a stroll through any new housing development, where every house has ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- We followed up with Brian Vander Ark of The Verve Pipe with an announcement he made last week while at The Listening Room in downtown Grand Rapids. From stage the band’s lead ...

Even though The Verve Pipe hasn't had a hit in more than 20 years, the band continues to grind it out. It isn't easy staying afloat as a recording artist, particularly when your last big hit reached ...

When the members of the Verve Pipe were briefed about the Light of Day benefit concert Friday at the Stone Pony, the veteran Michigan band jumped at the chance to help out and return to Asbury Park.

Many said that the Verve Pipe reeked “one-hit wonder” when their gritty rock ballad “The Freshman,” off of their 1996 album Villains, was played non-stop on all the radio stations back in 1996 and ...

THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO -- Episode 1158 -- Pictured: (l-r) Brad Vander Ark, Donny Brown, Brian Vander Ark, Doug Corella, and Lou Musa of The Verve Pipe perform on May 29, 1997 -- (Photo by: ...