Back in October last year, when I had the opportunity to visit the Stern Pinball factory and meet the cool likes of Steve Ritchie, John Borg, George Gomez, Lyman Sheats, Lonnie Ropp and many more, I bumped into someone I did not expect. None other than Barenaked Ladies frontman Ed Robertson, who was there to pick up a brand new pinball machine.
"Huh?", I thought, "Ed Robertson plays pinball?" You bet! It turns out he does not only occasionally like a game of pinball but apparently has a pretty cool basement gameroom and is heavily absorbed in collecting, repairing, modding and of course playing pinball!
Well it just so happens that Pinside was built with quite a lot of Barenaked tunes playing in the background so I was naturally pleased to meet Ed and even more so to learn that he's actually a very active Pinside forum member! Cool!
A couple of months ago, Ed sent me a PM that the new Barenaked Ladies album was going to be pinball-themed, titled "Silverball" and that he wanted to give Pinside an exclusive sneak preview, as a thank you to the Pinside community for all the tech help, info and general pinball goodness provided.
The artwork is all pinball inspired, can you spot which game this back cover art was inspired by?
Long story short, he asked me to post the following note (click to enlarge):
The band have recorded this special video for Pinside, it's also the premiere of their track "Silverball": a Pinside exclusive! Check it out!
If you like this song, “Silverball” by Barenaked Ladies, it will be available as an instant grat download on May 5th when you pre-order the album at itunes: http://smarturl.it/BNLSilverball. Full album to be released June 2, 2015
Special thanks to Ed Robertson / Barenaked Ladies!