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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Singer/songwriter Brian Vander Ark and Michigan ’90s alt-rock icons The Verve Pipe forged a unique path to commercial success. Following the band’s most critically-acclaimed period, which included a ...

While you can’t call it a comeback, The Verve Pipe band is starting fresh once again. Members of the Michigan-based rock group that found fame in the mid ’90s with a streak of singles such as ...

In case you couldn’t tell from my previous Throwback Thursday posts, I have a soft spot for the ’90s. I’m a millennial, so it’s easy for me to wax nostalgic over boy bands and raunchy comedies. Last ...

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 ...

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.

Brian Vander Ark may be the last original member of the '90s alternative rock band The Verve Pipe, but he has smartly surrounded himself with a new group of talented musicians for his band's ...

Considering the milestones The Verve Pipe is racking up these days, you might think it was the 1990s all over again. The platinum-selling, West Michigan-based alt-rock group will release two new ...