The Verve Pipe Singer On The True Meaning Behind This 90s Alternative Rock HIT | Professor of Rock

The story of 90s hit The Freshmen by The Verve Pipe. Lead singer and songwriter Brian Vander Ark tells the story of creating the #1 alternative rock song and the true meaning behind this 1997 hit that has perplexed many with its mysterious lyrics.

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IN early 1997, a band called the Verve Pipe released a dark and wondrous song called the Freshmen it was the third single from their second studio album called Villains , the song became the band's breakthrough as it went to #1 on the Alternative charts, #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 6 in Canada, and number 28 in Australia. It was a song that started quite a few urban legends of what people thought it meant. I’ve heard at least 3 or 4 different myths about what the song means. Well it just so happens that I had the chance to talk with lead singer and songwriter of the Verve Pipe Mr. Brian Vanderark and he tells us the true story as well as the process of creating one of the defining songs of 1997.

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Here’s Brian with the story.