Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated
BNL or occasionally
BnL) is a Canadian
rock band. The band is currently composed of
Jim Creeggan,
Kevin Hearn,
Ed Robertson, and
Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in
Scarborough, Ontario (now incorporated into the
City of Toronto) as a duo of Robertson and
Steven Page. Jim Creeggan and his brother Andrew "Andy" Creeggan joined at the end of 1989, and Stewart was added in 1990 while Andy was on a brief hiatus from the group. Andy left the band after its second album in 1995 and was replaced by Hearn. Page left in 2009, leaving the group as a quartet.