“That band was great preparation for playing with Ben,” Sledge told Bass Player. “I was pushing ... from the self-titled ...

Ben Folds Five has reunited. For over a decade ... Sledge formed a new group, Brother Seeker, and came close to serving as the replacement bass player for Weezer. Jessee formed the group Hotel Lights, ...

There are usually six to eight percussionists and not like a drum set player. The double basses and lower brass are bass guitar. One of the most distinctive aspects of Ben Folds Five was the ...

Ben Folds walks into the Nashville city ... honest and qualitative,” remembers Sledge, the Five member known best for his big, distorted bass tone. “When you do get a minute off, you don ...

providing a sound that markedly contrasts his previous efforts -- Ben Folds Five consisted solely of piano, bass and drums and was consistently marketed as a guitar-less group. Employing bassist ...

Unlike the richly orchestrated “Madman Across The Water,” which came out several months later, it was a stripped down affair, featuring nothing but voice, piano, bass and drums. And it went on ...

With "Capable of Anything," yMusic — a classical secret from NYC — and I cracked the code that would enable us to perform an upbeat pop song with no bass ... his band Ben Folds Five.

Even as music that wasn’t Ben Folds Five pumped through the speakers and ... switching between synthesizers and bass, smiling and waving at familiar faces in the crowd three times during the ...