The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner is the third and final studio album by Ben Folds Five, released April 27, 1999.
The band reunited to play the album in its entirety in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on September 18, 2008. The show was streamed live online as a part of MySpace's Front to Back series, with a repeat airing to occur sometime in October.
The title of the album refers to a name that the band's drummer Darren Jessee used on f...
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The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner is the third and final studio album by Ben Folds Five, released April 27, 1999.
The band reunited to play the album in its entirety in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on September 18, 2008. The show was streamed live online as a part of MySpace's Front to Back series, with a repeat airing to occur sometime in October.
The title of the album refers to a name that the band's drummer Darren Jessee used on fake IDs as a teenager. The band was unaware of the existence of the real Reinhold Messner, the first man to climb Mount Everest without the aid of an oxygen tank, until work on the album had already progressed — the band was informed of the mountain climber's existence on February 9, 1999 during an interview with DJ Bruce Warren of WXPN radio. He is thanked in the record's liner notes for his understanding and cooperation. Messner later contacted Ben Folds Five to let them know that he was highly pleased with the album.
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