Raine Maida - Definition and Overview

Raine Maida (Michael Raine Maida) is the front man of the Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace. He dropped the 'Michael' in his name in order to avoid confusion with Mike Turner, the (now ex-)guitarist of Our Lady Peace. He was born on February 14, 1970. His parents split up when he was still very young. He has a (half?) brother named Adam, who is 18 years younger than him. Prior to pursuing a musical career, Maida studied criminology at the University of Toronto. He married Winnipeg, Manitoba singer and songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk in December, 1999. On January 16, 2004 their son Rowan was born.

Maida has been co-producing music since 1999, when he co-produced Our Lady Peace's albums Happiness is not a fish that you can catch and Spiritual Machines. In 2004 he also produced five tracks on Avril Lavigne's sophomore album Under my Skin.