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The Weakerthans is a four-piece (and sometimes six-piece) Canadian indie rock band. ==History== The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba by John K. Samson, after he left the punk band Propagandhi to start a publishing company. Samson joined forces with bassist John P. Sutton and drummer Jason Tait, both from Propagandhi's Winnipeg-punk-scene mates Red Fisher, and created The Weakerthans as a vehicle for a more melodic and introspective brand of songwriting than their previous projects. One origin story for the band's name, as quoted in the liner notes of ''Fallow'', is a line from the 1992 film ''The Lover'': "Go ahead, I'm weaker than you can possibly imagine." The band's name may also refer to a Ralph Chaplin quote from "Solidarity Forever": "What force on Earth can be weaker than the feeble strength of one?" The band alludes to this line in the song "Pamphleteer" from the album ''Left and Leaving''. The band's debut album, ''Fallow'', was released in 1997 on G7 Welcoming Committee Records, and garnered positive reviews from Canadian music critics. Guitarist Stephen Carroll, formerly of Painted Thin, subsequently joined the band, and ''Left and Leaving'' was released in 2000. In 2003, the band moved to Epitaph Records and released ''Reconstruction Site''. The album was met with rave reviews from Canadian and international critics for its ambitious combination of punk, rock, folk, country and sonnets. It also became the band's best-selling record to date, as well as its airplay breakthrough on Canadian radio. It was the second Weakerthans album to be produced by Ian Blurton. Sutton, who played on the band's first three albums, left in August 2004 and was replaced by Greg Smith. In 2005, ''Left and Leaving'' was named one of the ten best Canadian albums of all time in ''Chart'' magazine's reader poll. In the same poll, Samson wrote the capsule review for another top ten finisher, The Lowest of the Low's ''Shakespeare My Butt'', which he cited as a major influence on his own music. ''Reunion Tour'' was released on September 25, 2007 in North America by Epitaph and ANTI-. The band released a video for "Civil Twilight", which consisted of a single, unbroken camera shot of the band on a Winnipeg Transit city bus. Epitaph also re-released the Weakerthans' first two albums, ''Fallow'' and ''Left and Leaving'', in Canada on November 6, 2007. In February 2009, the band participated in Barenaked Ladies' annual Ships and Dip cruise.〔("The Weakerthans make plans for no plans" ). Canwest News Service, April 20, 2009.〕 In a subsequent interview with Canwest News Service, Samson clarified that the band would be taking some downtime over the summer of 2009 before deciding when to start working on their next album.〔 Shortly afterward, Samson announced a series of solo 7" releases about Manitoba roads, which he planned to release over the next 18 months. The first, ''City Route 85'', was released on October 30, 2009 through Epitaph and ANTI-.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Exclaim! )〕 After a second EP, ''Provincial Road 222'', in 2010, the project instead evolved into Samson's first official solo album, ''Provincial''. In January 2010, the band announced that they would release a live album, ''Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre'', on March 23.〔("The Weakerthans Set Release Date for New Live Album" ). ''Exclaim!'', January 7, 2010.〕 At the same time, they also announced that they were recording material with Jim Bryson for his album ''The Falcon Lake Incident'', which was released on October 19, 2010.〔("Jim Bryson Recruits the Weakerthans for The Falcon Lake Incident" ). ''Exclaim!'', September 23, 2010.〕 In an interview conducted during his European tour in November of 2014, Samson reported that The Weakerthans were inactive at the time, and he was unsure of their future as a band, commenting "I don't know, frankly. I'm not sure... I think the songs will sort of dictate what will happen, but all those guys are doing other things right now for the foreseeable future, and I'm doing other things. So, for the foreseeable future, I don't really see it, but I would never say never. Yeah, it could happen."〔https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAMfsSg-YF4〕 In July 2015, media began to report that Tait had announced the band's breakup on Twitter.〔("Weakerthans 'done,' according to band member" ). ''Winnipeg Free Press'', July 15, 2015.〕 The band's social media accounts have been updated in accordance to the claims, defining themselves as "cryogenically frozen". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Weakerthans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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