Band
The Weakerthans

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 quot ... ed 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. See more [+]

Reconstruction Site |||||

Well, I'm lost I'm afraid Rope tying down a leaky boat To th...

My Favourite |||||

They're tearing up streets again. They're building a new hot...

Our Retired Explorer |||||

Just one more drink and then I should be on my way home. I'm...

Plea From A Cat Named Virtue |||||

Why don't you ever wanna play? I'm tired of this piece of st...

Reunion Tour |||||

Rolling cables slick with beer to hang up on the broken Stan...

Relative Surplus Value |||||

Find the airport, 7am My heart pumping pure mini-bar Sit on ...

The Prescience Of Dawn |||||

The sirens woke me up again I know they're coming for me som...

Reasons |||||

* *im not tabbing the time or rythems so when a chord is tab...

Times Arrow |||||

So you watch the sunrise sinking and she's talking in her sl...

Confessions Of A Futon Revolutionist |||||

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Hospital Vespers |||||

Doctors played your dosage like a card-trick Scrabbled down ...

Anchorless |||||

They called here to tell me That you?re finally dying Thru a...

Wellingtons Wednesday |||||

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Diagnosis |||||

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Elegy For Eleaber |||||

So the fields are stubble, the garden is done where the scar...

Everything Must Go |||||

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Leash |||||

Verse Chorus Repeat Verse 8 times with this Solo Bass solo ...

Letter Of Registration |||||

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Prescience Of Dawn |||||

and that just doesn't sound too good an acoustic) With this ...

Aside |||||

Measure me in metered lines, in one decisive stare, the time...

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