The Weekend (Canadian band)

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The Weekend
Origin London, Ontario, Canada
Genres Pop-rock
Years active1998 (1998)–2005
Members
  • Andrea Wasse
  • Link C.
  • Lorien Jones
  • Mike Clive

The Weekend was a pop rock band from London, Ontario, Canada.

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The Weekend has lent its music to feature film soundtracks ( Freaky Friday , Uptown Girls , D.E.B.S. ) and television shows such as The Simple Life 2 and Mary-Kate and Ashley's So Little Time. [1]

The band name led fellow Canadian singer the Weeknd to spell his name without the last “e”, to avoid copyright issues. [2]

History

Co-founders Andrea Wasse (vocals, chief songwriter) and Link C. (synthesizer, programming) were in high school when they formed the band with Lorien Jones (bass) and Mike Clive (drums). Their first performance was in 1998. Originally a swing band who were part of the 90's swing revival, the band reoriented towards pop and power pop.

Its second performance was as an opening act for an audience of over 500 people. The Weekend quickly gained a loyal audience in the Southwestern Ontario independent music scene.

2000–2005

The Weekend's self-titled debut album was released in 2000 on the label Teenage USA. [3] [4] It was produced by Andy Magoffin of The Two-Minute Miracles. [5] In 2002, the band won the Grand Prize at the New Music West festival in Vancouver. [6] The band issued three albums produced as pop music with themes that revolve around the attainment of 'perfect love'. They travelled worldwide and with popularity in Asia and Australia. In 2004, it toured Indonesia as part of Soundrenaline 2004, the largest rock music festival in the country.

As of 2005, the band included lead singer Andrea Wasse, keyboardist Lincoln Cushman, guitarist Ryan Ford, drummer Jason Pierce and bassist Randie Van Gorp. [7]

Solo work (2004-2010)

Andrea Wasse co-wrote for Canadian Idol (2004), CTV Television series Instant Star, and album tracks for artists Jenna G and Amanda Stott. [1]

Wasse co-wrote "Watch Me Move" [8] performed by Fefe Dobson. "I'm a Lady" [9] is another one of the songs Wasse co-wrote. The songs appeared on Dobson's album Joy released in November 2010.

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 "Artist Profile - The Weekend". November 14, 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-11-14.
  2. ↑ Marsh, Joanne (2016-02-22). "The Weeknd reveals he lost the 'e' in his name due to possible copyright issues". NME. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  3. ↑ Lindsay, Cam (August 31, 2000). "The Weekend". Exclaim! . Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  4. ↑ Nott, Glen (July 20, 2000). "Good things happening to The Weekend". The Hamilton Spectator. p. D12.
  5. ↑ "Synth-pop with a bit of crunch: The Weekend brings Teaser tracks to Lee's Palace tonight". Toronto Star. May 30, 2002. p. J03.
  6. ↑ Matheson, Emmet (November 28, 2002). "No more waiting for the Weekend". Regina Leader-Post. p. F2.
  7. ↑ Sayani, Fateema (February 11, 2005). "Weekend not afraid to make it marketable". Ottawa Citizen. p. D10.
  8. ↑ "Watch Me Move". ASCAP.com . Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  9. ↑ "I'm a Lady". ASCAP.com . Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  10. ↑ "The Weekend - The Weekend". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  11. ↑ Kendy, Emily (May 1, 2005). "The Weekend - Beatbox My Heartbeat". Exclaim!. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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