Painted Thin was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

band, based in Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

, Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

 and active from 1994 to 1999. The core of the band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Stephen Carroll

Stephen Carroll

Stephen Carroll is a Canadian rock guitarist, currently a member of the indie rock band The Weakerthans. Originally a member of the punk rock band Painted Thin, he appeared as a guest musician on the first Weakerthans album, Fallow, and became a permanent member after Painted Thin broke up.He also...

 and bassist and vocalist Paul Furgale, with a variety of guest musicians, including James Ash, Dan McCafferty and Jason Tait

Jason Tait

Jason Tait is a Canadian musician. He is the drummer for the Canadian indie rock band The Weakerthans, and has also been a contributing member of Broken Social Scene and The FemBots. He also played drums for the Painted Thin album Small Acts of Love and Rebellion, released in 1995...

, on individual recordings.

The band's first release was a six song demo tape entitled Losing Games which featured the songs: "20", "Andrew", "Disposable Song", "Clearly Contrived", "Revelations", and "Breakdown". This was followed by Small Acts of Love and Rebellion

Small Acts of Love and Rebellion

Small Acts of Love and Rebellion is the debut album by Canadian punk rock band Painted Thin. It was released in 1995 as a split album with John K. Samson's Little Pictures...

, a split CD with John K. Samson

John K. Samson

John Kristjan Samson is a musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is a singer-songwriter and currently the frontman of the Canadian folk punk band The Weakerthans...

, in 1995 on G7 Welcoming Committee Records

G7 Welcoming Committee Records

G7 Welcoming Committee Records is a Canadian independent record label started by Chris Hannah and Jord Samolesky of punk band Propagandhi, and their friend Regal in 1997...

, and the albums Still They Die of Heartbreak

Still They Die of Heartbreak

Still They Die of Heartbreak is an EP by Canadian punk band Painted Thin. It was released on 1 October 1997.- Track listing :# "John Wayne's Wettest Dream" – 1:08# "Piece by Piece" – 2:53# "For Sarah and Me" – 3:22...

in 1997 and Clear, Plausible Stories in 1999 before breaking up. Carroll and Tait went on to join Samson's band, The Weakerthans

The Weakerthans

The Weakerthans are a four-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...

, while Furgale started the band Sixty Stories

Sixty Stories

Sixty Stories is a Canadian three piece, female-fronted indie rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. They formed in 1999, released a demo and toured Canada in 2000. In 2001 they released a split-CD with the defunct band Painted Thin titled Different Places to Sit / A Loveless Kiss...

. In 2001, some unreleased Painted Thin material appeared on a split album with Sixty Stories, Different Places to Sit / A Loveless Kiss.

Small Acts was rereleased on G7 Welcoming Committee in 2006.

Discography

• Losing Games (1993) 6 song self-released Demo Tape
• Small Acts of Love and Rebellion
  Small Acts of Love and Rebellion
  Small Acts of Love and Rebellion is the debut album by Canadian punk rock band Painted Thin. It was released in 1995 as a split album with John K. Samson's Little Pictures...
  
  (1995), split with John K. Samson
  John K. Samson
  John Kristjan Samson is a musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is a singer-songwriter and currently the frontman of the Canadian folk punk band The Weakerthans...
  
  , Little Pictures
  Little Pictures
  Little Pictures is a solo record recorded between 1993 and 1994 by John K. Samson, then of Propagandhi. It was released in 1995 as a split album with Painted Thin's Small Acts of Love and Rebellion. It was one of G7 Welcoming Committee's first releases, in a PET film pouch. Samson later left...
  
  
• Still They Die of Heartbreak
  Still They Die of Heartbreak
  Still They Die of Heartbreak is an EP by Canadian punk band Painted Thin. It was released on 1 October 1997.- Track listing :# "John Wayne's Wettest Dream" – 1:08# "Piece by Piece" – 2:53# "For Sarah and Me" – 3:22...
  
  EP (1997)
• Clear, Plausible Stories (1999)
• A Loveless Kiss (2001) — split with Sixty Stories, Different Places to Sit
• Small Acts of Love and Rebellion (rerelease, 2006)

External links

• Painted Thin at G7 Welcoming Committee Records
  G7 Welcoming Committee Records
  G7 Welcoming Committee Records is a Canadian independent record label started by Chris Hannah and Jord Samolesky of punk band Propagandhi, and their friend Regal in 1997...