The Weekend is a pop-rock band from London, Ontario

London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

 Canada

Canada

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, whose first performance was in 1998.

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).

Mike Clive was also a member of the London group The New Grand

The New Grand

The New Grand is a Canadian indie rock band from London, Ontario, Canada. Known for their explosive live shows, they released two full-length albums on Sonic Unyon Records....

, a pop-rock quartet who, at the time, were signed to the prestigious indie label Sonic Unyon

Sonic Unyon

Sonic Unyon Recording Company is an independent record label based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The retail store is located on Wilson Street near James Street North)...

. This association may have helped The Weekend avoid common hardships of being an independent band.

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

Southwestern Ontario

Southwestern Ontario is a subregion of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario, centred on the city of London. It extends north to south from the Bruce Peninsula on Lake Huron to the Lake Erie shoreline, and east to south-west roughly from Guelph to Windsor. The region had a population...

 independent music scene.

Because of the use of synthesizer

Synthesizer

A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

 in its early albums, some listeners may observe that the band had a distinct New Wave

New Wave music

New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

 feel. The addition of former Sinclaire guitarist Ryan Ford in its later album may have transformed its sound towards a harder rock edge, with the New Wave aspect in decline in favor of an ethereal, Brian Eno

Brian Eno

Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...

 production style.

2004–present

The Weekend has issued three albums and continues to produce pop music with themes that revolve around the attainment of 'perfect love'. It has traveled worldwide and is popular in Asia and Australia. In 2004, it toured Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

 as part of Soundrenaline 2004, the largest rock music festival in the country. It is the first Western band in history to do such an extensive tour of the Archipelago, with Deep Purple

Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...

 being the only other band to have made a similar journey in the 1970s.

The Weekend has lent its music to feature film soundtracks (Freaky Friday

Freaky Friday

Freaky Friday is a classic comedic children’s novel written by Mary Rodgers first published in the USA in 1972, and adapted for film several times.-Plot:...

, Uptown Girls

Uptown Girls

Uptown Girls is a 2003 comedy film directed by Boaz Yakin and adapted from the story by Allison Jacobs into screenplay by Julia Dahl, Mo Ogrodnik and Lisa Davidowitz. It starred Brittany Murphy as a 22-year-old living a charmed life as the daughter of a famous rock and roll musician...

, D.E.B.S.) and television shows such as The Simple Life

The Simple Life

The Simple Life was a reality television series that was broadcast from December 2, 2003 to August 5, 2007. The first three seasons aired on Fox, and the final two on E!...

 2 and Mary Kate and Ashley's So Little Time.

Andrea Wasse has co-written for Canadian Idol (2004), CTV Television Series Instant Star, and album tracks for artists Jenna G and Amanda Stott.

More recently Wasse has co-written "Watch Me Move" performed by Fefe Dobson

Fefe Dobson

Felicia Lily "Fefe" Dobson is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her self-titled debut album earned her two Juno Award nominations. Her second album, Sunday Love, was not released and she was terminated from her recording company...

. The song has been released as a digital download

Music download

A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...

 and as music videos. "I'm a Lady" is another of the songs co-written by Wasse. The songs will appear on Dobson's album Joy

Joy (Fefe Dobson album)

Joy is the second studio album to be released by Canadian singer-songwriter Fefe Dobson, and third studio album to be recorded. It was released on November 22, 2010 after taking almost four years to complete. It candidly follows Dobson's evolution as an artist as well as transition from the indie...

scheduled for release in November 2010.

The Weekend

1. "The Single"
2. "New Fast (Right Behind You)"
3. "My Way"
4. "What I Die For"
5. "Fleetwood"
6. "High School America"
7. "Drummer"
8. "Maracas"
9. "Cindy"
10. "Heard It On the Radio"
11. "Boy You" - bonus outtake track.

Teaser + Bonus Level

1. "Bring It On"
2. "80's Rockstar"
3. "Perfect World"
4. "Victory"
5. "Out of Sight"
6. "Work It Out"
7. "The Single"
8. "Baby C'mon (Nu New Fast)"
9. "Me vs. the World"
10. "Workin' for The Weekend"
11. "Boy You" - bonus (non-outtake) track.

Kiss Kiss

1. "80's Rockstar"
2. "Bring It On"
3. "Perfect World"
4. "NYLA"
5. "Into the Morning"
6. "Victory"
7. "Out of Sight"
8. "Work It Out"
9. "Sex Kitten"
10. "Anything for You"
11. "Boy You" - bonus (non-outtake) track.

Beatbox My Heartbeat

1. "Into the Morning"
2. "There Goes My Heart"
3. "Temporary Insanity"
4. "Kick Myself"
5. "Cold Feet"
6. "Disconnected"
7. "NYLA"
8. "California"
9. "Pretty from the Outside"
10. "Start It"
11. "Flipside"

External links

• Official website
• New Music Canada Web Site