Painted Thin

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Name = Painted Thin


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Origin = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Genre = hardcore punk
Years_active = 1994–1999
Label = G7 Welcoming Committee
Associated_acts = The Weakerthans, Sixty Stories, Red Fisher, Elliot, The Bonaduces
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Past_members = Stephen Carroll
Paul Furgale
James Ash
Jason Tait
Dan McCafferty

Painted Thin was a Canadian hardcore punk band, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and active from 1994 to 1999. The core of the band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Stephen Carroll and bassist and vocalist Paul Furgale, with a variety of guest musicians, including James Ash, Dan McCafferty and Jason Tait, on individual recordings.

The band released "Small Acts of Love and Rebellion", a split CD with John K. Samson, in 1995 on G7 Welcoming Committee Records. They followed up with the albums "Still They Die of Heartbreak" in 1997 and "Clear, Plausible Stories" in 1999 before breaking up. Carroll and Tait went on to join Samson's band, The Weakerthans, while Furgale started the band Sixty Stories. 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

* "Small Acts of Love and Rebellion" (1995), split with John K. Samson, "Little Pictures"
* "Still They Die of Heartbreak" 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

* [http://www.g7welcomingcommittee.com/bands/paintedthin.php Painted Thin] at G7 Welcoming Committee Records