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Guelph, Toronto ON, Canada (1999 – present)

Constantines are an indie rock band from Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

The band was formed by Steve Lambke, Bryan Webb, Doug MacGregor, and Dallas Wehrle in 1999, following in the wake of the emotional hardcore band Shoulder.

Their style has been described as “art-punk,” and they have been compared to a mixture of bands like The Clash, Fugazi, Bruce Springsteen, and Nick Cave. They relocated to London, Ontario and then to Toronto, where in 2001 they released their self-titled first album, which was extremely popular on campus radio and was nominated for a Juno Award for Best Alternative Album.

In 2002, the original members were joined by keyboardist Evan Gordon, after which they released The Modern Sinner Nervous Man EP in April 2002 on Suicide Squeeze. Gordon left soon afterwards, and was replaced by Will Kidman.

Despite signing an international deal with Sub Pop, the band ensured that their original home, Three Gut, would continue to release their albums in Canada. In 2003 they released the Nighttime Anytime EP, as well as their second full-length, Shine a Light.

In 2005, The Constantines embarked upon a cross-Canada tour with The Weakerthans, called The Rolling Tundra Revue, a feat which is set to be repeated by both acts in 2009.

2005 also saw the release of the band’s third full-length release, Tournament of Hearts, which was to be the final Constantines release handled by Three Gut, which folded shortly afterwards. In early 2006, Blue Fog Records released a vinyl only split-album with The Constantines performing four Neil Young covers, while The Unintended did four Gordon Lightfoot songs.

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1	Soon Enough	243
2	Trans Canada full track	202
3	Young Lions	173
4	Hard Feelings full track	158
5	Our Age full track	144
6	Shine a Light	116
7	Million Star Hotel full track	114
8	I Will Not Sing A Hateful Song full track	106
9	On to You	97
10	Time Can Be Overcome full track	95
10	Insectivora	95
12	Shower of Stones full track	90
13	Brother Run Them Down full track	77
13	New King full track	77
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spetetic wrote:
last month

this band is a good band

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borntohula wrote:
September 2009

voted.

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lsteamer wrote:
September 2009

VOTE to change the name. bottom right.

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GarrettRieks wrote:
August 2009

Constantines @ Lollapalooza: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNI_UBzjV9c

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iamlizard wrote:
July 2009

haha sweeeet, i got the new album today:)

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iamlizard wrote:
July 2009

one word to operation chaos: insectivorous.

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SuperMilkshake wrote:
July 2009

These guys are pretty great. I'm glad I got that first album.

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GarrettRieks wrote:
July 2009

@Apollofury: They didn't split up, I'm seeing them at Lollapalooza in about a month!

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pokley wrote:
July 2009

hey hey pretty good stuff here

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Apollofury wrote:
July 2009

very good live, but shame they split up

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baeblemusic wrote:
June 2009

Check out the Constantines rock out in NYC's Music Hall of Williamsburg last year: http://www.baeblemusic.com/concertvideo/MusicHallofWilliamsburg/Constantines.html

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lisajahn90 wrote:
June 2009

Saw them in NYC last year amazing! They will play summer stage NYC for free (End June) but I won't be here!!! DAM!!

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longlonggone wrote:
June 2009

Saw them at The Captains Rest in Glasgow a little while back. The venue was so small it was like they were playing inside my brain. I'll never forget it. They are nice guys too. VOTE CONSTANTINES and drop the THE.

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moneen02 wrote:
June 2009

The Dallas show was fantastic.

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Kezman85 wrote:
June 2009

The indie rock world need to show Constantines more love. Hyped bands come and go, but The Cons have been consistently good across 4 albums.

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rich13k wrote:
June 2009

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riigo wrote:
May 2009

fucking thing sucks!

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May 2009

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mtrolley wrote:
May 2009

diogo_sousa wrote: Just use the "Is this artist name wrong or misspelt? Suggest a correction." and vote for Constantines. Hopefully they will correct it soon.

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shtmslfwthrnr wrote:
May 2009

Who is responsible for the "The"? Make it go away!

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Constantines 10th Anniversary Tour

26 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/constantines

In celebration of the band's tenth anniversary, Constantines have added additional shows to the previously announced two-night stand at Lee's Palace in Toronto. …

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