The Trews

The Trewsare a Canadian hard rock band consisting of vocalist Colin MacDonald, guitarist John-Angus MacDonald, bassist Jack Syperek, and drummer Sean Dalton. The band started their career with the name One I'd Trouser, a line taken from a song in Monty Pythons' "The Meaning of Life". They released an EP as One I'd Trouser, and a second EP under the name The Trews.

Ttheir first full-length CD House of Ill Fame, was released in 2003 and contained the singles "Every Inambition", "Not Ready to Go", "Tired of Waiting", "Fleeting Trust" and "Confessions". "Not Ready to Go" hit number one on Canadian rock radio. The band was nominated as New Group of the Year at the 2004 Juno Awards and "Not Ready to Go" was nominated as Single of the Year in 2005. House Of Ill Fame has been certified gold in Canada. It was re-released with a bonus live album called "the Live Cut" which featured live versions of songs taken from the album.

The band released a follow-up, Den on Thieves, in August 2005 and the singles included "So She's Leaving", "Yearning", which was their second single to reach number 1, "Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me", and "I Can't Say". In the summer of 2005 the band was invited to share the stage with the Rolling Stones at the Phoenix Concert Theater in Toronto as part of the Stones' Bigger Bang Tour.

The Trews' third album, No Time for Later, was released in February 2008 with the first single, "Hold Me in Your Arms". The song won in The 8th Annual Independent Music Awards for Best Hard Rock/Metal Song. A bonus song called "Long Way from Freedom" was included with the single but was not released on the album.

The second single from No Time for Later was "Paranoid Freak", and the third single was "Man Of Two Minds". The fourth single, "Can't Stop Laughing", followed and became the band's tenth single to enter the top ten at Canadian rock radio. The band was nominated for two Juno Awards in 2009, Album of the Year (for No Time for Later) and Group of the Year.

Their second live album, Acoustic - Friends & Total Strangers, was released in October 2009 and was released without any edits or overdubs. There is also a 23-song DVD of the same name available which captures the second nigh'ts performance in its entirety as well as candid interviews with the band. The release earned the band their fifth Juno nomination for DVD of the year in 2010. The album's only single, "Sing Your Heart Out", won Best AAA/Alternative Song at the 2010 International Acoustic Music Awards.

The band released the single "Highway Of Heroes" which was inspired by the 2006 death of Capt. Nichola Goddard, the first Canadian female soldier killed in Afghanistan and a schoolmate of members of the Trews. All proceeds from the sales of the song went to the Canadian Hero Fund, a charity that provides academic scholarships to the spouses and children of soldiers killed in combat.

The band's fourth studio album, Hope & Ruin was released in April 2011. The first single "Hope and Ruin" entered the top ten at Canadian rock radio within 3 weeks of its release. The video for Hope and Ruin received significant play on MuchMoreMusic. The second single and video from the album, "The World, I Know", is their 12th single to enter the top 10 at rock radio in Canada. The third single is "Misery Loves Company".

Since 2003 the band has sold over 300,000 albums, performed over 850 shows worldwide, and has shared the stage with The Rolling Stones, Robert Plant, Guns N' Roses, KISS, Ace Frehley, Nickelback, Cheap Trick, The Tragically Hip, and Kid Rock.