The Weight is: 1) Country / Soul / Powerpop band from NYC - http://www.myspace.com/theweightnyc/ Members include: Joseph Plunket, Uncle Will Noland, Jay Ellis, Fletcher "Poor Boy" Johnson, and Johnny Carpenter 2) A Progressive rock band from Sweden consisting Rikard Sjöblom (lead vocals, keyboards), Petter Diamant (drums), Robert Hansen (bass) and Mattias Finn (guitar). They had released one album in 2005. 3)Although The Weight played their first official gig as a headlining act on March 26