caption current_members years_active label image_size article_title landscape past_members background genre image origin name
dave the vancouver shorefest in 2009 genn , neil osborne & brad merritt at neil osborne matt johnson brad merritt dave genn 1981 & ndash ; present reprise , true north 250 54-40
 yes phil comparelli darryl neudorf ian franey group_or_band rock , alternative rock fifty-four forty.jpg tsawwassen , british columbia , canada 54 • 40
54-40

54 • 40 is a canadian alternative rock group from tsawwassen , british columbia .
the band takes their name from the slogan `` fifty-four forty or fight ! ''
, coined to express the unsuccessful expansionist agenda of james k. polk 's presidency , intent upon controlling a contested u.s.-canada border area in the oregon boundary dispute .
