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Me Mom and Morgentaler

Me Mom and Morgentaler

Canadian ska band

Me Mom and Morgentaler were a Canadian third wave ska band based in Montreal, Quebec.[1][2] The band members included Gus "Van Go" Coriandoli, Kim Bingham, John Jordan, Adam "Baltimore Bix" Berger, Kasia Hering, Sid Zanforlin, Matt Lipscombe, Noah Green, Diane White,[3] and John "JB" Britton. They were known for their elaborate live performances, spectacles of vaudevillian-styled performance art with leftist leanings.[1][4] They sang in both English and French.[5]

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History

The band formed in 1988. They chose their name, with its reference to Henry Morgentaler, a doctor and pro-choice activist, before performing at a talent show at Marianopolis College where nuns worked.[citation needed]

In 1991 the band released an EP, Clown Heaven & Hell.[6] In 1993 they released a studio album, Shiva Space Machine,[1][7] and in 1994 a live album, We Are Revolting, was released.

The band broke up in 1996.[1][5] Green went on to join NYC-based nerdcore hip hop band 2 Skinnee J's, taking the stage name J Guevara. Coriandoli also moved to New York, where he became involved in rock music production and opened a studio in Brooklyn.[7][8] Bingham went on to a solo career, releasing an EP as Mudgirl before reverting to her own name for future releases.

Reunions

The band played a one-off reunion show at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 1999,[9] and later reunited in late 2007 for a series of four Montreal shows in support of the re-release of Shiva Space Machine.[1][10] The new CD offered re-ordered, remixed versions of the band's classics, along with three unreleased live tracks.

Awards

In 2007 Me Mom and Morgentaler was presented with a Tribute Award at the Quebec Independent Music Awards.[5]

Discography

References

  1. [1]
    "Conclusion of grandeur". Montreal Mirror, November 8, 2007. Archived June 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Archived at the Wayback Machine.
  2. [2]
    John Shepherd (2005). Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world. Continuum. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-8264-7436-0.
  3. [3]
    "The Music Makers" Archived 2014-03-18 at the Wayback Machine. Concordia University Magazine. Debbie Hum, 2004.
  4. [4]
    Maximum Rocknroll. Maximum Rock 'n' Roll. June 1990.
  5. [5]
    "Defunct Montreal band Me Mom And Morgentaler will receive the Tribute Award at the Quebec Independent Music Awards ceremony."[usurped]. Chart Attack, Aug 16, 2007
  6. [6]
    Bob Mersereau (2007). The Top 100 Canadian Albums. Goose Lane Editions. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-86492-500-8.
  7. [7]
    "PIONNIERS DU PUNK-ROCK QUÉBÉCOIS: Que sont-ils devenus ?". La Presse, Émilie Côté, 20 May 2016.
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    "Les Cowboys Fringants: 20 Autumns Later". Words and Music, by Olivier Robillard Laveaux | December 1, 2015
  9. [9]
    "Local favourites Me Mom & Morgentaler, together again for the very first time". Montreal Mirror, June 24, 1999. Archived February 20, 2003, at the Wayback Machine archived at the Wayback Machine.
  10. [10]
    "Me Mom & Morgentaler: concert review". T'Cha Dunlevy, Montreal Gazette, November 15, 2007
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