Me Mom and Morgentaler
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Me Mom and Morgentaler were a Canadian third wave ska band based in Montreal, Quebec.<ref name=mirror2007>"Conclusion of grandeur". Montreal Mirror, November 8, 2007. Template:Webarchive Archived at the Wayback Machine.</ref><ref name="Shepherd2005">Template:Cite book</ref> 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,<ref>"The Music Makers" Template:Webarchive. Concordia University Magazine. Debbie Hum, 2004.</ref> and John "JB" Britton. They were known for their elaborate live performances, spectacles of vaudevillian-styled performance art with leftist leanings.<ref name=mirror2007 /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> They sang in English, Spanish, and French.<ref name=chart>Template:Usurped. Chart Attack, Aug 16, 2007</ref>
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.Template:Citation needed
In 1991, the band released an EP, Clown Heaven & Hell.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 1993, they released a studio album, Shiva Space Machine,<ref name=mirror2007 /><ref name=presse>"PIONNIERS DU PUNK-ROCK QUÉBÉCOIS: Que sont-ils devenus ?". La Presse, Émilie Côté, 20 May 2016.</ref> and in 1994 a live album, We Are Revolting, was released.
The band broke up in 1996.<ref name=mirror2007 /><ref name=chart /> 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.<ref name=presse /><ref>"Les Cowboys Fringants: 20 Autumns Later". Words and Music, by Olivier Robillard Laveaux | December 1, 2015</ref> 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,<ref name=mirror1999>"Local favourites Me Mom & Morgentaler, together again for the very first time". Montreal Mirror, June 24, 1999. Template:Webarchive archived at the Wayback Machine.</ref> and later reunited in late 2007 for a series of four Montreal shows in support of the re-release of Shiva Space Machine.<ref name=mirror2007 /><ref>"Me Mom & Morgentaler: concert review". T'Cha Dunlevy, Montreal Gazette, November 15, 2007</ref> 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.<ref name=chart />
Discography
- Clown Heaven and Hell (1991, EP)
- Shiva Space Machine (1993)
- We Are Revolting: Live & Obscure 1990–1994 (1994, live)
- Shiva Space Machine: Gone Fission (2007)