Me Mom and Morgentaler

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Me Mom and Morgentaler
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres Third wave ska
Years active1990 (1990)–1996 (1996)
Past members Gus Coriandoli, Kim Bingham, John Jordan, Adam Berger, Kasia Hering, Sid Zanforlin, Matt Lipscombe, Noah Green, John Britton

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, renaming himself 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

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