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