Dionysos (Canadian band)

Dionysos was a French Canadian progressive rock band based in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada.[1][2] The band members were Phil Bech, Éric Clement, Fern Durand, Robert Lepage and Paul-André Thibert.[3][4] They had a hit with their 1970 single "Suzie".[5]

Dionysos
Dionysos in 1973
Background information
OriginSalaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada
GenresProgressive
Years active1969 (1969)–1974 (1974)
LabelsJupiter
Disques Vogue
Past membersPhil Bech
Éric Clément
Fern Durand
Jean-Pierre Legault
Robert Lepage
André Mathieu
Paul-André Thibert
Clement Tremblay

History

Dionysos was formed in 1969 at the College de Valleyfield. In 1970 they began performing their original rock songs in French in coffee houses in Old Montreal. Their first album was named Le Grand Jeu and released in 1971 through Jupiter Records. That year the band performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival.[6]

Dionysos released a single "J'ai Jamais" in France on the Disques Vogue record label. The band was inactive in 1974.[5]

In 1975 keyboardist/saxophonist Jean-Pierre Forget joined the group.[7] They later released Le Prince Croule (1972) and Changé d'adresse (1976). The band toured in Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario.[8][4][7]

A last album, Pionniers 1969-1994, was released in 1994 for the band's 25th anniversary.[9]

Discography

Singles
  • 1970: Suzie
  • 1972: J'ai Jamais

Albums

Studio
  • 1971: Le Grand jeu
  • 1972: Le Prince Croule
  • 1976: Dionysos (Changé d'addresse)
  • 1977: Musique de mes amis Dionysos

Compilation
  • 1974: Collection Dionysos
  • 1994: Pionniers 1969-1994

See also

References
  1. Karim Larose; Frédéric Rondeau (25 January 2016). La contre-culture au Québec. Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal. p. 43. ISBN 978-2-7606-3572-2.
  2. "Le prog dans ses petits souliers (verts)". Chromatique, 31 January 2011 . by Jérôme Walczak
  3. Bush, John. "Dionysos Biography". allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  4. Billboard. 86. Billboard Publications. January 1974. p. clvi.
  5. "Dionysos (Biography)". progquebec.com. ProgresSon Music. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  6. "Paul-André Thibert garde d'excellents souvenirs de l'époque Dionysos". Montérégie, vy Mario Pitre, 1 May 2004
  7. "Dionysos". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Hélène Pednault, February 7, 2006
  8. Les inrockuptibles. Issues 392-399. Editions Indépendantes. 2003. pp. 26, 70.
  9. "Doinysos ressusité". La Presse, 23 July 1994, page D8

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