Les Colocs, the Glossary
Les Colocs (The Roommates) were a rock music group from Québec formed in 1990 in Montreal.[1]
Table of Contents
25 relations: Album, AllMusic, Alternative rock, Blues, BMG Music Canada, Brass instrument, Compilation album, Country music, Dédé Fortin, Diouf, Discogs, Joel Zifkin, List of bands from Canada, Montreal, Music of Africa, Music of Senegal, Patrick Esposito Di Napoli, Quebec, Quebec French, Rock music, Rock music of Canada, Senegal, Serge Robert, Swing music, Swing revival.
- 1990 establishments in Quebec
- 2000 disestablishments in Quebec
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital.
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s.
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Blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.
BMG Music Canada
BMG Music Canada was the Canadian division of BMG, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Brass instrument
A brass instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by sympathetic vibration of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player's lips.
See Les Colocs and Brass instrument
Compilation album
A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one performer or by several performers.
See Les Colocs and Compilation album
Country music
Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest.
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Dédé Fortin
André "Dédé" Fortin (17 November 1962 – 8 May 2000) was a founding member, frontman, and guitarist of the Québécois band Les Colocs, formed in 1990.
See Les Colocs and Dédé Fortin
Diouf
Diouf (French spelling in Senegal) or "Joof" (English spelling in The Gambia) is a Serer surname.
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases.
Joel Zifkin
Joel Zifkin (born April 14, 1954) is a Canadian musician and songwriter.
See Les Colocs and Joel Zifkin
List of bands from Canada
This is a list of bands from Canada.
See Les Colocs and List of bands from Canada
Montreal
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the tenth-largest in North America.
Music of Africa
Given the vastness of the African continent, its music is diverse, with regions and nations having many distinct musical traditions.
See Les Colocs and Music of Africa
Music of Senegal
Senegal's music is best known abroad due to the popularity of mbalax, a development of conservative music from different ethnic groups and sabar drumming popularized internationally by Youssou N'Dour.
See Les Colocs and Music of Senegal
Patrick Esposito Di Napoli
Patrick Esposito Di Napoli (January 18, 1964 – November 13, 1994) was a musician and member of the Quebec musical band Les Colocs, for which he played harmonica.
See Les Colocs and Patrick Esposito Di Napoli
Quebec
QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
Quebec French
Quebec French (français québécois), also known as Québécois French, is the predominant variety of the French language spoken in Canada.
See Les Colocs and Quebec French
Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Rock music of Canada
Rock music of Canada is a wide and diverse part of the general music of Canada, beginning with American and British style rock and roll in the mid-20th century.
See Les Colocs and Rock music of Canada
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.
Serge Robert
Mononc' Serge (real name Serge Robert; born 1970) is a Québécois musician and poet who sings in French.
See Les Colocs and Serge Robert
Swing music
Swing music is a style of jazz that developed in the United States during the late 1920s and early 1930s.
See Les Colocs and Swing music
Swing revival
The swing revival, also called retro swing and neo-swing, was a renewed interest in swing music and Lindy Hop dance, beginning around 1989 and reaching a peak from the early/mid to late 1990s.
See Les Colocs and Swing revival
See also
1990 establishments in Quebec
- AutoPro Plaque
- Beauport Harfangs
- CHEY-FM
- CHOA-FM
- CHRQ-FM
- CILE-FM
- CINI-FM
- Drawn & Quarterly
- Duo Caron
- Human Rights Tribunal of Quebec
- Innergex Renewable Energy
- John Horman Trophy
- La Senza
- Le Sanctuaire du Mont-Royal
- Les Colocs
- Marcelle-Gauvreau Ecological Reserve
- Me Mom and Morgentaler
- Montreal Biosphere
- Montreal Eaton Centre
- Montreal Insectarium
- Natrel
- Paul Dumont Trophy
- St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival
- Telus Cup – Defensive
- Telus Cup – Offensive
- Thomas-Fortin Ecological Reserve
- Tour Eiffel Bridge
- Transportation Safety Board of Canada
- Victor-A.-Huard Ecological Reserve
- Wulftec International
2000 disestablishments in Quebec
- Cité Libre
- Imasco
- Les Colocs
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Colocs
Also known as Colocs.