Groovy Aardvark

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Groovy Aardvark
Groovy Aardvark photographed in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada at Le Zaricot.
Groovy Aardvark photographed in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada at Le Zaricot.
Background information
OriginLongueuil, Quebec, Canada
GenresRock
Years active1986–present
LabelsKafka
MembersMartin Dupuis
Pierre Koch
François Legendre
Vincent Peake
Past membersDanny Peake [1]

Groovy Aardvark is a Canadian rock band active since 1986 in the Québec music scene. They performed in English and in French.[2][3]

History

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In 1986, the band Schizophrenic Muff Divers was formed by five college (Édouard-Montpetit) students from Longueuil, Québec. The members of the band were Vincent and Danny Peake, Stéphane Vigeant, Éric Lajambe, and Marc-André Thibert.[4] A year later the band changed its name to Groovy Aardvark.

They released three cassette tape demos before releasing their first album, Eater's Digest, in 1994. Although all of the members spoke French natively, most of the songs on this album were in English. After the release the band toured for two months in Québec.

Groovy Aardvark released a second album Vacuum, in 1996.[5] The band toured in Canada, the United States, and Europe.[2]

In 2012, the band came back together for a reunion show at the Montreal FrancoFollies festival.[6]

Members

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Final Lineup
  • Vincent Peake – lead vocals, bass (1986–present)
  • Martin Dupuis – guitars (1993–present)
  • François Legendre – guitars (2002–present)
  • Pierre Koch – drums (1996–present)
Former members
  • Éric Lajambe – lead vocals (1986)
  • Marc-André Thibert – guitars (1986–1999)
  • Stéphane Vigeant – guitars (1986–1991)
  • Martin Pelletier – guitars (1992–1993; died 2016)
  • Denis Lepage – guitars (1999–2002)
  • Danny Peake – drums (1986–1996)
  • Louis Bélanger – percussion (1991–1994)

Timeline

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Colors = 

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id:bass   value:blue       legend:Bass
id:drums  value:orange     legend:Drums
id:perc   value:claret     legend:Percussion
id:Lines  value:black      legend:Studio_Album

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at:05/01/1994 color:black  layer:back
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at:04/01/1999 color:black  layer:back
at:08/01/2000 color:black  layer:back
at:10/22/2002 color:black  layer:back
at:04/24/2005 color:black  layer:back

BarData = 

bar:EL   text:"Éric Lajambe"
bar:VP   text:"Vincent Peake"

bar:MAT  text:"Marc-André Thibert"
bar:SV   text:"Stéphane Vigeant"
bar:MP   text:"Martin Pelletier" 
bar:MD   text:"Martin Dupuis"
bar:DL   text:"Denis Lepage"
bar:FL   text:"François Legendre"

bar:DP   text:"Danny Peake"
bar:PK   text:"Pierre Koch"

bar:LB   text:"Louis Bélanger"

PlotData= 

width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(10,-4)
bar:EL   from:start till:09/01/1986 color:vocals
bar:VP   from:start till:end color:bass
bar:VP   from:09/01/1986 till:end color:vocals width:3

bar:MAT  from:start till:09/01/1999 color:guitar
bar:SV   from:start till:12/31/1991 color:guitar
bar:MP   from:01/01/1992 till:07/01/1993 color:guitar
bar:MD   from:07/01/1993 till:end color:guitar
bar:DL   from:09/01/1999 till:02/01/2002 color:guitar
bar:FL   from:02/01/2002 till:end color:guitar

bar:DP   from:start till:11/01/1996 color:drums
bar:PK   from:11/01/1996 till:end color:drums

bar:LB   from:01/01/1991 till:12/31/1994 color:perc

</timeline>

Discography

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  • 1994: Eater's Digest
  • 1996: Vacuum
  • 1998: Oryctérope
  • 1999: Exit Stage Dive
  • 2000: Fast Times at Longueuil High (compilation)
  • 2002: Masothérapie
  • 2005: Sévices rendus

References

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  4. ^ "Groovy Aardvark, rock corps et âme". Le Devoir, 18 juin 2016 |Philippe Papineau
  5. ^ "Il y a 20 ans : Groovy Aardvark – Vacuum". Voir, Olivier Boisvert-Magnen 11 April 2016
  6. ^ "Groovy Aardvark: retrouvailles et mitrailles". La Presse, 2012 06 10. Alain Brunet
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