Gogh Van Go

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| origin = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| genre = Folk rock

| years_active = 1993 - 1997, 2013 - 2014

| label = Audiogram Records

| associated_acts = Hodads
Sandra Luciantonio

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| current_members = Sandra Luciantonio
Daniel Tierney

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Gogh Van Go is a Montreal alt-pop duo made up of Sandra Luciantonio and Daniel Tierney. Previously, Tierney and Luciantonio were both members of a 1980s country-rock group called the Hodads.{{cite news|last=LePage|first=Mark|title=Together from the word Gogh; In relationship and music, enduring duo making it up as they go along|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|date=17 February 1994|page=B4|quote=It's been that way since the '80s days, when they were the heart and soul of a great local country-rock outfit called the Hodads.}}

Luciantonio and Tierney met at the University of Guelph in Canada and formed a band in Montreal in 1985. Taking their name from the cover of an art magazine,{{cite news|last=LePage|first=Mark|title=Together from the word Gogh; In relationship and music, enduring duo making it up as they go along|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|date=17 February 1994|page=B4|quote=Tierney picked the band name from the cover of an art magazine last year...}} the duo formed Gogh Van Go in 1993 and signed with Audiogram Records.

Through Audiogram Records, the group released two records. Their first album, the self-titled Gogh Van Go, released in 1993 and produced by Pierre Marchand, was part of the label's push into the English-speaking Canadian market.{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Brendan|title=Behind the Scenes in Quebec: 'Les Power Brokers'|newspaper=Billboard|date=30 January 1993|page=C5|quote=Audiogram is home to many of the top local French artists -- including Michel Rivard, Seguin and Jean Leloup -- and it is now expanding into the English-speaking Canadian market with Montreal rock group Gogh Van Go.}}

It was recorded and mixed at Studio Nomade, Morin Heights, Québec.{{cite web|title=JAM! Music - The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia - Gogh Van Go|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/G/Gogh_Van_Go.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616115108/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/G/Gogh_Van_Go.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 16, 2013|work=CANOE|accessdate=21 May 2013|quote=Their self-titled debut was recorded and mixed at Studio Nomade, Morin Heights, Québec by Pierre Marchand in 1993. The disc featured a remake of John Lennon's "Instant Karma" which received some notable airplay on Canadian radio.}}

The record featured songs such as "Bed Where We Hide", "Say You Will" (re-mixed by James Di Salvio of Bran Van 3000 fame) and "Tunnel of Trees", which won Lyne Charlebois the Juno Award for Best Video in 1995, as well as a cover of John Lennon's "Instant Karma!". Their second album, Bliss Station, was released in 1997.{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Brendan|title=This exec wears no suit: Dan Tierney is director of business affairs for Cinar Films and the lead singer of cutting-edge rock band Gogh Van Go.|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|date=17 November 1997|page=E1|quote=The band just released its second album, Bliss Station, this spring.}}

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of their debut album, the duo reunited to perform in December 2013, with what was reported to be a "one-night-only" reunion show at the Cabaret du Mile End in Montreal.{{cite news|last=Kelly |first=Brendan |title=Gogh Van Go return with all the magic intact |accessdate=17 April 2016 |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |date=6 December 2013 |page=E1 |quote=...it isn’t every day that one of the coolest Montreal alt-pop outfits makes a comeback, supposedly for one-night-only. |url=http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2013/12/06/gogh-van-go-return-with-all-the-magic-intact/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427225331/http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2013/12/06/gogh-van-go-return-with-all-the-magic-intact/ |archivedate=27 April 2014 }} Luciantonio and Tierney were joined by their original line up, including Yves Desrosiers (Jean Leloup, Lhasa de Sela), guitar; Jean Massicotte, keyboards and samples; John Souranis (Men Without Hats, Hodads, Jerry Jerry), bass; and John McColgan (Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Michel Pagliaro, Stephen Barry Band), drums. That same year, Audiogram released a compilation on iTunes, The Best of Gogh Van Go, which included the Say You Will remix produced by James Di Salvio and a forgotten track from the first album. Brendan Kelly of the Montreal Gazette proclaimed the Gogh Van Go concert as his live music event of the year.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211209/7xyK20D89Wc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160313125224/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xyK20D89Wc Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xyK20D89Wc| title = Gazette's Brendan Kelly describes his favourite event of 2013. | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

In 2014 the group returned to the studio to record two new songs, Sugar and Mama Needs a New Dress, written by Luciantonio with Yves Desrosiers, and produced by keyboardist Jean Massicotte.

On 26 June 2014, the band returned to the live stage as a part of the 2014 Montreal International Jazz Festival.