Kermess
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| origin = Coaticook, Quebec
| genre = Rock
| years_active = 1995–2004
| label = independent
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| past_members = Martin Fillion
François Landry
Mario Landry
Dominic Morin
Sylvain Tremblay
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Kermess was a melodic rock band from Quebec, Canada.{{cite book|author=Elaine Keillor|title=Music in Canada: Capturing Landscape and Diversity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P4rf9W02vv0C&pg=PT296|date=18 March 2008|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-3391-2|pages=296–}}
History
Kermess was founded in 1995.[https://voir.ca/musique/2004/03/04/kermess-rip-1995-2004/ "Kermess : RIP 1995-2004"]. Voir, Élise Giguère 4 March 2004 In 1996 they won the Cégeps Rock contest.[http://www.lapresse.ca/la-tribune/actualites/chroniques/dominic-tardif/201606/21/01-4994234-il-etait-une-fois-kermess.php "l était une fois Kermess"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727105852/http://www.lapresse.ca/la-tribune/actualites/chroniques/dominic-tardif/201606/21/01-4994234-il-etait-une-fois-kermess.php |date=2016-07-27 }}. La Presse, 21 June 2016. Dominic Tardif. Their first album, Les douze nocturnes was released the next year, and 10,000 copies were sold.[http://www.com.ulaval.ca/fileadmin/contenu/Exemplaire/Archives_PDF/Volume_07/Vol07_no3.pdf "Bref exposé sur la musique"]. L'Exemplaire, Cité universitaire, Cap Rouge, Québec, 7 October 1998.
In 1998 the band released the album Bref exposé.
In 2002 the band released its third album, played at several festivals and performed at a number of colleges in Quebec.[https://voir.ca/musique/2003/02/20/kermess-se-donner-en-spectacle/ "Kermess : Se donner en spectacle"]. Voir, Jean-François Dupont 20 February 2003
Twelve years later, the band regrouped to perform at the Fête du lac des Nations in Sherbrooke.[http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/803968/festival-de-la-cannerberge-saint-lucien-drummondville-cannerbegiere "En photos : au coeur de la Fête du lac des Nations"]. Ici Radio Canada, 25 July 2016
Discography
- 1997: Les douze nocturnes
- 1998: Bref exposé
- 2002: Génération Atari
Members
- Martin Fillion (vocals, drums)(taught a grade 7 class at Franklin Street Public school in Markham ON, Canada in 2002-2003)
- François Landry (vocals, guitar)
- Mario Landry (bass)
- Dominic Morin (vocals, guitar)
- Sylvain Tremblay (vocals, guitar)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622134622/http://www.ramdam.com/art/k/kermess.htm RamDam: Kermess]
- [http://www.leparolier.org/quebecois/classartistes/k/kermess.htm Le Parolier: Kermess]
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