Beau Dommage

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Beau Dommage
General information
origin Montreal , Quebec , CanadaCanadaCanada 
Genre (s) Rock , folk rock
founding 1973, 1984, 1994, 2005, 2009
resolution 1978, 1996
Founding members
Vocals, guitar, electric guitar
 Michel Rivard
Vocals, guitar, bass, clavinet
Pierre Bertrand
Singing, piano, synthesizer
 Marie-Michèle Desrosiers
Drums
 Réal Desrosiers
Flute, piano, synthesizer
 Robert Léger (until 1976, from 1995)
Songwriter
 Pierre Huet
Current occupation
Vocals , bass , guitar
 Pierre bertrand
Keyboard, vocals
 Marie-Michèle Desrosiers
Drums
 Réal Desrosiers
Keyboard
 Michel Hinton (since 1975)
Songwriter
 Pierre Huet
Keyboard, flute
 Robert Léger
Guitar, melodica , keyboards, fesang
 Michel Rivard

Beau Dommage is from the Canadian Quebec native folk-rock band that existed from 1974 to 1978, in 1984, 1994-95 reunited and still exists today.

Band history

First phase (1970–1978)

Michel Rivard and Pierre Huet met in 1970 at the University of Québec and founded the Duo Quenonuille Bleue. When keyboardist Robert Leger was added, the name was changed to Theater Sainfoin. In 1973 Marie-Michele Desrosiers and Real Desrosiers joined the band. Beau Dommage was found as the new band name. The French phrase, which is literally translated as “beautiful damage”, means “quite sure” or “why not?” In the Québec dialect.

In 1974 they caught the attention of Capitol Records , who signed the group. Her self-titled debut album was released in 1974. It went platinum in Canada in 1975 and later triple platinum .

A year later, Où est passée la noce? , which was also awarded a platinum record. Then Leger left the band, but continued to work as a songwriter. Michael Hinton came for him. Together with him, the 1976 work Un Autre Jour Arrive en Ville was published , followed by Passagers in 1977.

Tensions in the band led Michel Revard to release his first solo album Méfiez-vous du grand amour in 1977 . The band was about to break up. Capitol records published the compilation Les Grands Success 1978, which contained their last song together with Giselle en Automne . Then the band broke up.

Joint appearances (1978–1995)

During the dissolution, the individual members pursued their solo careers.

On the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the discovery of Quebec by Jacques Cartier , the band got together again for a show. Due to the good harmony, they postponed two appearances at the Montreal Forum in October. This resulted in the double live album Au Forum de Montreal . In 1988 EMI published the compilation Plus de 60 Minutes Avec Beau Dommage . A few more samplers followed, but the band remained inactive again.

Reunion 1992

In 19925 the band came together again in the original line-up and released two more works with Beau Dommage (1994) and the triple album Rideau (1995). But the reunion was short-lived and all members returned to their other projects.

Reunion 2005

The group has been active again since 2005 and plays various live concerts.

In 2013, the Canadian Post Office dedicated a stamp to famous Canadian groups. In addition to Rush , The Guess Who and The Tragically Hip , Beau Dommage also received this honor.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Beau Dommage
  CA 47 03/01/1975 (60 weeks)

Albums

Studio albums

  • 1974: Beau Dommage ( Capitol Records ,Triple platinum× 3Triple platinum )
  • 1975: Où est passée la noce? (Capital Records,platinumplatinum)
  • 1977: Un autre jour arrive en ville ... (Capital Records,goldgold)
  • 1977: Passagers (Capital Records)
  • 1994: Beau Dommage (1994) (audiogram,Double platinum× 2Double platinum )
  • 1995: Rideau (3xCD, Audiogram)

Live albums

  • 1984: Au Forum de Montréal (Polydor)
  • 1984: Au Forum de Montréal Vol. 2 (Polydor)
  • 1988: Leurs plus grands succès en Spectacle (Polydor, both live albums from 1984 as double LP)

Compilations

  • 1978: Les grands succès de Beau Dommage (Capitol Records)
  • 1987: Plus de 60 minutes avec ... (Capitol / EMI)
  • 1991: L'intégrale (Box, Capitol Records,Quadruple platinum× 4Quadruple platinum )
  • 1991: Le Meilleur de Beau Dommage (EMI France)
  • 1999: Anthology (EMI Music Canada)
  • 2008: L'album de famille (5CD, 2DVD, EMI,goldgold)
  • 2010: Des airs de famille (2CD, EMI)

Video albums

  • 1985: Au Forum (VHS, Capitol / EMI)

Singles

  • 1974: Le picbois / À toutes les fois
  • 1975: Tous les palmiers / Le géant Beaupré
  • 1975: Harmonie du soir à Châteauguay / La complainte du phoque en Alaska
  • 1975: Tous les palmiers / Montréal
  • 1975: Le blues d'la métropole / Assis dans' cuisine
  • 1976: Motel "Mon repos" / J'ai oublié le jour
  • 1976: Heureusement qu'il ya la nuit / Bon débarras
  • 1976: Amène pas ta gang / Montréal
  • 1977: Gisèle en automne / Générique / Son ancien chum
  • 1977: Seize ans en soixante-seize / Contre lui
  • 1977: Tout va bien / Marie-Chantale
  • 1977: Rouler la nuit / Le Passager de l'heure de pointe
  • 1977: Une amie d'enfance / Fin de soirée
  • 1977: C'est samedi soir / Cinéma
  • 1977: Tout va bien / Ça fait longtemps
  • 1978: Hockey / Le coeur endormi
  • 1984: 23 decembre / Tellement on s'aimait (live)
  • 1984: Le Rapide blanc / Le Rapide blanc (live)
  • 1994: Échappé belle / Échappé belle (edit)

Web links

Commons : Beau Dommage  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Beau Dommage in The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. Retrieved March 5, 2019
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Beau Dommage Discography. Canadianbands.com, accessed March 5, 2010 .
  3. ↑ Beau Dommage - Canada Postage Stamp | Canadian Recording Artists. In: Postage Stamp Guide. Retrieved March 5, 2019 .
  4. ↑ chart tracking: CA . Retrieved March 5, 2019
  5. ↑ Awards: Beau Dommage on Music Canada , accessed March 5, 2019