Jeunesse Apatride

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Jeunesse Apatride
General information
origin Montreal , Canada
Genre (s) Street punk , Oi!
resolution 2014
former members
Caro
François
guitar
 Bert
Corinne
Max
Drums
 Hans
Claudine

Jeunesse Apatride ( dt. : Stateless youth ) was a Canadian street punk - and Oi! Band from Montreal .

history

The band's first release was a split album with Sinn Féin in 1999, with Jeunesse Apatride carrying the majority with eight tracks. At that time the band consisted only of the singer Caro and the guitarist François, a drum computer was used for the drums . Two years later, Pas de compte à rendre à personne, his first LP was released, on which two titles from the first publication were reused. Another album, Black Block 'N Roll , followed in 2002. Four of the tracks on it also appeared on the 7 ″ single Montréal Beton . After three more records, the band broke up in 2014.

Style and image

The band's music is fast or mid-tempo and can be assigned to the street punk or Oi! Genre throughout. Sometimes melodic and Ska elements are incorporated. The female singing voice and the use of two guitars are exceptional for an Oi! Most of the songs are written in French , and more rarely in English .

In their lyrics, the band v. a. deal with political issues. B. Workers' rights ( Prolétaire ) and revolutionary movements ( La marche des révoltés ) addressed, but also friendship and solidarity ( I'll Be Your Friend ). The song Le temps passe from the last album represents a farewell to her fans. On La Victoire Sommeille coverten Jeunesses Apatride the piece On the Streets of Montreal band Stormtroopers , originally on the 7 " Montréal was contained in 1998. The band's political stance is also expressed in the album title Black Block 'N Roll , a combination of Rock' N Roll and Black Block .

At a concert in 2008 there were attacks by right-wing extremist skinheads .

Some of the band's albums were self-released without a record label. Jeunesse Apatride also worked with the punk and ska labels Fire and Flames , Mad Butcher Records , Social Bomb Media , Redstar73 Records and Sabotage Musique . With the exception of Jusqu'au Bout , all albums are offered for download on Bandcamp ; users can set the purchase price themselves. The LPs that were released from 2001 to 2008 and the split album with Sinn Féin were at times completely free of charge. The band played z. T. without fee.

All band members appeared under their first names or under pseudonyms .

reception

According to Michael Will, publisher and editor of Plastic Bomb , Jeunesse Apatride enjoyed “great popularity in the anti-fascist and left-wing punk and skinhead scene”. Lars Weigelt from Ox highlighted the “expressive and always melodic vocals” as a “big plus” and also praised the “simple, but catchy and never too thickly applied street punk sound”, the “quick goes in the ear ”.

Discography

Albums

  • 2001: Pas de compte à rendre à personne (self-distribution)
  • 2002: Black Block 'N Roll (self-distribution)
  • 2005: La Victoire Sommeille (Fire and Flames Music - FFM007)
  • 2008: Larmes Aux Poings (self-distribution, Fire and Flames Music - FFM018, Social Bomb Records - SBR 014)
  • 2014: Jusqu 'au Bout (Mad Butcher Records - MBR 151, Redstar73 Records - RED73 045, Sabotage Musique - SAB 003)

Singles

  • Montréal Béton (self-distribution)

Re-releases

  • 2004: Black Block 'N Roll (Fire and Flames Music - FFM003)
  • 2009: Black Block 'N' Roll / La Victoire Sommeille (Social Bomb Records - SBR015, Fire and Flames Music - FFM025)

Other publications

  • 1999: Jeunesse Apatride / Sinn Féin Split (split album)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Plastic Bomb # 88, 2014, p. 72
  2. ↑ https://www.ox-fanzine.de/web/rev/38278/reviews.207.html , accessed on October 18, 2019
  3. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/Street-Troopers-Montreal/release/2496467 , accessed on October 17, 2019
  4. ↑ http://www.icare.to/article.php?id=15633&lang=en , accessed on October 17, 2019
  5. ↑ a b https://www.ox-fanzine.de/web/rev/92405/reviews.207.html , accessed on October 17, 2019