Dionysos was a french Canadian progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band formed in 1969 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec

Quebec

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Canada

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. The band members were Phil Bech, Éric Clement, Fern Durand, Bob Lepage and Paul-André Thibert. They had a hit with their 1970 single "Suzie". Their first album was named Le Grand Jeu and released in 1971 through Jupiter Records. The band released a single "J'ai Jamais" in France on the Disques Vogue

Disques Vogue

Disques Vogue was founded in France in 1947, the same year that the USA Vogue closed shop. They originally specialized in jazz recordings, featuring such artists as Sidney Bechet, Django Reinhardt, Dizzy Gillespie, Lionel Hampton, and Errol Garner. In the late 1950s Vogue expanded into pop music,...

 record label. They later released Le Prince Croule (1972) and Changé d'adresse (1976). The last album Pionniers 1969-1994 (1994) for their 25th anniversary. The band broke up in 1974.

Studio

• 1971: Le Grand jeu
• 1972: Le Prince Croule
• 1976: Dionysos (Changé d'adresse)
• 1977: Musique de mes amis Dionysos

See also

• Music of Canada
  Music of Canada
  The music of Canada has influences that have shaped the country. Aboriginals, the British, and the French have all made unique contributions to the musical heritage of Canada. The music has subsequently been heavily influenced by American culture because of its proximity and migration between...
  
  
• Canadian rock
  Canadian rock
  Canadian rock describes a wide and diverse variety of music produced by Canadians, beginning with American style rock 'n' roll in the mid-20th century. Since then Canada has had a considerable impact on the development of the modern popular music called rock...
  
  
• List of bands from Canada

External links

• Dionysos (french wikipedia)
• http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3004