Bündock is a Canadian band from Montreal, Quebec, active during the 1980s. They created songs in both English and French."Bundock set to crack huge English market". '' Montreal Gazette'', April 16, 1988.

History

Bündock was formed in 1979 in

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(later

Shawinigan Shawinigan () is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 49,349 as of the 2016 Canadian census. Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) an ...

). The band moved to Montreal in 1983 and soon began writing songs in English. The band released an EP, ''Mauve'', in 1986. They scored a minor hit in Canada in 1987 with "American Singer", a tribute to Jim Morrison, which peaked at #72 in the ''

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''. The EP also featured the song "Come On (Baby Tonight)", a duet with Sass Jordan. In 1988 their single "Season for Love" appeared on the RPM CanCon charts. That year they also released the album ''Société Anonyme'', and toured to support the album as an opening act for The Box. The album was a Prix Félix finalist for English Album of the Year in 1988. They followed up with the French-language album ''Cinéma'' in 1989. Bündock disbanded in 1989. Marc Gendron became a record producer, musical director and bass player for many artists including French Star Natasha St-Pier, Cindy Bédard and Orloge Simard. Roussel went on to teach high school French at École Secondaire Monseigneur-Richard, in Verdun, Montreal. Pierre Bundock became a multimedia instructor in the

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, in Longueuil."The Box et Bundock refont surface"
'' La Presse'', November 9, 2009 On November 11, 2009, the band reunited for a new Christmas album called ''Joyeux Noël''. The album featured original band members, and also violinist Mara Tremblay, Marie Bernard and Elle.

Members

*Pierre Bundock - vocals *Dominique Lanois - guitar *Marc Gendron - bass (1963-2018) *Alain Roussel - drums (1979-1994) *Antoine Mainguy - drums (2009)

Discography

Albums

*''Mauve'' (Alert) – 1986 *''Société Anonyme'' (Alert) – 1988 *''Cinéma'' (Alert) 1989 *''Joyeux Noël'' - 2009

Singles

*American Singer urple vinyl 7"(Alert) – 1987 *Le Corbeau/Come On Baby Tonight 2"(Alert) – 1987"Le joyeux Noël de Bundock"
''Canoe Divertissement'', Serge Drouin 12-12-2009 *Tied For Time (Alert) – 1988 *Never Trust (Alert) – 1988

Videos

*''American Singer'' – 1987 *''Le Corbeau'' – 1987 *''Tied For Time'' – 1988

References

External links

Bündock
Official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Bundock Canadian folk rock groups Shawinigan Musical groups established in 1979 Musical groups disestablished in 1994 1979 establishments in Quebec 1994 disestablishments in Quebec English-language musical groups from Quebec