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The Normals, un des tout premiers groupes punk rock montréalais, aura mis 34 ans avant de sortir son premier album! Pour Now Music Now, le trio original – Tracy Howe, Robert Labelle et Scott Cameron – s’est reformé et a décidé d’enregistrer toutes les chansons qu’il a composées durant sa courte existence (1977-1978), titres jusque-là uniquement disponibles sur quelques rares cassettes. Ce qui est étonnant à l’écoute de Now Music Now, c’est de réaliser à quel point ces 16 chansons courtes et punchées portent encore la marque de leur époque. Tout dans le son et la livraison nous ramène à 1977, comme si le groupe était resté figé dans le temps et n’avait rien perdu de sa rage et de sa naïveté juvéniles. Les amateurs de punk vintage à la Drones ou Weirdos apprécieront. - Voir/Montreal
When the Normals hit the stage at the Cabaret Playhouse on Parc Ave. just over a year ago, it was the first time guitarist Rob Labelle, bassist Scott Cameron and drummer Tracy Howe had played live together in 33 years. A year later, the power trio — who play classic punk that springs directly from the early Clash and Buzzcocks records — have released an album of their 1978-era songs and have probably been seen by more people this time around than during their brief run in the late-’70s. Howe had more success fronting his ’80s new-wave band Rational Youth.
The reformed Normals have been together for longer than the original Normals, and are tentatively talking about writing new songs.
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/punks+never+they+reunite/7707077/story.html#ixzz2JPmmMMLE
- The Montreal Gazette
Reformé en 2011, le groupe s’est finalement attelé à créer ce fameux premier microsillon que tous attendaient avec impatience. Première parution officielle des Normals, Now Music Now fait suite à la courte et marquante carrière du groupe qui renouait avec les manchettes en 2011, alors que le documentaire MTL Punk – The First Wave consacrait son talent et l’élisait en tête des formations punk ayant émergé de la scène underground montréalaise en 1977, créant du même coup un mouvement punk dans la métropole. - Voir Gatineau/Ottawa
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The Normals: Now Music Now
Nachos Records
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The Normals were arguably the first band to emerge from the underground Montreal punk scene in 1977. It was a short-lived affair, and they disbanded in 1978, leaving behind a wealth of punk rock anthems which were only documented on a hastily recorded demo and live cassette recording. Drummer Tracy Howe went on to form the post-punk Heaven Seventeen and later, Rational Youth, Rob Labelle joined The American Devices and Scott Cameron assembled The Eighties with The Nils's Carlos Soria. Thanks to the 2011 scrappy documentary, "MTL Punk: The First Wave," The Normals reformed and recorded their entire 16-song repertoire. The recording has been just been released on the indy Nachos label on vinyl as well as CD.
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