Godspeed You! Black Emperor
- Type: Band/Group
- Country: Canada
- Born: 1994 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Active: 1994 - Present
Biography
Godspeed You! Black Emperor is an influential Canadian instrumental collective formed in Montreal in 1994. Renowned for their long, orchestral post-rock compositions, the group's sound merges ambient textures, drone, and climactic rock. Their politically charged ethos is reflected in their music, live film projections, and album art, released primarily through the independent label #Constellation Records#. After releasing seminal albums like 'F♯ A♯ ∞' and 'Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven', the band went on hiatus in 2003. They reformed in 2010, resuming their extensive touring and recording, continuing to be a major force in experimental music.
Genres
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Discography
- all lights fucked on the hairy amp drooling (1994) - Album - rated 3.51/5
- F# A# ∞ (1997) - Album - rated 4.47/5
- Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada (1999) - EP - rated 4.53/5
- Slow Riot for New Zerø Kanada E.P. (1999) - EP - rated 4.4/5
- Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas to Heaven (2000) - Album - rated 4.38/5
- Yanqui U.X.O. (2002) - Album - rated 4.29/5
- Live at L'Échangeur: January 22, 2002 (2002) - Album
- 'Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress' (2015) - Album - rated 3.54/5
- Peasantry or 'Light! Inside of Light! (Excerpt) (2015) - Single - rated 3.89/5
- We Drift Like Worried Fire (2015) - Single - rated 4.16/5
- "Luciferian Towers" (2017) - Album - rated 3.65/5
- Anthem for No State, Pt. III (2017) - Single - rated 3.55/5
- Undoing a Luciferian Towers (2017) - Single - rated 3.38/5
- G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! (2021) - Album - rated 3.87/5
- "No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead" (2024) - Album - rated 4.11/5
- Grey Rubble - Green Shoots (2024) - Single - rated 4.09/5
Members
- Efrim Menuck - guitar (1994–Present)
- Mike Moya - guitar (1994–1998; 2010–Present)
- Mauro Pezzente - bass (1994–Present)
- Sophie Trudeau - violin (1997–Present)
- David Bryant - guitar (1997–Present)
- Thierry Amar - bass, cello (1997–Present)
- Aidan Girt - drums (1997–Present)
- Bruce Cawdron - percussion, drums (1994–Present)
- Timothy Herzog - drums (2012–Present)
- Karl Lemieux - film projections (2010–Present)
- Philippe Léonard - film projections (2015–Present)
- Norsola Johnson - cello (1995–2003)
- Roger Tellier-Craig - guitar (1999–2003)