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Fronted by Dédé Fortin, Les Colocs gave Quebecers unique songs colored with humanity, simplicity and social concience (especially regarding poverty). They marked the history of Quebec music with their sound, first very wild and festive, later more mellow, as well as more inspired by ska & african music. This new direction inspired a collaboration with the Senegal-born Les frères Diouf for the album Dehors novembre.
Dédé Fortin (as well as other members like Serge Robert, later to be known as Mononc' Serge) was a passionate Quebec sovereigntist and brought the band to play an important role in the 1995 Quebec referendum via partisan shows. The festive nature of many of their songs is sharply contrasted by a difficult destiny, marred with the 1994 rapture of member Patrick Esposito Di Napoli, a victim of AIDS, and frontman Fortin taking his own life in 2000, ending the very band (see Dédé Fortin).
Members
- Dédé Fortin
- Mike Sawatzky
- André Vanderbiest
- Serge Robert (also known as Mononc' Serge)
- Patrick Esposito Di Napoli
Discography
- Les Colocs
- Atrocetomique
- Dehors novembre
- Suite 2116
- Live 1993-1998