Me Mom and Morgentaler

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Me Mom and Morgentaler were a 1990s Canadian third wave ska band from Montreal, Quebec.

They were one of the most popular and influential alternative rock bands on the live music scene in Canada of their era, although they only released one studio album, 1993's Shiva Space Machine. The band members included Gus Coriandoli (also known as Gus van Go), Kim Bingham, John Jordan, Adam "Baltimore Bix" Berger, Kasia Hering, Sid Zanforlin, Matt Lipscombe and John "JB" Britton. Following Shiva Space Machine, the band broke up. They subsequently played a reunion show at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 1999.

They gained renowned for their elaborate live performances - spectacles of vaudevillian-styled performance art with decidedly leftist leanings.

The name "Morgentaler" refers to Canadian Dr. Henry Morgentaler, an abortion activist. According to their saxophone player, John Jordan, the band chose their name before performing at a talent show at Marianopolis college in Montreal in order to offend the nuns who worked there.

[edit] 2007 Reunion

The band reunited in late 2007 for a series of four Montreal shows in support of the re-release of their Shiva Space Machine album. The new CD offers remixed versions of all of the band's classics along with a different song order. Unreleased live tracks complete the package.