Vulgaires Machins | |
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![]() Guillaume Beauregard in
Lac-Mégantic,
Québec on August 12, 2007 | |
Background information | |
Origin | Granby, Quebec, Canada |
Genres | Punk rock |
Years active | 1995-present |
Labels | Indica Records, Guerilla Asso |
Website | http://www.vulgairesmachins.ca/ |
Vulgaires Machins is a French Canadian punk rock group from Granby, Quebec. The group consists of Guillaume Beauregard (vocals, guitars), Marie-Ève Roy (vocals, guitars), Maxime Beauregard (bass) and Patrick Landry (drums). Their lyrics denounce consumerism and modern decadence. [1]
Vulgaires Machins was formed in 1995. [2] The next year they released their first album, La vie est belle. [3]
Their album Compter les corps was nominated for the Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2007. [4]
They were also nominated for French Video of the Year at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards ("Compter les corps"), and in 2010 their song "Parasites" won the French ECHO songwriting prize. [5] In 2012 they were featured on CBC Television's Studio 12. [6]
Guillaume Beauregard has also released music as a solo artist, receiving a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination in 2015 for his solo single "De pluie et de cendre", [7] and has had acting roles including in Maxime Giroux's 2008 film Tomorrow (Demain). [8]
Vulgaires Machins | |
---|---|
![]() Guillaume Beauregard in
Lac-Mégantic,
Québec on August 12, 2007 | |
Background information | |
Origin | Granby, Quebec, Canada |
Genres | Punk rock |
Years active | 1995-present |
Labels | Indica Records, Guerilla Asso |
Website | http://www.vulgairesmachins.ca/ |
Vulgaires Machins is a French Canadian punk rock group from Granby, Quebec. The group consists of Guillaume Beauregard (vocals, guitars), Marie-Ève Roy (vocals, guitars), Maxime Beauregard (bass) and Patrick Landry (drums). Their lyrics denounce consumerism and modern decadence. [1]
Vulgaires Machins was formed in 1995. [2] The next year they released their first album, La vie est belle. [3]
Their album Compter les corps was nominated for the Juno Award for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2007. [4]
They were also nominated for French Video of the Year at the 2007 MuchMusic Video Awards ("Compter les corps"), and in 2010 their song "Parasites" won the French ECHO songwriting prize. [5] In 2012 they were featured on CBC Television's Studio 12. [6]
Guillaume Beauregard has also released music as a solo artist, receiving a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination in 2015 for his solo single "De pluie et de cendre", [7] and has had acting roles including in Maxime Giroux's 2008 film Tomorrow (Demain). [8]