It was a 1990's Canadian Rock Reunion at the MTelus in Montreal this past Sunday night. Two of our Nation's biggest rock acts from the era were putting on a show and opening up the evening was I Mother Earth. Before breaking up in the mid-90's, I Mother Earth was one of the biggest selling musical acts in the Country. One could argue that their peak arrived in 1996 with their album Scenery And Fish, which was recorded at the legendary Le Studio recording studio in Morin Heights Quebec. I certainly remember owning a copy of the album and their hit song One More Astronaut was everywhere that year. It reached #1 on Canada's Alternative Rock Chart, was their first single to chart in the United States and also helped kick off the wildly popular Big Shiney Tunes compilation record series put out by Much Music, by
being Track #1 of the very first addition. The band got back together in 2012, with original singer Edwin Ghazal returning as well in 2016. While there has been no new songs to speak of, I have read reports hear and there that some new music was supposed to be arriving before the end of 2023. Regardless of any potential new songs, the building was full of people looking to relive the magical 90's moments and the show opened with three songs from the aforementioned Scenery And Fish album, 'Pisser', 'Used To Be Alright' and 'Raspberry'. The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 6400 at 24mm. Here are several more photographs of their performance.
f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 6400 at 41mm
f/3.2, 1/500sec, ISO 6400 at 35mm
f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 6400 at 47mm
f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 6400 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/500sec, ISO 6400 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 6400 at 61mm
f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 6400 at 44mm
f/3.2, 1/500sec, ISO 6400 at 45mm
f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 6400 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 6400 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 6400 at 41mm
f/3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 6400 at 42mm
f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 6400 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/800sec, ISO 6400 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 6400 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 6400 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 6400 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 6400 at 50mm
f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 6400 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 6400 at 50mm
f.3.2, 1/250sec, ISO 6400 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 6400 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 6400 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/100sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 3200 at 63mm
f/3.2, 1/80sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/125sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 3200 at 50mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 3200 at 39mm
f/3.2, 1/200sec, ISO 3200 at 70mm
f/3.2, 1/640sec, ISO 6400 at 45mm
f/3.2, 1/320sec, ISO 6400 at 24mm
If you'd like to find out more about
I Mother Earth and their music, you can do so by following the link to their website. If you'd like to see the photographs that I took of
The Tea Party, who performed later that night, you can do so by following the link.
I Mother Earth were once ruled the airwaves here in Canada. They may not have released any new music of late, but on stage, they are still as great as they were way back when. Head out and see them if you can.
It was a 1990's Canadian Rock Reunion at the MTelus in Montreal this past Sunday night. Two of our Nation's biggest rock acts from the era were putting on a show and opening up the evening was I Mother Earth. Before breaking up in the mid-90's, I Mother Earth was one of the biggest selling musical acts in the Country. One could argue that their peak arrived in 1996 with their album Scenery And Fish, which was recorded at the legendary Le Studio recording studio in Morin Heights Quebec. I certainly remember owning a copy of the album and their hit song One More Astronaut was everywhere that year. It reached #1 on Canada's Alternative Rock Chart, was their first single to chart in the United States and also helped kick off the wildly popular Big Shiney Tunes compilation record series put out by Much Music, by
being Track #1 of the very first addition. The band got back together in 2012, with original singer Edwin Ghazal returning as well in 2016. While there has been no new songs to speak of, I have read reports hear and there that some new music was supposed to be arriving before the end of 2023. Regardless of any potential new songs, the building was full of people looking to relive the magical 90's moments and the show opened with three songs from the aforementioned Scenery And Fish album, 'Pisser', 'Used To Be Alright' and 'Raspberry'. The first photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/160sec, ISO 3200 at 24mm and the second photograph was taken at f/3.2, 1/400sec, ISO 6400 at 24mm. Here are several more photographs of their performance.
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