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Montreal, Canada (1994 – 2003, 2010 – present)

Godspeed You! Black Emperor (formerly punctuated Godspeed You Black Emperor! and abbreviated to GY!BE, GYBE, or just Godspeed) are a Canadian band based in Montreal, Quebec.

Formed in 1994 in Montreal, Canada, the band has been highly influential within the genre. Working with orchestrated arrangements, the nine-piece group created tracks with wide dynamic ranges, a highly evocative use of instrumentation and sounds and uncompromising long form compositions. Their engrossing use of art and visuals in both album packaging and live performances creates an enigmatic aura.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor took their name from a little known 1976 Japanese black-and-white documentary by director Mitsuo Yanagimachi, which follows the exploits of a Japanese biker gang, the Black Emperors.

They are most commonly classified as post-rock, but are just as well recognized outside any established scene and take influences from a range of styles including , , music, composition and the . Each release usually consists of an entire piece divided into movements, mostly between 15 and 25 minutes, sometimes eponymously specified in the liner notes.

GY!BE, although formed around 1994 with three members, had as many as fifteen members but tended to have a core group of nine. Their instrumentation varied with the lineup but the music is mostly based around electric and bass guitars, as well as a string and a percussion section.
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  • BetoMMacedo

    mom always told me, your sense of humor is never caught.

    8 hours ago

  • bulletaurbulle

    Nothing picture avatar? Cut out the shit faggot

    9 hours ago

  • BetoMMacedo

    bullet's new avatar is like "I'm better than you, I drink light soda while I think in Picasso eating Modigliani's balls on breakfast. I'm so fucking better than you that I just need a nothing-picture-avatar to be cool. Suck it."

    10 hours ago

  • arenescu

    hah, vinly

    10 hours ago

  • Bedschibaer

    Sometimes I think "ASMZ > GY!BE". Is this normal?

    11 hours ago

  • bulletaurbulle

    hah, vnly

    11 hours ago

  • arenescu

    You will never be Ende-Neu ;_;

    yesterday evening

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    I'm not cool enough am i?

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    - "It's almost" [2]

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    The only person who loves Sophie as much as I do is back. Let this be our final battle.

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    It's almost offensive. [2]

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    your avatar is nice but it looks way too optimistic for this shoutbox bullet

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    miss your old avatar scapino

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  • arenescu

    The good old scapino

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  • GregOfTheOcean

    missed you, long gone /gybrother

    yesterday morning

  • scapino

    wha whaa new gy!be material on the works!

    yesterday morning

  • CamusGod

    Shit's empty.

    yesterday morning

  • laika333

    Will be camming soon. My milkshake will bring all the boys to the yard, as they say.

    yesterday morning
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