Horror go-go! Frankenstein, The Mummy, Dracula and The Hunchback, in other words, Monsters, landed on Garage Sale!
The story begins with The Shadols, a pop music group like the others, formed in 1965, which attempts to penetrate the market with three 45 rounds not bad, but not all highly catchy enough to attract attention. It's that time of costumes and flashy Shadols do enough with their black leather coat.
Their song "Tell me if you love beat well with his punk still sticks to the head. How do I know is also worthy of mention! The future track quietly. 
Also in 1965, The Shadols metamorphose into what would become one of the most legendary years 60 in Quebec: The Monsters.
members are Serge Legrand (Frankenstein, bass), Michel Lamort (The mower, battery), Réal Bossé (The Hunchback, guitar), Martin Beloeil (The blind, guitar) and Marc Sansregret (Dracula voice). Their real names are actually Serge Blouin, Michel Bourgon, Real Brousseau, Zizek Martin and Marc Hamilton. François Carel (guitar and / or keyboard) also plays with The Monsters in a while.
The concept is simple but effective: use the concepts of B-movies, wear scary costumes, capitalize on the success Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and scare ye-ye girls who dare venture into the concert of the Monsters.
Before embarking on the scene, the Monster to put hands in tubs of ice and walks through the crowd, touching the neck of young girls from their icy fingers. The group then formed a procession carrying a coffin to the scene. Once on scene, Dracula / Marc Hamilton emerges from his sleep, out of the coffin and gave a concert where the majority of macabre songs exploiting themes of horror. 
Denis Pantis is throwing their first 45 laps late 1965 on his label Blue Jean. We're talking about a classic Quebecois garage, the first disc of horror rock from the Belle Province! A simple mythical contains two pieces trimmed glaucous sound effects chains, cries and whatever might be in a house of vampires. There are two black diamonds: a cover of Monster Mash French and the famous dark instrumental The theme of the cemetery. Sales are low and the rarity of this 45 rpm is the envy of collectors garage nuggets of this world!
Monsters go on a tour of Quebec that will lead to Abitibi to the Gaspé in the company of the Pharaohs and the group Batman. Moreover, several pictures of this tour were given to me by Mr. Gilles Labrie group The Pharaohs. These bloodcurdling images! Here are some pictures never seen the public of the Monsters live ... imagine a show full ... whoa!
Monsters also embark on tour Horror go-go, in 65-66, organized by their manager John Beaulne (ex Baronets), along with intriguing and of none other than Les Miserables. Imagine the show that it must give! After a few stops here and there in Quebec, their Montreal concert scheduled at the Canadian Comedy in February '66, is canceled. Listen
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Seems this rock band has disturbed several macabre! This report is one example. The Monsters were bold, provocative, scary, punk, but mostly have a morbid sense of humor a bit absurd ... they are sort of the Adams family's garage rock québécois!
Bad luck often falls on the group. Early 1966, their manager tries smoking a publicity stunt by inviting the cream of the cultural press in Quebec to travel by plane from Montreal to New York with the group to go watch the first concert in NYC at Monster Cabaret Blue Bonnet. Unfortunately, the customs start of the game and the aircraft departed without Monsters! Journalists still go to New York where they can find the facts that: a hearse decorated with the colors of the Monsters (for the occasion, their name is translated in English: The Monsters) awaited them, but remain empty. Marc Hamilton's coffin there ever come. The Monsters had even produced photos of promo for the U.S. market, as evidenced by the photo above.
In 1966, Monsters launch a second 45 laps, this time on Miracle label, including two compositions by Marc Hamilton. The song I want an answer, very little known, however, is excellent, effective guitar intro, brass punches and a melody that stays in your head ... I love it! The other side, Madame Why, is less interesting.
The Monsters - I want an answer
Monsters - Why Madame
Monster Adventure ends in 1967. Their death coincides with the end of the interest groups dressed in Quebec. The theme of the cemetery appears elsewhere on a compilation disc DSP Denis Pantis, a kind of summit meeting of costumed groups obscure! Post-Monsters
Marc Hamilton joins bosses between 1967 and 1968. The band released a single and obscure 45 rpm with two compositions of the former Dracula. Honorable Mention I saw your face in the water which offers a timid effect space echo the refrains at the end! I saw your face in the water
Hamilton also recorded some 45 laps in the solo for the tag Carrousel. Nothing too notable here either. The artist seems to find his niche. So he moved to France from where he returned with new ideas. Other members of the Monsters are also an interesting continuity in their careers.
François Carel probably producer / director / arranger at the time of the Monsters, continues in this vein, developing a keyboard sound identifiable from hundreds of songs and working-prone r & b, soul and jazz to galore, often Ride the label. In addition to composing his own songs, Carel also works for established artists such as Richard or Michele emerging stars as Maximus. You can hear the work of François Carel in this episode of Garage Sale . 
Serge Blouin, for its part, will launch some 45 laps solo also Carousel on before joining the ranks of the group of Mark Hamilton in early 1970, playing briefly with Les Sinners in 1976 and launch an album of rock and roll nostalgia in the mid 70s. Serge Blouin was born into music in 1945. His father, Fernand Blouin, was the leader of the Three Keys, one of the first groups in Quebec to play rock'n'roll ( Rock'n'roll Saturday night), since 1956! Blouin Serge died in 1987 of a heart attack. To the best of my knowledge, it was a great guitarist who probably played with several other groups. Marc Hamilton, psychedelic
In 1970, Marc Hamilton wrote, composed and recorded As I always want to love . A gargantuan success that will circle the planet ... and bring him misfortune. He even wrote his story in a book entitled The song that killed me. As I always want to love has sold 200,000 copies in Quebec and 1.5 million in Europe!
few months after releasing this single, the first solo album full of Marc Hamilton is found in the bins: a psychedelic rock album is worth the detour. Besides Hamilton seems to identify with the current hippie: the front of the cover shows a kind of sculpture by Hamilton playing the zither. On the back cover it says "The songs were made under the influence of ... ... .... . The general tone of the texts is quite whistleblower. be found on this album several former members of Monsters ... In fact, we may simply see a continuation of the Monsters here because the singer is always surrounded by Normand Bouchard to completion, Serge Blouin on bass and Martin Zizek on guitar.
We find the audacity of the Monsters on tracks like Magic Carpet that begins with an intro to a tune zither Arabist, then melts into a solid hard rock to psychedelic strong trend. Let me sleep is conducted by a fuzz guitar and a powerful riff that is reminiscent of a sauce Satisfaction 1970.
is that everything is going well the surprise and the grand finale of the album's eponymous Marc Hamilton. The song opens with a big guitar riff stoner-bottom then left in a frenzy psychedelic leads to a tirade by gueulée Hamilton where he cites comfort products including artificial "Clash of the disc! This is followed by a drum solo and a break to drool with envy producers of hip-hop before the end of the intro riff stoner. Wow!
on various singles, Mark Hamilton is also launching a few B-side that rockent thoroughly, including the question , Youth , The pusher and utter strangeness: I do not want vinegar on my potatoes (that's the fun) .
The issue opens with a buzzing guitar riff and then a blues reminds me Jean Genie Bowie. The rest of the song denounces the big ideas of revolution launched by small makers and leads Marc Hamilton shouting loudly disagreed. Wha-wha guitar shows throughout the song adds an interesting groove to hard rock disregarded. The question
Youth falls rather in the light psych. The most interesting is probably the constant weird reverb effect on the voice of Mark Hamilton in the verses. Youth
The pusher , meanwhile, tells the story of a drug dealer who before selling the pizza still frozen and eventually buy a planting pot! Hamilton was it inspired by The Pusher Steppenwolf that appeared on the soundtrack of Easy Rider ? The pusher
I do not want vinegar on my potatoes (That's the fun) is simply a strange ... Song of 1973, which is well worth a listen. I do not want vinegar on my potatoes (That's the fun)
shame that Marc Hamilton is much overlook ... damage as it does souvienne que de son unique grand succès… parce que ses compositions rock psychédéliques figurent parmi les meilleures du début des années 70 au Québec!
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