Hailing from Montreal in Canada, Godspeed You! Black Emperor is post-rock music group. They are generally known for their visual and extensive live shows and lengthy instrumental songs. Their performances and recordings mostly consist of percussion instruments and electric guitars yet more obscure instruments such as glockenspiels and French horns have made appearances as well.

The group got its name from an obscure Japanese documentary about a biker gang called the “Black Emperors”. The number of members in the band is never clearly defined, ranging anywhere from nine to twenty at any given time. GYBE was on an extended hiatus for several years so its various members could work on other projects, but they are scheduled to appear together at an upcoming music festival.

All members of Godspeed consider the music to be greater than the group, which helps explain the band’s ever changing line-up and lack of a front man. There’s also a strict moratorium on group photos and personal interviews. This seemingly strange philosophy is a way for listeners to get closer to the music, rather than focus on trivial details.

The more outspoken members of the group state in their few interviews that large corporations are what is at fault in the media industries and the whole economy in general. In fact, most of their CD and song notes refer to the criminal behaviors of corporate media. On the group’s newest album, a picture was included in the notes that hinted at a link between several major record companies to the United State’s military-industrial complex.

Fans of the band say their live shows are exhilarating and random events. Since the group doesn’t use singers they employ a heap of visual imageries in the concerts. These movies, which are often filmed and produced by one of the bands’ main members, are used to wrap the songs and their message together for the listeners.

In the early 2000s, GYBE’s band mates were mistaken for a band of criminals in a rural Oklahoma town. The group and their crew was caravaning through the mid-west on tour when, at a small gas station, an employee became convinced that they were terrorists. The authorities were called after the station attendant got another customer to call them.

When the local police arrived at the scene, they found anarchist papers in both of the bands’ two vehicles. These items, added with the bands general appearance prompted the officers to alert the FBI. The group members were quickly held and personally questioned for a few hours before the investigators decided to release them. And although Godspeed made it to their next scheduled tour date in time, the event most likely fueled their anti-government ideologies.

Godspeed You! Black Emperors have released three full albums since the early 90s. During that time they have also released several EPs and singles. And because they encourage fans to record their live concerts, several GYBE songs have come out without ever having been officially recorded. Although extremely rare, the band has lent a few songs to a handful of movie soundtracks as well.

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