Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Canadian post-rock band
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (sometimes shortened to GY!BE or Godspeed) is a Canadian post-rock collective founded in Montreal, Quebec in 1994. They release recordings through Constellation, a Montreal independent record label.
The group released their debut album F♯ A♯ ∞, in 1997 and toured regularly from 1998 to 2003. Their second album Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000) received critical acclaim and has been named as one of the best albums of the decade. Then, following the release of Yanqui U.X.O. (2002), the band went on hiatus in 2003 to pursue other musical interests.
The band was rumored to have broken up, but reformed in 2010. Their first post-reunion album 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!
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