Plume Latraverse

Plume Latraverse (born Michel Latraverse 11 May 1946) is a prolific singer, musician, songwriter and author from Quebec. At the end of the 1960s he formed a band named La Sainte Trinité with Pierrot le fou (Pierre Léger) and Pierre Landry. Then he formed a duo with Steve Faulkner (1972–1975). They performed for the last time at the Chant'Août in Quebec City. In 1976, Plume started a solo career and became one of the most influential names in Quebec counterculture. During a European tour (1979–1980) he staged a show during Le Printemps de Bourges and won the Prime Minister of France's Prize (Prix international de la jeune chanson) and the Pop-Rock prize for the best songwriter from Quebec. In 1982 he worked with Offenbach and produced the album À fond d'train. After his filmed biography, Ô rage électrique, Plume presented his show Show d'à diable in 1984, after which he brought his singing career to a close. He then focused on painting and writing. He published many of his songs, texts and a storybook.

In 1980 the Montreal Gazette described him as "the French Frank Zappa".

Albums

 * Triniterre (1971)
 * Plume Pou Digne (1974)
 * Le Vieux Show Son Sale (1975)
 * Pommes De Route (1975)
 * À Deux Faces (1976)
 * All Dressed (1978)
 * Chirurgie Plastique (1980)
 * French Tour 1980 (fausse représentation) (1980)
 * Livraison par en-arrière (1981)
 * Métamorphoses Tôme I (1982)
 * Autopsie Canalisée (1983)
 * Les Mauvais Compagnons (métaphorme...ose II) (1984)
 * Insomni-fère (méphortamoses III)(1985)
 * D'un Début À l'Autre (1987)
 * Chansons Pour Toutes Sortes de Monde (1990)
 * Chansons Nouvelles (1994)
 * Mixed Grill (1998)
 * Chants d'Épuration (2003)
 * Hors-Saisons (2007)
 * Chansons nouvelles – revisitées (2008)
 * Plumonymes (2008)
 * RECHUT! (Odes de ma tanière) (2016)

Live albums

 * En Noir Et Blanc (1976)
 * Cinéma Outremont (1977)
 * À Fond d'Train (1983)
 * Vingtemps (2001)

Compilations

 * Les Plus Pires Succès de Plume (1976)
 * Le Lour Passé De Plume Latraverse Vol. I (1988)
 * Le Lour Passé De Plume Latraverse Vol. II (1989)
 * Le Lour Passé De Plume Latraverse Vol. III (1990)
 * Le Lour Passé De Plume Latraverse Vol. IV (1992)
 * Le Lour Passé De Plume Latraverse Vol. V (1995)

Singles

 * Rideau / Bossa-Mota
 * Bobépine / Lit vert
 * La bienséance / U.F.O
 * Salusoleil / Le retour à la terre
 * La p'tite vingnenne pis l'gros torrieu / Houba houba
 * Le grand barda / Marie-Lou
 * Mognon donc / New Orleans
 * Salut Trenet / Cul-d'sac rock
 * Quatre ans après / Élégie
 * Le fermier Jean / Valse cliché
 * Dis-moé / On peut pas tout avoir
 * Parade de mode / Descente aux enfers
 * La piste cyclable / Ti-gars
 * La ballade de Sandale et Gandhi / Instrumental
 * Tant qu'on pourra
 * El Nino
 * La journée du chèque

Books

 * Contes gouttes ISBN 2-89005-249-4 (1990)
 * Pas d'admission sans histoire ISBN 2-89005-528-0 (1993)
 * Striboule ISBN 2-89005-609-0 (1995)