About The Band

In late 1978 one Kingston, Ontario musician, Paul Martin was dragged into a dingy club in Montreal called the ‘ Grande Bock Tavern ‘ on St. Catherine St. He was told that the band playing there that nite would be of interest to him, in so much that he, being a connoisseur of the music of the Rolling Stones, would appreciate this local Montreal bands antics & approach to performing covers of not just the Stones, but of Bowie, Dylan, Springsteen & the J. Geils Band….Not just covers of the hits of these artists, but obscure numbers as well, B sides, not normally heard from a ‘classic cover band’ of the time….After seeing this interesting little troupe called ‘Jade’, he decided to make a gesture to the frontman of ‘Jade’, one Maurice Raymond. Would he, Maurice, be interested in joining his band, “Consilium” as their frontman… READ MORE