Guitarist Simon-Pierre Gagnon started jamming with drummerSimon Ducasse in the college's recording studio. The project started to takeshape as Jerome Gosselin joined in on rythm guitar, Jonathan David on bass andsinger Bruno Fournier completed the formation. Inspired by many different metalbands such as Opeth, Death, Cephalic Carnage & Slipknot, the band playedtheir first show in 2008. Soon after, they replaced the singer by 2 brothersnamed Tito & Gonzo who would share vocal duties as one sang lower and theother higher. That's when the band's image and concept appeared. They splashedgreen paint all over their clothes, started throwing inflatable dolls in thecrowd, added dancing girls with masks spraying the crowd with water guns. Thestage theatrics coupled with the crushing yet fun death metal songs were aninstant success which prompted Bookakee to enter a battle of the bands called'Metal Academy' in 2009. 18 bands competed over 4 months at the mythical 'CafeChaos' in Montreal with Bookakee being crowned the winners. After recordingtheir demo and playing a couple more shows, singer Gonzo left the band and Titofollowed not too long after. They also parted ways with guitarist Jerome andthat's when the band was re-born. Singer Philippe Langelier and guitarist MatParé joined the formation and brought a new direction. Philippe brought inexperience, having sung for many metal bands of many genres and being a formerCanadian Idol participant. Mat brought management and bookings and that's whenBookaking Productions was born. In 2011 Bookakee released their first 6 songEP, recorded and mixed by guitarist Simon-Pierre Gagnon in his home studio.Philippe being a visual artist, he provided all the artwork for the album andstarted adding full body makeup to the members' look. They started playing moreand more shows, sharing the stage with such acts as Obscura, Cryptopsy, Augury,Beyond Creation, Powerglove and many more. As they garnered more and moreattention with their theatrical humoristic horror antics, the band joinedanother contest in 2012, this one for a spot to play on the Heavy MTL festivalin Montreal. 20 bands were selected out of the 250 who applied and Bookakeemade it all the way to the finals. Even though they didn't win they were stilladded to the festival as a late replacement, playing in front of 2000 rabbidfans and sharing the stage with The Faceless, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Origin &Voivod. In 2013, drummer Simon Ducasse quit and was replaced by Jean-PhilippeBouchard, who brought in sequences and triggers. Highly enhancing the band'sperformance and sound, the new drummer opened new doors of musical compositionand technical improvement. Often reffered to as Montreal's answer to Gwar,Bookakee have now played over 50 shows, always pushing the boundaries ofentertainment value coupled with melodic well-crafted death metal songs. In December2013 this band released their first full length album named “WHORRIFIC” in “FoufouneÉlectrique at Montréal, 13 songs recorded, mixed and mastered in guitarist SP’shouse. Vous devez les voir en show!