Transcript of part of an interview with Jean-Marc Ravatelle, in charge of programming for the Francofolies festival and Nicolas Boucher, producer (Tir groupé) and responsible for distribution (Fusion):
(Jean-Marc Ravatelle) - 'But before, there was vinyl, in 1985. You should see, it's almost all in English. Hardly anyone was singing this kind of alternative music in French at that time in Montréal. That really came in after the 80s.
It was thanks to the Psyche Industry label ...
(Nicolas Boucher) – It was Dan Webster and Randy Boyd. Randy who started the Cargo record and distribution company; it was his label to begin with, the first alternative groups to record in Montreal were from that gang.
Now Dan Webster, one of the two founders of that company, who is working with Greenland productions, who is producing a lot of shows, who's looking after the MIMI's…'