Mauro Pezzente is a

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musician. He is best known as being co-founder of

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Godspeed You! Black Emperor (sometimes abbreviated to GY!BE or Godspeed) is a Canadian post-rock band which originated in Montreal, Quebec in 1994. The group releases recordings through Constellation, an independent record label also locate ...

. Pezzente, along with

Efrim Menuck Efrim Manuel Menuck (; born November 4, 1970) is a Canadian musician involved with a number of Montreal-based bands, most notably Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra. Menuck is also a frequent record producer a ...

and Mike Moya, founded

in 1994. Along with Thierry Amar, Pezzente plays the

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for the band. Pezzente was the first to live and perform within the

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. Christening it the Gallery Quiva, Pezzente and his partner Kiva Stimac played infrequent shows there until exhaust and

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from the garage below the loft caused them to move out.

soon moved in and renamed it.

Maica Mia

Along with guitarist and vocalist Maica Armata (née Armata-Machnik) and her partner Jonny Paradise, Pezzente has played with the

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band Maica Mia.Maicamia.com
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* – official site * * Canadian rock bass guitarists Godspeed You! Black Emperor members Living people Musicians from Montreal Year of birth missing (living people) {{bass-guitarist-stub