{"id":35176,"date":"2005-08-26T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2005-08-26T00:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=35176"},"modified":"2020-08-26T00:07:48","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T23:07:48","slug":"news-voivod-guitarist-denis-piggy-damour-dies-of-colon-cancer-aged-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-voivod-guitarist-denis-piggy-damour-dies-of-colon-cancer-aged-45\/","title":{"rendered":"VOIVOD Guitarist Denis \u201cPiggy\u201d D\u2019Amour Dies Aged 45 (August 26th, 2005) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

VOIVOD Guitarist Denis \u201cPiggy\u201d D\u2019Amour Dies Aged 45<\/strong><\/span>
\nAugust 26th, 2005<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Denis \u201cPiggy\u201d D\u2019Amour, guitarist for Jonqui\u00e8re, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada-based metal outfit Voivod, died on August 26th, 2005 at the age of 45 following a battle with colon cancer.<\/p>\n

Former Voivod bassist Jean-Yves \u201cBlacky\u201d Th\u00e9riault issued the following statement: \u201cLife does not always turn out the way you expect. Mine and the lives of many of my friends from Jonqui\u00e8re were certainly influenced by one specific person, Denis D\u2019Amour. He was a mentor and a hero for many of us. He was my best friend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have dreaded the arrival of this day for a while now. My old bandmate is gone. He passed away last night at peace with himself and without pain. Until the very end he was both a sweetheart and a real rocker, without compromise.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so grateful that I had the chance to let him know how much he meant to me and how much I loved him. Denis did not live to see his last artistic effort released but the rest of us will appreciate it all the more. Long live Denis D\u2019Amour. Long live Piggy.\u201d<\/p>\n

D\u2019Amour, Th\u00e9riault, vocalist Denis \u201cSnake\u201d B\u00e9langer, and drummer Michel \u201cAway\u201d Langevin formed Voivod during the early 1980s.<\/p>\n

Recorded in an eight-track Montr\u00e9al studio, inaugural full-length War And Pain<\/em> was issued in 1984 through Metal Blade Records. Second outing Rrr\u00f6\u00f6\u00f6aaarrr arrived in 1986 through Combat \/ Noise Records, as well as four-track EP Thrashing Rage<\/em>. That year, Voivod toured the United States with Celtic Frost. Third studio affair proper Killing Technology<\/em> surfaced in 1987, having been recorded in Berlin, Germany with producer Harris Johns. A year later, Voivod released Dimension Hatr\u00f6ss<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Signing a three-album contract with MCA Records, the assortment released Nothingface<\/em> during 1989. A Pink Floyd cover version, inaugural single \u2018Astronomy Domine\u2019 was shown on MTV<\/em>\u2019s Headbangers Ball<\/em>. Voivod supported Rush during the album\u2019s touring cycle, and also underwent a Stateside club tour with Faith No More and Soundgarden.<\/p>\n

MCA wished for Voivod to become more palatable with 1991\u2019s Angel Rat<\/em>, Rush producer Terry Brown helming sessions. Tensions flared as a result, bassist Jean-Yves \u201cBlacky\u201d Th\u00e9riault exiting the group. 1993\u2019s The Outer Limits<\/em> and corresponding tours were occupied by session bassists. Denis \u201cSnake\u201d Belanger also exited the fold following touring commitments for that album, The Outer Limits<\/em> marking the last Voivod album to be released through MCA Records.<\/p>\n

Eric Forrest entered as vocalist and bassist during 1994, his tenure lasting until 2001. During that period, Voivod issued the albums Negatron<\/em> (1995) and Phobos<\/em> (1997). This led to the return of B\u00e9langer, and the addition of former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted. 2003 self-titled effort Voivod<\/em> was the last opus to be released during D\u2019Amour\u2019s lifetime.<\/p>\n

D\u2019Amour had been diagnosed with colon cancer during the summer of 2005, the disease having spread to his liver, rendering the disease inoperable. In the palliative care unit of a Montr\u00e9al hospital, D\u2019Amour slipped into a coma on the evening of August 26th and never regained consciousness. The next day, the man passed away, surrounded by family and friends. D\u2019Amour\u2019s funeral took place on September 1st.<\/p>\n

2006 effort Katorz<\/em> and 2009 effort Infini<\/em> \u2013 Voivod\u2019s 11th and 12th full-length studio albums \u2013 feature posthumous recording contributions from the axeman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VOIVOD Guitarist Denis \u201cPiggy\u201d D\u2019Amour Dies Aged 45 August 26th, 2005 Denis \u201cPiggy\u201d D\u2019Amour, guitarist for Jonqui\u00e8re, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada-based metal outfit Voivod, died on August 26th, 2005 at the age of 45 following a battle with colon cancer. Former Voivod bassist Jean-Yves \u201cBlacky\u201d Th\u00e9riault issued the following statement: \u201cLife does not always turn out the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1756],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-voivod-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35176"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85770,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35176\/revisions\/85770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}