ArtistInfo

A Silver Mt. Zion

Band, *1999 CA, Montreal
Rock
A.k.a. Efrim Menuck, Thierry Amar, Sophie Trudeau

A Silver Mt. Zion is a group led by founding Godspeed You Black Emperor! guitarist Efrim Menuck, together with other Godspeed members Sophie Trudeau and Thierry Amar. To some extent, A Silver Mt. Zion was born out of a desire on the part of the Godspeed players to work in a smaller musical ensemble; in effect, to escape some of the constraints that often accompany writing and arranging music democratically with nine musicians. As well, Efrim simply wanted a vehicle to realize some of his own musical ideas that would not necessarily work well within the context of Godspeed. For the band's second and third records, the line-up expanded to six players, including Rebecca Foon, Ian Ilavsky and Jessica Moss, and the band re-named as The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-la-la Band. Scott Levine Gilmore joined the band for Horses In The Sky, and now there were seven. In 2010, the band was reduced to a quintet : Efrim, Thierry, Jessica, Sophie and new member David Payant.

Members

	Sophie Trudeau vn, voc CA
	Jessica Moss vn, voc CA
	Eric Craven dr, perc CA
	Efrim Menuck voc *1970 CA
	Thierry Amar cb, eb CA
	Rebecca Foon vc CA
	Ian Ilavsky org, g
	Scott Levine Gilmore CA
	David Payant dr, org