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Mouth Congress, a reference to oral sex found in the Sir Richard Burton translation of the\u00a0Kama Sutra,<\/i>\u00a0was founded in 1984 when\u00a0Paul Bellini\u00a0rented a beatbox from Long & McQuade so he and\u00a0Scott Thompson\u00a0could jam around the big freezer in their basement.<\/p>\n

An openly gay punk band at a time when no other existed, Paul and Scott spent a year writing songs before their first gig, opening for Bruce McCulloch at The Rivoli. Seemingly destined for greatness, Mouth Congress played gigs around Toronto building a cult following.<\/p>\n

They cut a demo in 1986, which was never released due to Thompson’s increasing success with The Kids in the Hall, and Mouth Congress quietly became a Queen Street urban legend.<\/p>\n

Over the last few years, Paul Bellini (who went on to write for KITH) has digitally compiled Mouth Congress’\u00a0entire catalogue of 647 recordings\u2014available at\u00a0mouthcongress.bandcamp.com<\/a>\u2014as well as video of every live show plus other ‘home’ movies from the day.<\/p>\n

24 years since their last gig, and 32 years since they were originally formed, Mouth Congress will reunite for one night only at The Rivoli on Sunday, February 21 for an hour of the most ridiculous yet committed rock ‘n’ roll since\u00a0Spinal Tap!<\/p>\n

The evening will be recorded as part of the ongoing documentation of Mouth Congress.\u00a0Tickets are $10 at the door.\u00a0\u00a0The Rivoli<\/a>\u00a0is located at 332 Queen Street West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mouth Congress, a reference to oral sex found in the Sir Richard Burton translation of the\u00a0Kama Sutra,\u00a0was founded in 1984 when\u00a0Paul Bellini\u00a0rented a beatbox from […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[25,28,1907,4165,36],"tags":[4242,4244,4245,4243],"class_list":["post-19792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live","category-music","category-news","category-punk","category-toronto","tag-mouth-congress","tag-paul-bellini","tag-scott-thompson","tag-the-rivoli"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/0005899246_10.jpg?fit=960%2C682&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-59e","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13308,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13308","url_meta":{"origin":19792,"position":0},"title":"Sounds Australia presents the Annual Aussie BBQ at Canadian Music Week","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"April 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SOUNDS AUSTRALIA, Australia's Music export initiative\u00a0has\u00a0announced their annual AUSSIE BBQ at Canadian Music Week 2015. 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