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Biography
Rational Youth is a Canada|Canadian new wave music|New Wave band, originally formed in 1981 in Montreal , Quebec , by synthesizer wizards Tracy Howe, former singer and drummer for Montreal punk band "The Normals", and Bill Vorn, both of whom idolized the German synthpop pioneers Kraftwerk .
Among the band's notable singles were "City of Night", "Saturdays in Silesia" and "Dancing on the Berlin Wall," from their debut album, Cold War Night Life (1982); and "No More and No Less" from Heredity (1985).
In 1999, Rational Youth, with a new lineup of original frontman Howe and new keyboard players Jean-Claude Cutz and Dave Rout, released its first album after fourteen years, To the Goddess Electricity .
Rational Youth toured throughout Scandinavia over the next two years, playing its final concert on November 3, 2001, at the Tinitus Festival in Stockholm, Sweden.
Original members Tracy Howe and Bill Vorn came together again in 2009, recording a new version of their 1982 hit "Dancing On The Berlin Wall" in honour of the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Wall.
Personnel
Tracy Howe – vocals, synthesizers, guitar
Bill Vorn – synthesizers, vocoder
Kevin Komoda
Discography
Singles
" I Want to See the Light & Coboloid Race|I Want to See the Light/Coboloid Race " (12", 1981)
"Cite Phosphore" (7", 1982)
"City of Night" (12", 1982)
"Saturdays in Silesia" (7"/12", 1982)
"In Your Eyes" (7"/12", 1983)
"Dancing on the Berlin Wall" (Dutch 12", 1984; unauthorised extended edit)
"No More and No Less" (7"/12", 1985) - hit #88 on the RPM Canadian charts
"Call Me" (7"/12", 1985)
"Bang On" (7"/12", 1985) - hit #91 in the RPM Canadian charts
"Malade" (7", 1985)
3 Remixes For The New Cold War (EP, 1998)
" Everything Is Vapour & Money And Blood|Everything Is Vapour/Money And Blood " (CD single, 1999)
Albums
Studio albums
Cold War Night Life (album, 1982; CD release 1997)
