“It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964” would later write Paul Simon in it’s tribute song to John Lennon, “The late great Johnny Ace”. For Stéphane it was the year of it’s birth. September 23, 1964. Born libra ascendent sagittarius. A year of the Dragon. Born in Montréal, Québec.

Birth itself was not such a big deal, no real drama in itself. Except, in Québec’s 60s both his parents were minors. Majority at the time was 21. Except, his parents were not married and it was a shameful act in the very roman catholic society. Except, his father was in prison on a charge related to Québec national liberation movement. In a nutshell, he was born the perfect product of all the contradictions of that society at that very moment.

Allegedly, one of his father’s brother, Réal did impersonate his imprisoned father in order to sign the birth paper to recognized the child legally.

The birth did take place in an Italian hospital, Santa Cabrini to avoid the french canadian hospital that were run by priests and nuns and would not see well a child “born in sins”.