Country of origin: Canada Location: Jonquière, Quebec Status: Active Formed in: 1981 Genre: Thrash Metal (early); Progressive Metal (later) Lyrical themes: Science fiction, Society, Violence, War, Humour, Space, Philosophy Current label: Century Media Records Years active: 1981, 1982-present In the picture from left to right: Michel Langevin, Dominique Laroche, Daniel Mongrain, Denis Bélanger. Voivod started in 1981 when guitarist Denis D'Amour (Piggy) had been searching for several musicians to start a band with until he found Jean-Yves Thériault (Blacky), who agreed to play bass in his band. However, Blacky did not know how to play bass at the time, but Piggy was musically adept ...