The Algorhythmics are the official band of the School of Computer Science of McGill University. The current permanent members are Godfried T. “Terminator” Toussaint on the drums (computational geometry professor), David “Crazy Hands” Avis on the guitar (professor working on combinatorial optimization and operations research), Gena “Fretless” Hahn on the bass (professor working on graph theory), Jörg “88 Fingers” Kienzle on the keyboard (professor working in the field of fault tolerance), and Sean Kennedy, our main singer and guitarist (Ph.D. student in theoretical computer science). Over the years, many other visitors of the School of Computer Science played with us (see below).

We’re no accomplished musicians, but just a bunch of guys that get together once a month to jam. Usually we perform once or twice per year for our friends or for the department or the faculty of Science. We mainly play “blues” and “rock” songs. Here’s a list of some of the songs we regularly play:

1. Eric Clapton:

   

   Lay Down Sally
   

2. Bruce Springsteen: Fire
   

3. Santana: Black Magic Woman
   

4. Queen: Crazy Little Thing Called Love
   

5. Robert Johnson: Sweet Home Chicago
   

6. Muddy Waters: Hoochie Coochie Man
   

7. Van Morrison: Moondance
   

8. Muddy Waters: I Got My Mojo Working
   

9. Dire Straits: Walk of Life
   

10. Louie Prima:

    

    Jump Jive and Wail
    

11. Fats Domino: Ain’t That A Shame
    

12. The Beach Boys: Surfing USA
    

13. The Rolling Stones: Miss You
    

14. Buddy Holly: True Love Ways
    

15. Norah Jones: Turn Me On
    

16. The Beatles: Revolution
    

17. David Bowie: Rebel Rebel
    

Past Events

1. SOCS Alumni Event,
   May 16th 2008, Thompson House
   

2. CCCG Conference Banquet, August 14th 2008, Thompson House
   

3. Casino Night, Nov. 21st 2008, Trottier Building, 2nd floor
   
   

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Previous Members

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Last modified April 28, 2011, Jörg Kienzle