As a consensus among their admirers and critics, they were often considered to be (too) ahead of their time. Here is an overview:

 

- The first Quebec band able to play at the legendary Cercle Électrique, Quebec City, performing in English (August 2@8, 1971).

 

- The first band in Quebec (and possibly in Canada) to produce a double album containing only original material (not a compilation):

  Morse Code Transmission II album (1972).

Reference : Museum of Canadian Music

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- "We discovered what could very well be the first heavy metal song in Quebec, a " Sabbathist " jewel entitled Satan's Song (Morse Code Transmission II album (1972)"

Reference : Félix B Desfossés, L'Évolution du métal québécois : no speed limit (1964-1989)

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- Michel 'Away' Langevin from Voivod quotes Morse Code as one of the important progressive influences of their band.

Reference : Félix B Desfossés, L'Évolution du métal québécois : no speed limit (1964-1989)

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- The first band from Quebec able to play at the legendary Cercle Électrique, Quebec, in French (May 4, 1976).

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- The first band in Quebec and Canada that included theatrical aspects in their shows (elaborate lighting, smoke, setups, costumes, makeups, explosions).

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- One song has reached the first position on the charts : Cocktail. The single has even sold on the black market in the United States!

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- The song "De tous les pays du monde", on the "Procreation" album was composed to compete as the closing song of Olympic Games of Montreal in 1976. It finished in 2nd place.

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- The 1976 fall tour remains to this day the most important and intense one made by a Quebec and Canadian group. In fact, the band presented no less than 58 shows in 56 cities in less than 3 months across Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick.

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- They had the biggest sound system, lighting and equipment for a Quebec band at that time.

  -$45 000 of equipment (2 Eliminator, 2 Century, 4  250 watts RMS console, 8 Shure microphones, 16 000 watts lighting...) 

Reference : Pop Jeunesse, 23 février 1974

  -$75 000 of equipment 

Reference : Pop Jeunesse, 7 février 1976

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- Best bassist : Michel Vallée

- Best keyboard player : Christian Simard

- Best drummer : Raymond Roy (2nd)

Reference :  Pop Jeunesse, 7 mai 1976

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- It was at the launch of the Procreation album that Christian Simard proclaimed that "within five years, we will have our Liverpool in Quebec", refering to the hope that Quebec bands would have access to a market as developed as the one that England had in the late sixties.

Reference :  www.progquebec.com

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- Subscribers of Prog Archives site give the rating 3.92 / 5 for the album "La Marche des Hommes" and 3.58 / 5 for the "Procreation" album.  These two albums inherit the mention "Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection".

Reference :  www.progarchives.com

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- They broke attendance records at Le Grand Salon in Mascouche (2000 spectators) and at Le Cercle Électrique in Quebec City (6207 people in 7 days).

Reference :  Montréal Matin, 13 octobre 1976

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For the album "Je Suis le Temps", the band went to the Rockfield Studios, England, in July 1977, immediately after the band Rush recorded "A Farewell to Kings". Then the album was mastered at the Abbey Road Studios!

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- One of the band's members was accepted and studied at the Conservatory of Music of Laval University of Quebec at the age of ... 6 years old!

Reference :  Perspectives Le Soleil, 14 février 1970

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- They made the first part of Frank Marino's concert at Le Colisée de Québec, Quebec City (January 28, 1982) and Asia at the Kingswood Theater, Canada Wonderland, Ontario (August 3 and 4, 1983), the Montreal Forum (August 5, 1983) and at Le Colisée de Québec, Quebec City (August 6, 1983) as part of their Canadian tour.

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Being a visionary must be accompanied by good timing. Several years later, time has proved them right. Here are two examples:

- In 1992, they imagined and set up an ambitious opera-rock concept dealing with youth suicide, titled EXIT. Unfortunately, the project had to be abandoned due to lack of donor interest, calling the project "irrelevant".

- In 1995, they composed a song about the post-traumatic stress of a military, entitled "Le Soldat".

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- They were the first band in Quebec to use a 3D design and animation to make a video (Le Fils du Grand Dragon, 1995), produced by Machina Pictura.