Bakunin's Bum

Norman Nawrocki
Norman Nawrocki at Chaotic Insurrection Congress
Background information
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia
Genres	Cabaret, punk rock, post rock, spoken word, Klezmer
Occupation(s)	Comedian, sex educator, cabaret artist, musician, songwriter, author, actor, producer and composer
Instruments	Violin, vocals, viola, cello, tsymbaly, piano, accordion, concertina, percussion
Years active	1985 - present
Labels	Les Pages Noires
Associated acts	Rhythm Activism, Bagg Street Klezmer Band, The Flaming Perogies, Bakunin's Bum, DaZoque!, The Montreal Manhattan Project, Bush's Bum, SANN
Website	Les Pages Noires

Norman Nawrocki (born in Vancouver, British Columbia), is a Montreal-based comedian, sex educator, cabaret artist, musician, author, actor, producer and composer. Nawrocki together with Sylvain Côté were the founding members of "rock 'n roll cabaret" band Rhythm Activism. Nawrocki owns Les Pages Noires, through which he has published twenty albums and three books.

Nawrocki was born in the East End of Vancouver to Polish/Ukrainian Canadian parents. He attended Langara College and Simon Fraser University, and co-edited the university's newspaper The Peak. He left without graduating.

In 1993, Nawrocki created I don’t understand women! , athe first of several anti-sexist, sex positive, comedy cabarets on the topic of date rape, sexual harassment and violence against women.

In 2001, Nawrocki and Godspeed You! Black Emperor drummer Aidan Girt formed a duo, "Bakunin's Bum", named after the anarchist philosopher Mikhail Bakunin. Their recording, Fight to Win! was released in 2001 on G7 Welcoming Committee Records as a benefit for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty and featured spoken word by anti-poverty activists over instrumental music.