WE ARE MAD JUNE:
VANESSA: Vocals and Rythm Guitar
MARIE-LYNE: Lead Guitar and back vocals
LYDIA: Drums
PASCALE: Bass and back vocals
All parts are played and written by Mad June.
CREDITS FOR OUR ALBUM 'WE'RE NOT STRANGERS':
Producer: Paul-Philippe St-Onge
Executive Producer and Sound Engineer: Étienne Dupuis-Cloutier
Mastering: Luc Papineau
Preprod for About You, I Feel It and November: Isabelle Lussier
Preprod for Here Again, Polaroid, 24, The Stranger Ones, The Arc, Corporate Convict and Thicker: Étienne Dupuis-Cloutier
ARTISTIC CREDITS:
Photography: Sarah Dellah and Veronique Bonnelly
Graphic Designer: Sarah Dellah
Artistic Direction: Sarah Dellah
MakeUp Artist: Sandra Trimarco
Designer and Stylist: Karine Rochefort / K-Us
Accessorist: Marie-Hélène Mallette
A SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Isabelle Lussier who played drums with us for a year before Lydia came along. She created the drum parts on the first versions of the songs and did many shows with us.
Sandra Boyer who played drums with us for a few shows before Lydia came along.
Frédérick St-Onge who recorded our first demo ever and who provided us with many advices.
Paul-Philippe St-Onge without whom the album would not have been possible. Thanks for believing in us from the beginning.
All our friends and family, we love you and we thank you for being in our lives.
All the people who worked for us the night of our cd launch at Le Club Lambi on November 21st 2009:
Kareen Houde: Lighting
Yannick Lavoie: Sound
Caroline Rochette's team: Door and Merch table
DJ Maïté: Turn tables
Roman and Charlie from Le Club Lambi who always welcome us with open arms and make us feel at home every time.
MANAGER: Paul-Philippe (management@madjune.com)
BOOKING: Pascale (booking@madjune.com)
WEBSITE: www.madjune.com
Influences
The list would be way too long.....
MEDIA:
MAD JUNE'S SONG 'THE STRANGER ONES', CHARTattack, by Edward Skira,December 1st 2009:
"Montreal four-piece Mad June released their We're Not Strangers debut on Nov. 21, and "The Stranger Ones" appears on that record. It's Bloc Party-esque bouncy indie rock (think the stuff on Silent Alarm, not Intimacy) by way of Canada's second most-populous city."
MAD JUNE IN FYI MUSIC.CA, blog by Bob Segarini, October 9th 2009
"I was fortunate to catch an amazing hard rock quartet from Montreal called Mad June, four of the most talented female players I have ever heard, and right up there with the best of the best, local guitarist Donna Grantis. Mad June’s CD drops next month, and I can hardly wait…and their drummer is mighty!"
MAD JUNE IN MONTREAL'S HOUR NEWSPAPER article by Laura Roberts, on July 9th 2009
http://www.hour.ca/columns/vixen.aspx?iIDArticle=17736
"Event (Get Your Queer On) organizer Dee Gamliel of Ask the Geek Productions, told me that the show is meant to kick off the party with a bang. She's got Montreal's "sweethearts of lesbian rock n' roll" Mad June (myspace.com/madjune) to provide the tunes for the shindig, along with the theatrical musical domination of Toronto's Kelly & The Kellygirls (myspace.com/kellyandthekellygirls).
Mad June recently sold out Club Lambi with a fundraising event for their first album, and this will be their first show after hitting the studio to record. The up-and-coming group is likened by their promoter to a younger, hipper version of Montreal faves Lesbians On Ecstasy."
Two thousand years ago, before the birth of the world as we know it, there lived June. Tired of eating soggy bread every day, June decided to cook the breakfast bread on the rocks heated by fire. Amazed by the crunchy texture and the fiery taste, June spread the word about burnt “Toast”. No one agreed, they feared change and difference and insisted June was Mad.
Skip forward to 2005, four people were making toast, when the smell of the cooking breakfast bread inspired them to form a band together and create music in the honor of June. They thought that if they could be a band that would encourage difference, question all and make its own rules, life would be grand!!! So they let their toast burn, the smoke detector ring, and went down to the basement to write some songs. After months of basement bliss, it was time to share, so they crawled toward the light and started playing shows...they haven’t stopped since and life is grand!
As an independent “Do It Yourself” rock band having access to technology, Mad June released their debut album, We’re Not Strangers on November 21st, 2009. To record their tunes, they promised Montreal's rising star producer and drummer Étienne Dupuis-Cloutier (Coeur de Pirate, Half Baked, Balboa, Le Citoyen) unlimited breakfasts of toasts and peanut butter...he just couldn't resist and there began their collaboration. Later on, Luc Papineau (The Box, Les Triplettes de Belleville) joined the happy tribe and did the mastering of the album.
In October 2009, Mad June was selected to play a showcase during IndieWeek Music Fest in Toronto. Bob Segarini from FYI Music News saw their act and wrote in his blog: “I was fortunate to catch an amazing hard rock quartet from Montreal called Mad June, four of the most talented female players I have ever heard (…)!”.
On December 1st 2009, CHARTattack’s publisher Edward Skira reviewed their song, The Stranger Ones saying: “It's Bloc Party-esque bouncy indie rock(...)”.
Mad June’s performance at Le Medley in October 2008 is featured in the documentary “Rebelles The Movie”, that came out Fall 2009 and is being distributed across Canada.
Les Frères du Son will also feature the band in a documentary coming out Winter 2010.
Mad June is THE band from Montreal to discover in 2010. They're everything you don't expect from an all girl band...they're hard hitting, upbeat, and melodic. Their songs have strong hooks and powerful lyrics. Their music is clearly rock with an indie twist and pure punk soul. Get to know Mad June…We’re Not Strangers!
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Cela faisait un bout de temps qu'on n'était pas passé par là. King's Queer finit l'année en beauté, plus d'une trentaine de dates et toujours debout et Non Conforme...
On vous souhaite à tous et à toutes de joyeuses fêtes.
Rendez vous en 2010 avec des projets plein la tête.
YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME JOIN THE GROUP 
