David G. vocals/guitars
Alban J. guitars/backing vocals
Frank R. drums
Olivier D. bass
Maxime A. saxophone/backing vocals
Influences
Steve Mc Queen, The Rolling Stones, Cigarettes, The Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Stooges, MC 5, T-Rex, Stax, Sun Records, Elvis Presley, Sly & the family Stone, The Band, Motown, James Brown, Tom Verlaine/Richard Lloyd, Wayne Kramer/Fred "sonic" Smith, Keith Richards/Brian Jones, Keith Richards/Mick Taylor, Neil Young/Stephen Stills, Lou Reed/Streling Morrison, Roger McGuinn, The Saints, The Heartbreakers, Richard Hell & The Voidoids, The Sonics, Reigning Sound, Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Frank Sinatra, Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, La Dolce Vita, Nico, The Buzzcocks, The Only Ones, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Heavy Trash, Gram Parsons, the Byrds, Asphalt, White Russian, Gin & Tonic, Wilco, The Deadly Snakes, The Dirtbombs, Ghetto Recorders, Jim Diamond, Tim Kerr, Brian Jonestown Massacre, F.S. Fitzgerald and the lost generation, The Black Crowes, Love, David Bowie, The Strokes, Christopher Walken, Bob Dylan, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Speedball Baby, Levi's jeans, corduroys, sta-press and jean jackets, Woody Guthrie, Martin Scorcese, Sidney Lumet, american movies from the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's, Jaguar E-Type, The Grateful Dead, John Cassavetes, Robert Mitchum, Exposed teens on pulp covers from the 50's, Tim Hardin, Fred Neil, The Flamin' Groovies, The Greenhornes, The Modern Lovers, Robert Frank, Lester Bangs, Jean-Luc Godard's 60's movies, Marilyn Monroe, Jonathan Richman, Robert Johnson, Jack Daniels Kentucky Straight, Paul Smith's suits, American mythology, Greil Marcus, Lou Reed, Curtis Mayfield, The Who, The Faces, Serge Gainsbourg, Mississippi John Hurt, Lightnin' Hopkins, Vue, Televison, The Gun Club, Radio Birdman, James Ellroy, Howlin' Wolf, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, Gene Vincent, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Johnny Cash, The Pretty Things, The Remains, The Brogues, The Count Five, us & uk '60 garage, Van Morrison and Them, Magazine, New York Dolls, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Make-Up, The Yardbirds, Johnny Burnette trio, and lots more, you might not hear everything but everything's here...
Sounds Like
1 Vox Ac-30, 1 Fender Blues Deluxe, 1 Fender Telecaster, 1 Gretsch Electromatic, 1 Yardbox + many Danelectro distorsion devices, 1 Rickenbacker bass and drums played by 4 guys influenced by the music mentionned above
Once upon a time, there was a band called The Purple Lords of the Sonic Church that left a couple of people's ears bleeding after a unique gig in a lesbian bar hotter than the Arizona desert. They were covering Yesterday's number, Connection (the one on Between the buttons), So you want to be a rock'n'roll star, It's a long way to the top if you want to rock'n'roll, and many more... and then came tunes of their own, as a trio. The sold-out proof of that era is the 7 tracks Ep "Join the Sonic Church". Eager to move on and to come closer to the ideal rock expression with two guitars, the trio turned into a quartet when Ben and Tibo came into the picture, and as the band was growin up, the name was shortening down to The Purple Lords. After some gigs and another Ep, "The Laziness and Pride Ep", here's mark III, with Frank taking over the drums... And that was a pretty short-lived line-up, since Matthieu came back home in the house of the Lords where he belonged in the very beginning, following Ben's departure of the band. But, people come, people go, and Matthieu was then called somewhere else after two years of concerts, rehearsals and the conception of the 2007 Ep "The Purple Lords jump the next train". So, in december 2008, Olivier took charge of the bass and a long time desire for horns was finally materialized with the help of Maxime, a saxophone player.
From the conception on the Shim Sham's balcony in New Orleans, the idea has remained the same:
Playing a music that would embody all their fantasies and evoke at the same time Steve Mc Queen's blue eyes through his Ford Mustang's windshield, Brian Jones' hair moves when he played Ruby Tuesday on Ed Sullivan, Jane Birkin's pout bathing in the sun in Jacques Deray's La Piscine, Jack Kerouac's fantasmatic wanderings through the US, and Robert Mitchum's tattoed fists. Love and Hate, that's all about it. And that Frankensteinly shaped music will be labelled "electric dandy rock'n'roll".
Septimus J. Jones, "The secret history of a troubled rock'n'roll band", p.432
Notre nouvel album "roulette russe" est dispo depuis le 09 novembre un peu partout (mvs records/anticraft) alors pour fêter ça, on sera vendredi soir 27/11 en concert à La Marquise (péniche sur les quais du Rhône, dans le 3ème arrondissement de Lyon).
Pour que cette soirée soit vraiment exceptionnelle, on a décidé qu'elle serait... gratuite! Alors c'est l'occas d'en profiter avant le lancement officiel de la tournée en 2010, faites suivre le message, venez nombreux, ça commence dès 20h vendredi!
Des bises Les deja vu
"Roulette russe se place d'emblée parmi les bonnes surprises de cette fin d'année" OPEN MAG
"Deja vu explore dans sa langue une forme de légèreté pop originelle" LYON CAPITALE
"Des onzes titres de "Roulette Russe"émanent des effluves des Kinks, du british beat combinées avec l'énergie de Supergrass." ROCK & FOLK
"Ce nouvel opus nous offre 11 perles énergiques et sincères" ZYVA MAG
"Les albums pop/rock francophones de cette qualité ne sont pas légion, quitte à vous loger un truc dans le cerveau autant que ce soit à la roulette russe" WWW.SUCREPOP.COM
"Roulette Russe est l’'une de ces bonnes surprises que nous réserve cet automne glacial" SFR MUSIC
"L'un des rare groupe lyonnais et même français à pratiquer un rock plus british que la marmelade dans un français d'école." LE PETIT BULLETIN
"Alison Gray" diffusé en radio sur Le Mouv (playlist), Oui fm, Virgin Radio, france Inter
A ne pas manquer. On vous y attend nombreux pour faire la fête.... En écoutant & Dansant sur de l'excellente musique, En Compagnie de Béné & Jean - Pierre Sablier, Organisées par FPM! Enjoy :-))
- Où ..... Au Klub,14 rue Saint Denis -75018 Paris - Quand ..... Tous Les Mercredis,à partir du 9 Décembre,de 21h00 à 3h00... - Au Programme ..... 2 Groupes de Rock Français en Live + DJs Sets
Soirées Explosives !!! On va s'éclater ....... Entrée Gratuite........
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