C'est sur les bancs d'un lycée grenoblois que JC, Mad Matt, Zard et Moby Nic, les oreilles bourdonnantes de punk, de hardcore et de métal (Body Count, Stooges, Dead Kennedys, The Clash, Biohazard, etc.), forment le groupe Ass. Le quatuor enchaîne alors avec une énergie rare des prestations scéniques sans précédent en région Rhônes-Alpes : concert punk ? happening gore ? exorcisme collectif ? Qu'importe le flacon pourvu qu'on ait l'ivresse ! Le groupe prend de la bouteille et le devant de la scène.Laissant Zard au pays de la noix (avec Duster'71), les trois autres compères se retrouvent à Paris et s'adjoignent les services d'Eroc, bassiste made in US qui dispose d'un lourd passif dans différentes formations punk en Louisiane terre du vaudou (Fags on X) et au Texas (Sex Rodeo). Avec Ass, le lead vocal est assuré par chacun selon les titres, en français comme en anglais. Mais c'est sur scène que l'on peut le mieux profiter des effluves de Ass. Leurs performances s'imposent comme autant d'obus dans un paysage sclérosé par les stéréotypes. Le public subit avec délectation les assauts sonores et scéniques : les démons malgaches prennent possession de l'esprit de JC envoûté par les percussions de Moby Nick et Mad Matt abandonne le contrôle de son corps à ses vies antérieures (Dallas cop, pornostar, etc.) sous l'influence de la basse vaudou d'Eroc.
Plus rien ne peut les arrêter ! Alors, laissez-vous pénétrer par leur rage endémique. Ne leur tournez pas le dos...
Ass is back !
Premier album auto-produit : Pink Punk Godiveau
Shaking Ass at the Gibus !!!
ASS se tape le Gibus
HOW TO BECOME AN ASS BY EROC !
Let's see : I met Nico and JC during a party in a warehouse, Nico explained to me that they were about to reform ASS their old group and needed a bassist, I just wanted to rock. I thought it would be pretty tame, Nico was dressed like Perry Como that night and JC was dressed in a suit from PRADA. Man when we first got together I knew instantly that I had stumbled upon gold, we jammed and it was the way we laughed and had a great time while we played our trashy music that I adored. There's a real pyschic mystical energy thing happening or perhaps it's just all the beer an hash...
JC - is tall and looks like a body builder, he's some kind of BLACK BELT deadly karate man, he's also half Malgache (from Madagascar, you know like limuriens) if he doesn't get caught up in being a rock star he'll probably become a very young millionare because he works his ASS off in the import export business. JC plays most of the solos, or at least the good ones ;) He's the lead singer (but not really)
Matt - the flying freak in the photo is actually a lawyer! Butt he's probably the worse paid lawyer I've ever heard of, he also has a tatoo of the Joker on his back and thinks GG Allin was the shit. ha ha ha ha He actually did shit on stage trying to emmulate his IDOL and there was a huge riot at one of the gigs which ended with JC karate chopping a bunch of punks, after that they were pretty much banned... until now
Nico - gets ALL the girls. I hate him (in a love / hate brotherly way if you know what I mean)
Eroc - that's me, I'm American but the only one who tries to sing in French since we are playing mostly in France. Go figure.
Carnage au Shannon : DTC² !!!