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Matt Laurent

About Me

I AM NOT MATT LAURENT. THIS IS A FAN PAGE. ANY MESSAGES/COMMENTS FOR MATT WILL BE PASSED ON TO HIM.Matt Laurent was born in Québec on 24th May 1967. When he was just 13years old he got his first guitar, and started to compose his own songs. He educated himself musically, and never took music or singing lessons, he is 100% self taught! He was just 21 when he met his manager.1992: Matt released his first album, 'Entre le jour et la nuit'.1993: Matt released a 'mini-album', 'Acoustique', which consisted of acoustic versions of five songs from his first album.1997: Matt released his second album, 'Longue Avenue'.1998: Matt met Luc Plamondon and was offered the chance to audition for the role of 'Quasimodo' in 'Notre-Dame de Paris'.1999: Matt played the alternate 'Quasimodo', in Paris, Belgium, Switzerland and Québec until 2001.2001: Matt released his third album, 'Ici ou Ailleurs'. Later this year Matt signed up to 'M6' records in France. He also recorded an advert for 'Dentine Ice' chewing gum.2002: Matt played the role of 'Benvolio' in 'Roméo et Juliette'. This year also saw him perform in concert in Paris.2003: Matt toured across Québec playing the role of 'Le Géographe' in 'Le petit Prince'.2004: Matt toured across Québec with fellow Québec singer, Marie-Chantal Toupin.2005: Matt returned to the role of 'Quasimodo', this time playing the lead in Seoul and Taiwan. He finished the year by touring across Québec with his good friend, Sylvain Cossette.2006: Was a very busy year for Matt. He started the year in the show, 'Night Fever', followed by more touring with Sylvain across Québec, re-creating the role of 'Quasimodo' in Singapore and finishing the year performing in 'Night Fever' again.2007: Matt started the year performing in 'Night Fever' in Québec. He then toured across Québec on Sylvains tour and took part in Sylvains show, 'Parcours', in Montréal. He could then be seen in a new show, 'Summertime', in Gatineau and Montréal during the summer. In October he returned to Seoul for some concerts with fellow musical performers.2008: In January Matt played the role of 'Renfield' in 'Dracula, entre l'amour et la mort' in France. He became the new lead singer with 'La Chicane' and has released an album with them. He is currently touring across Québec on Sylvains '70's' tour.

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Member Since: 1/21/2007
Band Website: http://www.mattlaurent.com
Sounds Like: LA CHICANE (2008)ICI OU AILLEURS (2001)LONGUE AVENUE (1997)ACOUSTIQUE (1993)ENTRE LE JOUR ET LA NUIT (1992)MAKING OF JE VEUX QUE TU SACHESSOME OTHER ALBUMS MATT HAS PARTICIPATED ON... FRENCH KISSIN' - KISS TRIBUTE ALBUM (1995)DRAGON ATTACK - QUEEN TRIBUTE ALBUM (1996)THEN THEY KISSED ME - KISS DANCE MEDLEY (1998)APRÈS TOUT - MARIE-CHANTAL TOUPIN (1998)PARLEZ-MOI - MARIE-PIER PERREAULT (2002)STÉPHANIE LEBLANC (2002)LÀ-HAUT - RENÉ LAJOIE (2004)LIKE A DREAM - GIO ARIA (2004)MARYSE (2005)CAROLINE MARCOUX-GENDRON (2005)NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS LIVE IN ASIA (2005)NIGHT FEVER (2006)70s - SYLVAIN COSSETTE (2007)MINUIT - ANDRÉE WATTERS (2008)70s Vol. 2 - SYLVAIN COSSETTE (2008)
Record Label: Prime-Time Muzik
Type of Label: Indie

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LINKS TO MATT LAURENT SITES/PAGES

Official website... http://www.mattlaurent.ca/ Fan websites... http://enversetcontretout.tripod.com/   http://eternalmatt.free.fr/ Fan group... http://cf.groups.yahoo.com/group/Matt-Laurent...
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ABOUT ME!!!

My name's Pepper, I'm 31 years old and live in the UK. I first discovered Matt in May 2001, on my 25th birthday, while he was performing in Montréal in the musical "Notre-Dame de Paris". After hearin...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:07:00 GMT