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Les Little Searchers

Les Little Searchers

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Les Little Searchers existent depuis 1989, et jouent dans leur formation actuelle depuis 2007. Leur répertoire mélange propres compositions sous influence pop british des late sixties (Kink's, Syd Barrett's early Pink Floyd, Zombies...), et rock psyché américain façon Thirteen Floor Elevator, Music Machine, Seeds, Electric Prunes..."Hailing from the western coast of Nantes, France, Les Little Searchers' mix of '60s guitar rock and psychedelic undertones debuted in 1989. Inspired by the sounds of Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, the Kinks, the Zombies, and the Electric Prunes, Les Little Searchers would spend the next seven years gigging throughout Europe with their trademark sound of uppity pop before the 1996 release of the EP Watch Out for the Crowd. Insect Eye Records eventually followed with the band's first full-length, Do Spirits Return, two years later." Mike DaRonco - All Music Guide ------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------------Et voici la biographie officieuse des Little Searchers par un certain Syd Lloyd (!) : "Ce groupe m'a plus ou moins suivi pendant ma petite enfance car il se trouve que John le chanteur principal de ce groupe est mon père. Les Little Searchers sont : Yannick guitare solo et chant, Philippe basse et chant, Michel batterie et chant et John guitare et chant. John a grandi dans une maison de St Nazaire, dans les années 60 et 70, entouré par de drôles de voisins. Ses parents vivaient la plupart du temps avec le poste allumé ce qui lui permis de développer son sens de la musique. En 66 ou 67 il vit Pete Townshend des Who a la télé démolissant une de ses guitares. Ce fut un flash dans sa carrière. Dans les années 80 il réalisa des maquettes étranges voire avant-gardistes avec de la guitare pleine de fuzz, une voix accélérée, et une boite a rythme puis se lança dans des groupes tels que Sonie et les Brailleurs en 85, puis fit du one man show de 86 a 89 avant de former, avec Phil, les Little Searchers. Discographie : Madonna wants religion (1995), Watch out for the crowd (1996), Do spirits return (1998), Big pieces of brain (2002) et le prochain est a venir en 2007 (j'étais dans le studio lors d'une des séances). Anecdote : Un jour en 1995 un organisateur nantais qui conduisait Liam Gallagher à l'un de ses concerts, mit par hasard dans l'autoradio la démo de Madonna wants religion, et Liam se mit a poser des tas de questions sur cette mystérieuse cassette."-------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------DISCOGRAPHIE (Insect Eyes Records) 2002 "Big pieces of brain" 1998 "Do spirits return" 1996 "Watch out for the crowd" 1995 "Madonna wants religion"--------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- Discographie complète sur www.littlesearchers.com ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- “ Huh, it's really difficult to say what kind of music this band plays. I can say it's weird and it's kinda psychedelic with touch of brit pop and indie. To be honest when I put this CD in my CD player, I thought - oh, no -one more of these boring indie bands. But this is definitely not one of these boring indie bands. I like The Little Searchers. They have this pleasant craziness in their music and songs and sphere remind me of Syd Barrett or some later Beatles stuff. It's music you can play on a sunny day or on a rainy day (doesn't really matter), lie in your bed and daydream the whole day.” - No Brain Zine - Holland - Sept 2002-------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------“Hailing from the west coast of France, les Little Searchers have been gigging since the mid-90’s, honing a range of buzzing pop toons with just a smattering of siked effects. In the past this camera shy 4- piece have usually hidden behind cartoons alter-ego’s (think of the Tweenies with mohawaks) but now they’ve decided to unmask for their second full-lengther. They namecheck The Zombies/Kinks/Syd’s Floyd and a little nearer to home : Michel Polnareff and the “yéyé” french garage phenomenon of the 60’s as formative influences… if you still crave a punchy and simply constructed rush of joie de vivre it has to be Les Little Searchers - they remember fun.” - Ptolemaic Terrascope - U.K - October 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------

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Member Since: 2/22/2007
Band Website: littlesearchers.com
Band Members: John : guitar & vocals Yannick : guitar & vocals Phil : bass & vocals Laurent : drums --------------------- Les Little Searchers live Salle Paul Fort Nantes - 28 june 2007 filmé par Pascal Andries ----------------------
Influences:Electric Prunes, Seeds, Duke of Stratosphear, Chesterfield Kings, Plasticland, Three’O Clock, Rain Parade, REM, Mitch Easter, XTC, Gun Club, Undertones, Buzzcocks, Beatles, Beach Boys, Who, Small Faces, Move, Monkees, Paul Revere & the Raiders, early Status Quo, early Bee Gees, early Pink Floyd, Shadows of Knight, Music Machine, The Monks, Brian Wilson, Michel Polnareff, Byrds, West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Kaleidoscope (US), Love, Spirit, Moby Grape, Neil Young, Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, Alex Chilton (Big Star), Sweet, Cheap Trick, Ramones, Steve Wynn, Ben Vaughn, Kim Fowley, Jonathan Richman, Captain Beefheart, Kinks, Flamin’Groovies, Television Personalities, Billy Childish, The Green Pajamas, Matthew Sweet, The Lucky Bishops, Zombies, Spencer Davis Group, Dantalian’s Chariot, Mose Allison, Roland Kirk, We The People, Left Banke, Gong, Soft Machine, Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Pretty Things, Teenage fanclub, Creation, Box Tops, Sonics, T Rex, Thirteen Floor Elevator, Troggs, Supergrass, Posies, Flop, Young Fresh Fellows, Oui Oui, Etienne Charry, Antoine et les Problèmes, Julien Baer, Baz Baz, Jacques Higelin, Ricet Barrier, Hector, Evariste, Nino Ferrer, Ronnie Bird, Les Boots...
Sounds Like: Les Little Searchers "Bad woman" rehearsal at Trempolino - Nantes (France) - 19 june 1995 -------------------------------- Les Little Searchers on french local TV - Promo "Do Spirits return" CD back in 1998. -------------------------------- Les Little Searchers "L'Hypothèque" mixed 17 november 2001 at Crescendo Studio Nantes (Fr) Movie directed by sound ingeneer Jeff Moreau --------------------------------- Les Little Searchers "Strychnine" live Olympic - Nantes (Fr) - 20 december 1996 --------------------------------- Les Little Searchers "You're gonna miss me" live Olympic - Nantes (Fr) - 20 december 1996 ---------------------------------
Record Label: Insect Eyes Records (autoprod.)
Type of Label: Indie