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Pierre Garand alias Garou (von franzoesisch Loup Garou, zu deutsch Werwolf) (* 26. Juni 1972 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Kanada) ist ein kanadischer Saenger.
Mit fuenf Jahren hatte Garand das Klavierspielen erlernt. In der Junior High spielte er Gitarre in der Schuelerband Windows & Doors.
Anfang der 1990er Jahre trat er in die Kanadische Armee als Trompeter ein. Anschliessend schlug er sich mit verschiedenen Arbeiten durch und trat nebenbei in Bars auf.
Dabei gruendete er Mitte der 90er die Band The Untouchables. 1997 war Luc Plamondon in der Show, in welcher Garand auftrat.
Dieser lud ihn direkt zu einem Vorsingen in Paris ein, um den Quasimodo im Musical „Notre-Dame de Paris“ zu spielen.
Das Debuet des Schauspiels fand dann 1998 im Palais des Congres in Paris statt; der Soundtrack (u.a. mit Daniel Lavoie) stand 17, die ausgekoppelte Single Belle 18 Wochen auf Platz Eins der franzoesischen Charts.
Im Jahr 2000 erschien sein erstes Album Seul und ein Jahr spaeter das Live Album Seul ...Avec Vous. 2003 erschien sein Album Reviens.
Im Jahr 2000 nahm er das Duett "Sous le vent" mit Celine Dion auf, welches in Frankreich und in der Schweiz ein Hit wurde.
2004 nahm er mit Michel Sardou, der in Frankreich sehr bekannt ist, "La riviere de notre enfance" auf. Auch dieses Duett war erfolgreich.
French pop singer Garou vaulted to fame as Quasimodo in the 1998 stage musical Notre-Dame de Paris. Born Pierre Garand in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on June 26, 1972, he was a child prodigy who mastered piano and guitar while still in primary school. As a teen, he joined his classmates' rock band Windows and Doors, and later played trumpet in a Canadian military marching band. While working day jobs including fashion store clerk and produce picker, Garou continued moonlighting in Montreal-area clubs and busking on street corners. During the mid-'90s, he was a weekly fixture at the Sherbrooke nightspot the Liquor Store of Magog, and also fronted his own band, the Untouchables. In 1997 Garou met theatrical producer Luc Plamondon, who cast him in the starring role of Quasimodo in Notre-Dame de Paris, a musical adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The production proved a box office smash, and after a run at Paris' Palais des Congres, Garou continued his performance during the show's French tour. On New Year's Eve 1999, Garou also joined Canadian pop icon Celine Dion on-stage during a Montreal concert, and with the help of Dion's manager/grandfather, Rene Angelil, he soon signed a recording contract, issuing his solo debut, Seul, in late 2000. "Sous le Vent," Garou's duet with Dion, proved an international hit and the singer went on to win four Adisq Gala Awards, including Best Male Singer and Best Pop-Rock Album. Reviens followed in 2004, and in mid-2006 Garou issued his self-titled third LP. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
..Garou
"I always want to make people happy – to open myself up and give them everything I have inside me. Every single time." These words summarize the essence of Garou, who delivers nothing less than his soul to his audience in every one of his performances.Garou possesses a rare intensity. Profound generosity – a quality evident in his daily actions – seems to be its source. And those who gather to hear Garou sing are never disappointed, as they inevitably find themselves on the receiving end of his electric presence and generous performing commitment. "People come out to my shows and think they're there for me, but I'm there to be with them."
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