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CHICROS

Goodbye Bo Diddley

About Me


We are a four-men band from Paris, France.
We play indie/rock/pop/psychedelic/shoegaze music.
Our songs deal with loneliness, mostly because we are alone when we write them.
We play music for the heart, for the soul, for the brain. And for the body.
We are fly. We don't wear suits and ties.
Most bands want to be different, we want to be the same. And our songs are nice.
Our first songs were released in 2003 on comps: I Hear Voices (with other artists like Notre Dame, Air, Visible Boy, Damien...) and Beautiful Music (with Portishead, PJ Harvey, Cibbo Mato, Comelade etc...)
Our first single BACK IN THE WILD was released in 2004. You might have heard it on a TV show called Grey's Anatomy.
Our first EP was called TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL and was released in 2005.
Our next single DISKONOIZE was released in 2006.
Our first long player is called SOUR SICK SOUL and it's been out since 2007 (2006 in Japan).
The next album is a multi-conceptual LP called RADIO TRANSMISSION and it will be out sometime in 2008.
A lot of people like our songs and that makes us very happy. Some people don't like us but they are wrong. This profile was edited with my balls.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/28/2005
Band Website: chicrodelic.com
Band Members: Philippe "the addict" Monthaye : vocals, keyboards, guitars and topless bars. Mathieu "the booze" Warsky : vocals, keyboards, harmonica, guitars & bass. Olivier "the snooze" Marguerit : guitars, vocals, arranger, keyboard & horns. Arnaud "the player" Cambraye : drums and gambling

Be warned my friend : no digital keyboards are allowed within (los) CHICROS.

PROMO:
Perrine / TAKE CARE
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BOOKING (FRANCE):
Charlotte / ADD IT UP
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BOOKING (UK, Germany, Japan...):
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MANAGEMENT:
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Influences: CHRONOLOGICALLY: Dion & the Belmonts, Roy Orbison, Phil Spector, Ennio Morriconne, The Beatles, The Kinks, The WHo, Van Morrison, Donovan, The Velvet Undergound, The Left Banke, Caetano Veloso, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Leonard Cohen, The Carpenters, Isaac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, Robert Wyatt, David Bowie, Queen, Jonathan Richman, Television, The Soft Boys, Talking Heads, early Cure, More Specials, Violent Femmes, Daniel Johnston, Nick Cave, They Might Be Giants, Boo Radleys, Pavement, Palace, Supergrass, Belle & Sebastian, and the superior genius of Mr Burt Bacharach.
Sounds Like: According to reviews we sound like "Casiotone Gainsbourg" (Entertainment Weekly), "Apples in Stereo, Zombies, Left Banke, Weezer, Grandaddy" (Inrockuptibles), "Byrds, Zombies, Pixies, Paul McCartney, Robert Wyatt, Eno, Wire" (Rock & Folk), "Boo Radleys, Grandaddy" (Magic), "Neil Young, Herman Düne + electricity, Syd Matters + drugs" (Technikart), "Apples in Stereo, Beulah, Weezer, Pavement" (Rock Sound), "Beach Boys, Grandaddy" (Trax), "Beach Boys" (Télérama).
Record Label: CHICRODELIC/ABEILLE in France, ART UNION in Japan
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

PRE-ORDER "Whats New Today On TV?" EP !!!

So...the longly-awaited vinyl 7" EP What's New Today On Tv? has been sent last week to the factory (apparently a guy called Willy Wonka owns it) and will be in stores by the beginning of June...Some ...
Posted by CHICROS on Tue, 20 May 2008 10:33:00 PST

Introducing the band : what the hell is a CHICRO ?

    WHAT IS A CHICRO?A Chicro is a guy who'd rather get up at six in the morning on a sunday to go to a garage sale and buy cheap records and instruments than get up at six in the morni...
Posted by CHICROS on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:30:00 PST

MOUNTAINS vs TRACTORS in the country

MOUNTAINS/TRACTORS LIVE IN THE COUNTRY !!!!!!! directed by Mairleu...
Posted by CHICROS on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:35:00 PST

NEW ORLEANS LIVE

_____________________NEW ORLEANS live at La Maroquinerie !...
Posted by CHICROS on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:33:00 PST

BACK IN THE WILD VIDEO

___________________ BACK IN THE WILD directed by Julien Gittinger...
Posted by CHICROS on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:32:00 PST

DISKONOIZE VIDEO

DISKONOISE - Directed by Jeremie Perin (www.myspace.com/fusee) & produced by Prométhée Prod....
Posted by CHICROS on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:31:00 PST

(Los) Chicros on the road 1 (Rennes, Versailles et Lyon)

C'est dans une veritable ambiance de folie que nous sommes partis le 26 avril au matin pour jouer a Rennes avec Laura Veirs. Même s'il est vrai, que le fait d'avoir oublié la moitié du materiel nous ...
Posted by CHICROS on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:48:00 PST

France Culture

Vendredi dernier, on a joué deux chansons sur France Culture, et aussi un petit peu parlé dans un débat sur la Nouvelle Chamson Framçaise. Les invités étaient Luz et Bertrand Burgalat, et ils ont évid...
Posted by CHICROS on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:39:00 PST

Sour Sick Soul : la presse unanime

La presse kiffe Sour Sick Soul, et ils ont raison d'ailleurs, c'est un super album.Voici quelques extraits choisis par ma mère.Los Inrocks :"Leur musique possède cette qualité rare de mélanger éruditi...
Posted by CHICROS on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:31:00 PST