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