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An extract of the song « Body Parts » will be used for the original soundtrack
of the next BRUCE LABRUCE film: "Otto or up with dead people".
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Get Your Own Player!
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." S.Johnson
DEATH ROCK MAGAZINE
«We are The Living Dead Boys, Shes Dead, Heavens Blood, Dead Star, Death Bathroom, these romantic songs titles hide a combo as efficient as decadent : the electro zombies metal trio THE LIVING DEAD BOYS. This combo seems to have been created just to try to use as much as possible the word «dead» into their tracks names. These swiss guys bad educated, play an electronic boosted rocknroll that comes straight from the crypt. Samples have been violently ripped with rotten teeths from a secret horror film collection and the synthetic rythmic gives to this mutant music the regularity of a four to the floor killer track that can bring back to life any clubber ; but that strong and electrified energy comes directly from these guys addicted to saturated riffs who know how to put on fire any dancefloor.»
Vanina Hänin - 2004
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Memorial to the LIVING DEAD BOYS : the Unholy Trinity
'The dead travel fast.'"
Bram Stoker, Dracula's Guest
"Created in 2004 by talented zombie guitarist Carnicero, misanthropic undead singer Lagardere and darkness’ reject bassist Romainville, the Living Dead Boys are playing a cleverly kick-ass mix of progressive-rock, icy new wave and electro sounds, raging guitar riffs and genuinely disturbing chants. The three stooges have succeeded where many others have failed, combining the coldness of numeric beats with the dreadful discipline of metal - in a graceful and ungodly harmony.
The three musicians perform high-octane nihilistic and « grand-guignolesque » gigs, using their chaotic aura to raise a dramatic and death-obsessed atmosphere. Add to this samples from classical horror movies (zombies and Co.), macabre shows, and John Carpenter inspired electro loops : you get the Living Dead Boys !
Such a conjunction of gifted people and original music has of course raised suspicions that these guys must have made a deal with the Devil…
Indeed, Lagardere’s cursing voice summons primitive instincts and despair from the deepest of the human soul, while metronomic bassist Romainville and unpredictable guitarist Carnicero deliver infuriated and groovy sets, making the music of the Living Dead Boys a – yet unheard - black diamond-like liturgy nobody in the audience can escape unharmed.
This is how the music of the Living Dead Boys is : blasphemous, cultivated and « necromantic » !"
Nicolas Metzler - 2007
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Necrography:
THE LIVING DEAD BOYS have been formed in may 2004, they first gave their first alive performance under the name of «Lagardère and The Ultimate Crooner, The Living Dead Boys show & guest : Mr Football and Hsia Fei Chang» for the event «Live» (curator : Jérome Sens), which took place at LE PALAIS DE TOKYO, Paris. Since then they almost played once or twice a month during the last three years:
The members of THE LIVING DEAD BOYS already created many projects such as Subtone Trio (electro-jazz combo), Electrobeast, Bad Quality, are also djing and producing music. They are also the fonders in collaboration with Vanina Hänin of the label Vanina Hänin recommends and were programming during five years the underground club Escobar in Geneva, club which was closed down by the police in 2004. Their various and multiple musical experiences prove that theyre always looking further to bring the audience to experiment brand new sensations.
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Past dates:
30.11.2007 L'Etage, Geneva, Switzerland
28.09.2007 Ebullition, Bulle, Switzerland
09.06.2007 Kab, L'Usine, Geneva, Switzerland
02.06.2007 Le Bourg, Lausanne, Switzerland
03.03.2007 L'Etage, Geneva, Switzerland
27.01.2007 L'Aiglon, Geneva, Switzerland
05.01.2007 Kab, l'Usine, Geneva, Switzerland
24.12.2006 Usine Kügler, Geneva, Switzerland
29.11.2006 Proxy, Prague, Czechoslovakia
17.11.2006 Goulet 25, Geneva, Switzerland
27.10.2006 Les Caves de Bon-Séjour, Versoix, Geneva, Switzerland
28.07.2006 Golden Gate, Berlin, Germany
26.07.2006 NBI, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, Germany
15.07.2006 Anti Lake Parade, Frontenex, Geneva, Switzerland
26.05.2006 Le Piment Rouge, Geneva, Switzerland
05.05.2006 L'Etage, Geneva, Switzerland
15.03.2006 Dasein, Paris, France
03.03.2006 Turmix Pub, Valencia, Spain
03.02.2006 Peggystar Club, Geneva, Switzerland
27.01.2006 Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland
11.11.2005 BDM, Geneva, Switzerland
29.10.2005 Café Moskau, Berlin, Germany
01.10.2005 Golden Gate Club, Berlin, Germany
19.09.2005 Domaine de Monteret, St.Cergue, Switzerland
18.07.2005 L'Etage, Geneva, Switzerland
18.06.2005 Fête de la Musique, Artamis, Geneva, Switzerland
04.06.2005 Chalet du Bieugey, Haute-Savoie, France
21.05.2005 Buvette de de l'UGC, Geneva, Switzerland
27.03.2005 Suelen Bar, Zürich, Switzerland
04.06.2004 (first alive performance) festival LIVE au Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
