After leaving the Wampas ( review below ) and their dedicated fans we went straight to Canal+
New english rock ' n roll band The Jim Jones Revue is playing for the first time famous french tv show "L' Album de la semaine " . They are greasy & sleazy and really rocking , i mean reaalllly rocking. Dressed up like 50's rockers, they're playing a heavy rock very 50's orientated The singer is also playing the lead guitar and is screaming like a maniac. They have a piano that keeps their heavy rock swinging ( The Killer would be proud ). Very nice set with 2 covers as an encore Elvis' " A big hunk of love" and Little Richard 's " Good golly miss Molly" just in case you didn't noticed who their influences were. sorry no pictures for this one it's forbidden
Those bastards from White Lies were supposed to play a Black Session tonight on C'est Lenoir but cancelled it at the 11th hour. The singer was sick. What a surprise when i looked at the NME website the day after, the band is playing a free gig @ the HMV store in London. He made a quick recovery. http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/42186
The french punk rock band Les Wampas is playing live @ the Virgin Megastore on the famous Champs Elysées to promote their new cd " Les Wampas sont la preuve que dieu existe " , ( The Wampas are the living proof that god exists ) . Not to be taken too seriously of course. That's why the record cover is what it is : an Ostrich . It is packed , their fans are bit like a family so everyone knows eachother and quite unusual for a french punk rockers they attract many girls some of them very pretty ( even more unusual for a punk band ). As always The Wampas are kicking ass live, their heavy rock is lively and makes you wanna jump. Short set : half an hour but fool of energy. The singer Didier Wampas is mad and went several times singing in the pit , crowdsurfing ...in a very nice atmosphere.
Check Oliver Peel ' s website for more ( lots of reviews in German & LOTS of pictures from gigs in Paris and Germany ) : http://meinzuhausemeinblog.blogspot.com/
Christies in New York will be selling pictures in a sale called : Icons of Glamour and Style: The Constantiner Collection Part II It will include pictures from famous photographers such as Ellen Von Unwerth , Jean Loup Sieff & Helmut Newton among others. Most of the pictures will be fashion related , some movie related ( with lots of pictures from Marylin Monroe ) & some nudes including one of Madonna pictured by Lee Friendlander in 1979 when the singer was broke and paid 25 dollars for the session. And here it is :
AC DC has added a second show in France in June , they will be playing in Marseille' s football stadium The Velodrome on June 9th . A few rumours were talking about 2 shows in Nice June 8th and Paris June 10th , these shows won't happened as Ac Dc never play 2 stadium shows in a row ( too bad for Paris ).
Second show for opening band Tony Truand & The "Mighty" Fleshtones should i call them now.And ROCKERPARIS is here again, you 'll never get rid of us ... It's really funny how impredictable that funny little french fellow can be , that guitar player is as tall as Malcom Young from AC DC and tries to play the tough guy, he's going into the audience to play some guitar and acting like a cunt pushing people and when someone is pushing him back , he wanna fight & leave the stage . Ridiculous. Hey dude ! get an attitude.
Tony Truand & Yarol Poupaud
Anyway , once again The Fleshtones , sorry .... The " Mighty " Fleshtones have turned the Mécanique Ondulatoire upside down & inside out. They've done another GREAT show, the band has changed the setlist a bit and played a monster version of Grand Funk 's " Inside looking out " . Another nice atmosphere with lots of sing along , once again it's chaos down the front, the singer's wild tonight he's going twice at the back of the tiny venue crowdsurfing ( see picture ) yesterday the band invited a young kid ( and his father ) to play some bass and guitar tonight we have two girls. Tony Truand is called back to play a couple of tunes for the encore with The " Mighty " Fleshtones . Another GREAT gig.
The Fleshtones are back in Paris for 2 shows ( tonight and tomorrow Jan 16th, both SOLD OUT ) @ La Mécanique Ondulatoire near Bastille in Paris. Opening band is Tony Truand ( guitar player for The Wampas and ex- Dogs )
Show takes place downstairs in the cellar in front of 150 people ( sold out ) , thank God it's forbidden to smoke in there.
First on stage is Wampas ' guitar player Tony Truand & ses deux solutions featuring Yarol Poupaud ...on drums. Decent set for this typicall french 80's sounding rock -punk band , they have funny lyrics ( " i took some speed to get less stoopid ... " ).
Tony Truand and bass player
Then we have The Fleshtones. First time i was seeing them live , i have to admit i don't really know any of their music even though they started in new york more than 30 years ago. I considered them more of a punk band but in fact they're more a garage band with 60's influences of surf music and Rhythm & blues.
Singer , keyboard player , drummer . What else ?
They have to go through the audience to get to the stage ( if you can call this a stage ) so they started the gig in the crowd. It's chaos down the front people are getting crazy. A few girls in the audience and a young kid ( he will end up playing bass with the band , see picture ). The singer's a real showman and he's also playing his farfiza organ. Lots of communion and communication with devoted fans , some kick ass rock 'n Roll and you have a killer concert. Tony Truand came back on stage to play a few songs with them to rousing applauses . Many songs were added to the setlist so it's not accurate. The Fleshtones were stunning !!! 90 min of pure Rock ' n Roll
Nice haircut man !
Youngest member playing for the Fleshtones ( left )
Get On Your Boots, the first single from U2’s new album No Line On The Horizon, will be released as a digital download on February 15th with a physical format to follow on February 16 through Mercury/Universal.
Produced by Brian Eno, Danny Lanois and Steve Lillywhite, sessions for No Line On The Horizon began in Fez, Morocco, and continued at the band’s Dublin studio, New York’s Platinum Sound Recording Studios, and London's Olympic Studios.
Released on March 2nd (March 3rd in the US), the album will come in a standard format with 24 page booklet and in digipak format. The digipak includes an extended booklet and the album’s companion film “Linear” by Anton Corbijn. A limited edition 64 page magazine will also be available, featuring the band in conversation with artist Catherine Owens, and new Anton Corbijn photographs. No Line On The Horizon will be released on 180gm vinyl. (More on the formats below)
The album cover artwork (click left to enlarge) is an image of the sea meeting the sky by Japanese artist and photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Here's the full tracklisting:
1. No Line On The Horizon 2. Magnificent 3. Moment of Surrender 4. Unknown Caller 5. I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight 6. Get On Your Boots 7. Stand Up Comedy 8. Fez – Being Born 9. White As Snow 10. Breathe 11. Cedars Of Lebanon
No Line On The Horizon will be available in five formats;
- Standard jewel case - with album CD and 24 page booklet
- Digipak format - limited edition with album CD, 32 page colour booklet and fold out poster. Features access to exclusive downloadable Anton Corbijn film.
- Magazine format – limited edition with album CD, with 64 page magazine. Features access to exclusive downloadable Anton Corbijn film.
- Box format - limited edition bespoke box containing digipak format album CD, DVD of Anton Corbijn’s exclusive film, 64 page hardback book, plus a fold out poster.
- LP vinyl – limited edition with 2 black vinyl discs, gatefold sleeve, and a 16 page booklet.
Hi There Usually this site is full of reviews , pictures & videos from live concerts in Paris but 2009 is very quiet so i'm updated ROCKERPARIS with general rock infos.
Right now i'm listening to " Working on a dream " the new Bruce Springsteen album and i have 2 videos to share with you
It's with great sadness that we've learn that Patrick Mc Goohan famous for being the N°6 in the English TV serie The Prisoner died at the age of 80 . http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=LnrPWxDtzsE
" Live French & Folk " that's the name of this evening's concerts with 4 french artists @ La Fleche d' Or in Paris. As you can guess they're French and they're playing Folk Rock, in English please . All bands are playing 5-6 songs for 30 min .
First artist on stage is Gaspard Royant , very good acoustic set fromthis french singer singing in perfect english , so many frenchies are so ridiculous singing in english, not tonight. Gaspard is playing with a drummer and a piano player to nice affect. Check his myspace for more : http://www.myspace.com/gaspardroyant Here's a video from the show : http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=B9-ZbiH3AC0&feature=channel_page
Gaspard Royant
Then we have the lovely Marie - Flore, i came tonight specially for her . I first saw her when she opened for Mark Lanegan & Isobell Campbell last month. Alone with her guitar and some home made loops , she looks frail and shy but her soft voice and guitar playing is full of feelings. She reminds me of early Cat Power. Sooo good , check my past review with pictures here: http://rockerparis.blogspot.com/2008/12/isobel-campbell-mark-lanegan-trabendo.html Check her myspace ( with my video from the Trabendo ) here: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=89076180 Couldn't take any pictures as she played most of her set in the dark but here's a video :
Next to play is Mina Tindle with her Pop Folk rock, Jp Nataf is on banjo , another french girl who has listen too many times to Cat Power ( there's a piano too ) but it's better than listening to bon jovi, don't you think so ? Another nice set in a very good english. Check her myspace : http://www.myspace.com/minatindle And video from the show : http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=CxYm5QwUtng&feature=channel_page
Mina Tindle
Last singer tonight is Melanie Pain ( another girl we're lucky tonight ) she used to sing with Nouvelle Vague. Can't say that she's singing Folk rock. Her music is more Pop. Singing in english & french. She has a soft voice, sounding a bit like Emilie Simon. Instead of using samples she's using a home made vinyl with her music that she 's playing on a old player. that's a very good idea honey... Check her myspace : http://www.myspace.com/melaniepain Video from the show : http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=PaDqEdfnsUA&feature=channel
Melanie Pain
I usually don't go out to see unknown bands or artists , i'm such a lazy sod , but i should do this more often. All bands were really good and they were FRENCH , such a nice surprise.
