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Delavegas was really a good surprise: I felt as if I hadn't been in that bar for ages and since I had never seen them play, it really felt as if I had missed a lot in the meantime. Basically, they're just really good. They have a new album and a great website that features an excellent funny video (by the way, "where are the female rock musicians?" is an interesting question as well as "why don't all our local great bands have such great videos on their website?).
I heard someone who's known them for quite some time say it had been one of their best show ever.
Delavegas, donc : excellent folk avec touches de slide guitare, de banjo et un chanteur-guitariste à la personnalité bien adaptée à la lumière de la scène.
Conclusion: après 9 mois d'exploration intense de la scène locale, il est donc possible d'avoir encore des musiciens locaux géniaux à découvrir.
En intro, opening act by youngsters : Next Exit, trio de petits jeunes venus des environs de Lyon, leur 1er concert dans le coin. Petit répertoire de débutants mais vu l'impression générale qui ressort du style et de la voix, general style and voice : Kurt Cobain - Brian Molko, très prometteur.
Vers minuit ce soir-là, une personne habitant le versant ouest du Semnoz aurait pu abandonner ce concert avant la fin pour rentrer chez elle en faisant un détour par Le Chatelard et son Rock'n Bauges Festival et voir là les excellents (à ce que des fans en ont dit) Frères Couennes, ex-Amis de Ta Femme, elle aurait pu si elle ne s'était pas fait happer par des potes squaters du square voisin mais elle aurait alors loupé un événement exceptionnel : le patron des Tilleuls en train de s'égosiller à plein poumons et ce pendant un bon moment, non pour virer quelques trouble-fêtes mais en duo avec Delavegas. Pour ceux qui l'ignoreraient, fût un temps où lui aussi avait son propre groupe : Micheau Co. Il n'est pas rare qu'on lui demande de pousser la chansonnette… Ce soir-là, il en avait vraiment très envie.
Next day, le lendemain : Rock'n Bauges Festival : ska & punk…I don't even remember the name of the bands, sorry, except the first one, a very strange rock band, a trio nobody should bother about since it's only a new(January)-born side project; these 3 guys from Annecy all play in more serious bands that people really should bother more about like Capush, Mabel Gueule and Les Endives… This one, Horace Project… (wanna see some photos?) Just forget it! It's nothing important really unless you enjoy singing along stupid lyrics such as "Boogloo!".
Remember then : "Boogloo!".
Et c'est en allant se les geler dans les Bauges qu'on apprend le scoop du jour, voir du mois, si ce n'est du trimestre : les Télécran, figures décennales du rock annécien, ont splité!
Mardi 18 avril… Ah non! Pas de concert! Juste l'assemblée générale du Brise Glace qui est une association qui ne compte que 21% de filles parmi ses adhérents, ce qui a au moins le mérite d'être un meilleur score que celui de l'Assemblée Nationale.
Mercredi 19 avril, Wednesday, 19th, April : this website was still in stand-by as it had been for more than a month (why so long is another story) and me sleeping a lot (why so much probably has a bit to do with this other story). Still I made time for live music and late sort of quiet chit chat after parties in dark alleys.
Ces soir-là les Alternateens, pratiquant une sorte de "pop punk emo", débutants appliqués aux coiffures élaborées, jouèrent en 1er. Ils étaient venus avec leur public de supporters, probablement un bon nombre de camarades de classes, qui se sont barrés après leur set - ils leur manquaient sans doute la permission de minuit, si bien qu'au final, Kuru, des punk de Strasbourg et les Rosemary de Chambéry ont joué devant pas grand monde.
For all the international readers here, just in case there were a few, Rosemary, the band that played last that evening for a handful of people (mainly mates) is a punk-grunge trio from Chambéry, one of the local bands that tour a bit abroad.
What does it take to go that far? That's an interesting question to ponder on, I should do interviews… let's see if I can come up with some answers on my own… What it takes for a band to tour? Well, probably being in touch with the right people, giving enough time and energy for that sort of things, speaking English and being very willing, beside having the talent required…
And could these guys go farther? Well, who knows? Why not?… maybe it'd take a few ballads though and a bass player who'd stopped scaring away all the softest souls with his punk cap, guitar strap and wristlet all covered with really long pointy nails.
And how come a band that's good enough to tour gets to play in front of such a little audience? Well, go ask professional rockers such as the Mother Superior from Los Angeles, they're Henry Rollins musicians, they're quite "big" in the States ; they gave a few shows in France, and for 2 of them the audience was… quite depressing they'd probably say (if they had to be polite)...
Now, I'd be tempted to get to the same depressing conclusion as a local Annecy band that put for a while on the front page of their website: "rockers are dropping like flies, so drink less".
If a sociologist did a poll and if that poll showed that people who consider themselves as "into rock" now tend to prefer downloading the music online and getting fat drinking beers/eating chocolate watching football/any sort of stupid tv show and going only to one or two gigantic expensive Metallica or Placebo show once a year rather than going to intimate cheap shows next door to see some neighbours play once a week, well, if such a poll existed, I wouldn't be surprised.
So… Mercredi soir un peu déprimant mais dans la vie, il est souvent possible de positiver: jouer dans une salle quasi déserte, c'est comme une répète dans des conditions de live et en plus, les potes présents se sentent comme à un petit concert privé.
... To be continued...