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- World Of Music - Svastara - 2008 |
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ShannoN (F)
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Formed in the beginning of 1998 by Patrice Louis
(guitar) and Thierry Dagnicourt (keyboards), ShannoN remarkably plays
a melodic hard rock that sticks to its skin. During the spring of 1998, the
band enroles ex - JannyLee's singer Olivier Del Valle
behind the mike, then Claude Thill (ex - Der
Kaiser) and Maxence Pilo (ex - Heavenly) join the band to finally complete
the line-up.
Inspired by the US Melodic Hard Rock from the 80's / 90's,
ShannoN is now ready to become one of the newest
leaders and brightest hopes of the genre. Their debut and eponymous album
released in November 2003 on the Anvilcorp. label and distributed by Wagram has
been unanimously praised and regarded by the international press as one of
the most impressive and
brilliant record of the year in the Classic 80's US
melodic rock style. With catchy hooklines, infectious choruses and a groovy
and powerful rhythm section, ShannoN is the perfect alchimy between classic
US
melodic hard rock and typical European influenced
NWOBHM sound, delivering a music as powerful as
melodic. But this is really live on stage that the music
of ShannoN even reaches another higher ground, drawing more and more enthusiastic
and devoted fans to their ranks as dates go by.
From the release of the album, the band takes the road and
shares the stage with re-knowned artists such as Axxiy, Pink
Cream 69 and Jeff Scott Soto in Paris. In the middle of 2005, ShannoN
sees its first line-up
changes with the departure of Claude Thill and Maxence Pilo, immediately
replaced by,
respectively, Nicolas Fixy (bass) and Benjamin
Bergerolle (drums), both formerly with French
Epic-Progressive band TAÏ PHONG.
Strongly
encouraged with the success of their self-titled
album, not only in France, but largerly abroad, the
band has taken the path to the studio to record a
follow-up, even more motivated than ever. The writing process is now finished
and recording studio sessions come to an end for the new album. The
group just has secured a record deal to get their
2nd opus ("World Of Desire") out in 2007...
ShannoN's Line Up: Olivier Del Valle (vocals);
Patrice Louis (guitars);
Thierry Dagnicourt (keyboards);
Nicolas Fixy (bass);
Benjamin Bergerolle (drums).
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