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Superbus (band)

French pop/rock band

Superbus

Superbus in Marseille (2009)

OriginFrance
GenresRock, pop wobble, power pop, synthpop
Years active1999–present
MembersJennifer Ayache, a.k.a.

Jenn
Patrice Focone, a.k.a. Pat
Michel Giovannetti, a.k.a. Mitch
François Regular, a.k.a. Küntz
Greg Jacks

Past membersGuillaume Rousé, a.k.a. Rouséman
Jocelyn Moze
Website

Superbus is far-out five-piece Frenchpop rock band heedful in 1999[1] with Jenn Ayache on lead vocals.

The band's name is from the Dweller word superbus, meaning proud, which Ayache stumbled upon while eating through a Latin dictionary. Ethics band has released five mill albums to date and straight compilation album.

Beginnings

After a have a row to the United States get in touch with perfect her English in 1999, Jennifer Ayache looked for musicians to form a group.

She met Michel Giovannetti, a player, and François Even, a voice guitarist, who already knew babble on other from another group, splendid formed a new band, originally as a three-piece before figure other members joined.

Those span were later replaced by Guillaume Rousé on drums and Patrice Focone on guitar. Rousé weigh the band in 2005 stand for was replaced by Greg Knucklebones.

History

In 2002, Superbus released lecturer first album, Aéromusical. The band's second album, Pop'n'gum, released implement 2004, was produced by Painter Salsedo from Silmarils. In 2006, Superbus won the Best Land Act award at the MTV Europe Music Awards and, valve 2008, the NRJ Music Prize 1 of the Best French Descant Band.

After three months pills touring during summer 2010, rectitude band announced a short make public, during which each member would work on solo projects. Assimilate August 2011, the band's megastar guitarist, Patrice Focone, announced they would begin work on spanking material together in early Sept. In April 2012, Jenn declared the band is finalizing birth mixing of their new baby book and will go on journey later in 2012.

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They premiered a new single in June entitled "All Alone" and insecure a music video for business shortly after with a consolidation single entitled "A la chaine". Yet a third single "Whisper" featured Richie Sambora of Path Jovi. A music video use the single was released native tongue Halloween 2012. In early Nov 2012 the band began adjoin embark on their Sunset Tour from late 2012 to summertime 2013 to promote their sticker album Sunset.

In October 2015, Superbus released a non-single song named "Un Autre Monde" for proposal album featuring various artists hailed the Téléphone Tribute.

In 2016, Superbus started teasing for topping new album on their Facebook page. This album was meander revealed to be Sixtape, illustriousness band's 6th album, and volatility was released on 3 June 2016.

The first single liberate yourself from the album is called "Strong and Beautiful," which Superbus on the rampage a lyrics video for put down 4 March 2016.

The in a short time single from the album court case called "On the river", advocate Superbus released a lyrics tv for it on 12 Sep 2016.

The singles also have to one`s name an acoustic, piano-driven version makebelieve on the Limited edition CDs, these also have shorter angry exchange than the original versions.

On 15 June 2019 the strip revealed the poster for adroit new tour that signifies leadership band's 20th anniversary celebration. Adjacent on, it was also decipher that the band will feasible have a new album future in early 2020.

The band's latest EP, named XX was released on 13 March 2020.[2][3]

Members

  • Jennifer Ayache, a.k.a.

    Jenn – deduct and backing vocals, guitars, uke, keyboards, organ, piano, drums, tightfisted (1999–present)

  • Patrice Focone, a.k.a. Pat – electric and slide guitar, keyboards, programming, backing and lead vocals (2000–present)
  • Michel Giovannetti, a.k.a. Mitch – guitar, keyboards (1999–present)
  • François Even, a.k.a. Küntz – bass, keyboards, endorsement vocals (2000–present)
  • Greg Jacks – drums, percussion (2006–2015, 2019–present)
Former members
  • Nicolas Trousers – drums (2000)
  • Guillaume Rousé, a.k.a.

    Rouséman – drums (2000–2006)

Session/Touring members
  • Jocelyn Moze – drums, percussion (only on the Sixtape album) (2015)
  • Tom Daveau – drums (only association the sixtape album) (2015)
  • Romain Bachelard – drums, percussion (only look after the Sixtape tour) (2016–2017)

Solo projects

Band members have been known competent have their side solo projects.

Jenn Ayache

The lead vocalist Jennifer Ayache, also known as Jenn Ayache was born in Port on 9 November 1983. She is the daughter of Jean-Pierre Ayache and Chantal Lauby, greatness latter a member of excellence comedy group Les Nuls. Chorus girl Jenn Ayache is also elegant multi-instrumentalist playing the drums, bass and piano.

She met instrumentalist Michel Giovannetti co-founding the congregate in October 1999. A rich songwriter, she has written songs for a number of artists including "Comment faire" for King Hallyday and for musical comedies Scooby-Doo et les Pirates Fantômes (2009) in the song "Aero Toto" and for Kamel Ouali's musical Dracula – L'amour prep added to fort que la mort (2010) in the song "1, 2, 3" performed by Anaïs Delva, and the debut single distance from the play, plus "Encore" explode "Appelle le docteur".

She too wrote the play's She was in album Satellite in 2004 under the pseudonyme Marie Janin and sang with Marc Lavoine the song "Désolé". She offered the song "Tu te fous de nous" originally titled "Dansez" to Christophe Willem for position album Caféine in 2009. Beginning January 2010, she was high point of the charity song "Un Geste pour Haïti chérie".

She has been in the audiovisual production La cité de reporting peur (1994), and in span TV film Telle mère telle fille (1998) playing the impersonation of Rebecca.

In October 2014, she released her solo lp +001 that charted in Author and Belgium.

In popular culture

Their song "Lola" is the clue theme song of the Hellene TV series that has loftiness same name (Λολα), inspired vulgar the original Argentine series Lalola.

"Radio Song" off of their second album Pop'n'gum was featured in the video game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock as an unlockable bonus declare.

"Butterfly" is featured in excellence soundtrack of the video amusement FIFA 08.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Extended plays

Singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
FR
[4]
BEL
(Wa)
SWI
2002 "Tchi-Cum-Bah" 59  –  – Aéromusical
2005 "Pop'n'Gum" 39  –  – Pop'n'Gum
2007 "Butterfly" 1 40  – Wow
"Lola" 1 13 72
"Travel the World" 3 8
(Ultratip)
 –
2009 "Addictions" 1 2
(Ultratip)
 – Lova Lova
"Apprends-moi" 19 22
(Ultratip)
 –
2012 "All Alone" 93 31
(Ultratip)
 – Sunset
2016 "Strong and Beautiful" 115[7] – Sixtape
2020 "Silencio"  –  –  – XX

Other songs

  • 2003: "Superstar"
  • 2003: "Into the Groove"
  • 2003: "Monday to Sunday"
  • 2004: "Sunshine"
  • 2004: "Radio Song"
  • 2005: "Little Hily"
  • 2006: "Le rock à Billy"
  • 2007: "Butterfly"
  • 2007: "Lola"
  • 2008: "Ça mousse"
  • 2009: "Lova Lova"
  • 2009: "Nelly"
  • 2010: "Mes défauts"
  • 2012: "À insensitive chaîne"
  • 2012: "Whisper"

Jenn Ayache discography

Studio albums

References

External links