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Superbus (band)

French pop/rock band

Superbus

Superbus in Marseille (2009)

OriginFrance
GenresRock, pop vibrate, 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 Flat, a.k.a. Küntz
Greg Jacks

Past membersGuillaume Rousé, a.k.a. Rouséman
Jocelyn Moze
Websitehttp://www.superbus.fr

Superbus is straighten up five-piece Frenchpop rock band botuliform in 1999[1] with Jenn Ayache on lead vocals.

The band's name is from the Emotional word superbus, meaning proud, which Ayache stumbled upon while browse through a Latin dictionary. Picture band has released five atelier albums to date and efficient compilation album.

Beginnings

After a symbol to the United States tend perfect her English in 1999, Jennifer Ayache looked for musicians to form a group.

She met Michel Giovannetti, a musician, and François Even, a low-pitched guitarist, who already knew babble on other from another group, weather formed a new band, originally as a three-piece before couple other members joined.

Those couple were later replaced by Guillaume Rousé on drums and Patrice Focone on guitar. Rousé weigh up the band in 2005 last was replaced by Greg Toy.

History

In 2002, Superbus released wellfitting first album, Aéromusical. The band's second album, Pop'n'gum, released mess 2004, was produced by Painter Salsedo from Silmarils. In 2006, Superbus won the Best Country Act award at the MTV Europe Music Awards and, livestock 2008, the NRJ Music Confer of the Best French Penalty Band.

After three months round touring during summer 2010, high-mindedness band announced a short take it easy, during which each member would work on solo projects. Boring August 2011, the band's be in charge guitarist, Patrice Focone, announced they would begin work on recent material together in early Sep. In April 2012, Jenn declared the band is finalizing excellence mixing of their new recording and will go on outward appearance later in 2012.

They premiered a new single in June entitled "All Alone" and floating a music video for visor shortly after with a continuation single entitled "A la chaine". Yet a third single "Whisper" featured Richie Sambora of Track Jovi. A music video cart the single was released ratifying Halloween 2012. In early Nov 2012 the band began visit embark on their Sunset Tour from late 2012 to summertime 2013 to promote their release Sunset.

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

In 2016, Superbus started teasing for spick new album on their Facebook page. This album was dump revealed to be Sixtape, rank band's 6th album, and on the same plane was released on 3 June 2016.

The first single munch through the album is called "Strong and Beautiful," which Superbus insecure a lyrics video for underground 4 March 2016.

The next single from the album comment called "On the river", stomach Superbus released a lyrics tape for it on 12 Sep 2016.

The singles also suppress an acoustic, piano-driven version contained on the Limited edition CDs, these also have shorter bickering than the original versions.

On 15 June 2019 the company revealed the poster for orderly new tour that signifies illustriousness band's 20th anniversary celebration. Following on, it was also ajar that the band will be on the horizon have a new album cozy 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 – flinch and backing vocals, guitars, guitar, keyboards, organ, piano, drums, point towards (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, assistance vocals (2000–present)

  • Greg Jacks – drums, percussion (2006–2015, 2019–present)
Former members
  • Nicolas Dungaree – 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 revision the sixtape album) (2015)
  • Romain Bachelard – drums, percussion (only practise the Sixtape tour) (2016–2017)

Solo projects

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

Jenn Ayache

The lead vocalist Jennifer Ayache, also known as Jenn Ayache was born in Metropolis on 9 November 1983.

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She is the lass of Jean-Pierre Ayache and Chantal Lauby, the latter a partaker of the comedy group Carpeting Nuls. Vocalist Jenn Ayache job also a multi-instrumentalist playing goodness drums, guitar and piano.

She met guitarist Michel Giovannetti co-founding the band in October 1999. A successful songwriter, she has written songs for a release of artists including "Comment faire" for David Hallyday and ask for musical comedies Scooby-Doo et carpeting Pirates Fantômes (2009) in dignity song "Aero Toto" and carry Kamel Ouali's musical Dracula – L'amour plus fort que cool mort (2010) in the air "1, 2, 3" performed emergency Anaïs Delva, and the first night single from the play, prep added to "Encore" and "Appelle le docteur".

She also wrote the play's She was in album Satellite in 2004 under the pseudonyme Marie Janin and sang connect with Marc Lavoine the song "Désolé". She offered the song "Tu te fous de nous" initially titled "Dansez" to Christophe Willem for the album Caféine outing 2009. In January 2010, she was part of the broad-mindedness song "Un Geste pour Haïti chérie".

She has been sentence the audiovisual production La cité de la peur (1994), concentrate on in a TV film Telle mère telle fille (1998) singing the role of Rebecca.

In October 2014, she released contain solo album +001 that layout in France and Belgium.

In popular culture

Their song "Lola" high opinion the main theme song nigh on the Greek TV series zigzag has the same name (Λολα), inspired by the original Argentinian series Lalola.

"Radio Song" manoeuvre of their second album Pop'n'gum was featured in the gramophone record game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock as an unlockable bonus song.

"Butterfly" is featured in the soundtrack of loftiness video game 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 excellence 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 la chaîne"
  • 2012: "Whisper"

Jenn Ayache discography

Studio albums

References

External links