Dominic Sonic, stage name of Dominique Garreau (11 November 1964 – 23 July 2020) was a French singer. He released six albums from 1989 to 2015.
Biography
Sonic left school at the age of 16 to join
Lamballe
Lamballe (; ; Gallo: ''Lanball'') is a town and a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Lamballe-Armor.
It lies on the river Gouessant east-s ...
-based punk group Kalashnikov. He remained with the group for six years and performed in over 300 concerts. In 1987, he began producing his first solo album, ''Cold Tears'', which was released two years later by the Belgian label
Crammed Discs
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. The album sold more than 40,000 copies in
Europe
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. Sonic also released a mini-album, titled ''A s'y méprendre'' with Crammed Discs.
Philippe Constantin, director of
Barclay, purchased Sonic's contract from Crammed Discs. He released an untitled album in 1991 for Barclay. After an accident while on tour in
Hungary
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, Sonic stayed in a hospital for six months. This eventually led to the release of the album ''Les Leurres'' in 1994.
Sonic left Barclay in 1996 and released ''Essais 94-96'' under his own label and distributed by
Musidisc
Musidisc is a French record label that provides music and home video distribution. It was founded in 1927, and purchased by Universal Music Group in 1999.
History
Musidisc is known for having produced a rare recording of Jeanne Calment, who has ...
before it was bought out by
Universal Music Group
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.
Dominic Sonic took part in the
Rencontres Trans Musicales
Les Rencontres Trans Musicales (generally referred to as ''Les Transmusicales de Rennes'') is a music festival that lasts for 3 or 4 days. It is held annually in December. The festival takes place in Rennes, Brittany, France.
Since the festival's b ...
in
Rennes in 2002 as a surprise guest of
The Stooges
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. He attended numerous other festivals throughout the 2000s decade. He released ''Phalanstère # 7'' on 15 October 2007, his 5th album. In January 2008, he performed alongside
Jackie Berroyer
Jackie Berroyer (born 24 May 1946) is a French actor, comedian and writer.
Filmography
References
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1946 births
Living people
French male film actors
French male television actors
20th-c ...
in
Nantes in the play ''La loi des pauvres gens'', which was named after one of his songs. In 2009, Sonic performed alongside guitarist Vincent Sizorn for the 20th anniversary of the release of ''Cold Tears''. Between 2010 and 2014, he participated in the reunification of Nus. He and the group founded the AK47 Blues Rendez-vous, which released the album ''The Octopus''. While working on the future album of
Olivier Delacroix, he released ''Vanités#6'' in Spring 2015.
Dominic Sonic died on 23 July 2020 in
Les Lilas
Les Lilas () is a commune in the northern-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.
History
The commune of Les Lilas (literally "the lilacs") was created on 24 July 1867 by detaching a part of the territory of ...
.
Discography
Albums
*''Cold Tears'' (1989)
*''Dominic Sonic'' (1991)
*''Les Leurres'' (1994)
*''Essais 94/96'' (1996)
*''Phalanstère #7'' (2007)
*''Vanités #6'' (2015)
Singles and EPs
*''mini LP 4 titres : A train song / Too late / Back in the USSR / Listen to what I say'' (1985)
*''Lie to me'' (1987)
*''When my tears run cold / La loi des pauvres gens'' (1989)
*''A s’y méprendre / What I’m waiting for'' (1990)
*''A s’y méprendre (new version)/ Shadows in the fire (live)/ No fun (live)/ Praying to the lord (live)'' (1990)
*''He used to be/ Hey hey my my'' (1991)
*''Ils dorment encore'' (1994)
*''Il est encore temps'' (1994)
*''Je crois Antoine / Stick your love with blood / Hey, little mother'' (1994)
References
External links
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1964 births
2020 deaths
20th-century French male singers
21st-century French male singers