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from

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but less well-known elsewhere. Dolly's

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Emmanuelle Monet Dolly is a rock band from Nantes, France. The group is popular in France but less well-known elsewhere. Dolly's vocalist Emmanuelle Monet has appeared in many collaborations, including a song together with Apocalyptica on the single "Wie weit ...

has appeared in many collaborations, including a song together with

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on the single "

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". Dolly stopped their activity indefinitely after the death of Michaël Chamberlin in a car accident on 25 May 2005.

History

Dolly was originally formed by Emmanuelle Monet, Thierry Lacroix and Michaël Chamberlin in 1989 under the name of Dollybird. 1991 they changed their name to Dolly & Co and made their debut album which was also named ''Dolly & Co''. The actual ''Dolly'' was not born until ''Nicolas Bonnière'' joined the band in 1995. The name was then changed to Dolly.Dolly's press conference at Solidays Festival (Paris) July 10, 2004 (in French)
/ref> Emmanuelle Monet has now reformed her band with a new bassist, under the name of "Manu"

Members

* Emmanuelle Monet, Manu (Emmanuelle Monet) -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

*Thierry (Thierry Lacroix) -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

*Nico (Nicolas Bonnière) -

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

(1995–present)

Former members

*Micka (Michaël Chamberlin) -

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(1989 - † 2005 at the age of 36 years)

Discography

*''Dolly'' (April 1997) (released in both French and English versions) *''Un jour de rêves'' (August 1999) *''Sunday Afternoon'' (2000) (the only English album of the band) *''Plein air'' (April 2002) *''Tous des stars'' (2004)

External links

Official site
(The group has ceased to maintain their web site. The last version from May 24, 2006 can be see
here
(via

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Dolly's discography on their own site (Flash site, in French)
(Last version via

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Dolly's biography on their own site (Flash site, in French)
(Last version via

)

Sources

RFI music - Dolly biography

RFI musique - Dolly biographie

Rockmuzik - Dolly biographie (in French)

Notes

Musical groups from Pays de la Loire French rock music groups {{France-band-stub