Favez is a rock band from

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...

, Switzerland. On their first three albums (prior to 1997) they were called Favez Disciples, after a figure from the movie ''Le Mans'' with Steve McQueen

Current lineup

As of 2007, their lineup is: *Chris Wicky —

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 withou ...

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 strin ...

*Guy Borel — guitar *Yvan Lechef —

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

*Fabrice Marguerat — drums *Maude Oswald - Hammond *Jeff Albelda - Rhodes, piano

Discography

*''Always Satisfied'' (1992) *''And the World Don't Care'' (1993) *''Arrogance'' (1995) *''The Eloquence of the Favez Disciples'' (1997) *''A Sad Ride on the Line Again'' (1999) *''Gentlemen Start Your Engines'' (2000) *''From Lausanne, Switzerland'' (2002) *''Bellefontaine Avenue'' (2003) *''Old and Strong in the Modern Times'' (2005) *''Bigger Mountains Higher Flags (2007) *''En Garde!'' (2011)

External links

Official website
* Short biographyfrom

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