Jean-Paul Roy (born 14 August 1964 in Civray, Vienne) has been the

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of French rock group Noir Désir since 1996. Before joining the band, he accompanied Noir Désir on tour as a guitar technician. When the bassist, Frédéric Vidalenc, left the group in 1996 to pursue other musical interests, Jean-Paul Roy was naturally chosen as his successor as he was a friend of the group, was able to play both guitar and bass guitar, and knew how to play Noir Désir's songs. He has played a few songs with Alain Bashung and participated as a bassist on one of the songs of the artist

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(who had also written arrangements for the Noir Desir song "Des Visages, Des Figures"). In 2006, he participated in the creation of the soundtrack of the film ''

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'' (by

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), accompanied by Noir Desir's drummer,

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, under the name ''Les Hyènes''. Jean-Paul Roy is one of the organisers of the music festival : Les Rendez-vous de Terres Neuves.

External links

Noir Désir - official site
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