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sur lecourant.info. In 2000, Adrien Gallo, Karim Réveillé and Raphaël Delorme, childhood friends, formed the band "Hangover" with songs exclusively in English.
, BB Brunes in an interview. Some years later, Raphaël left the band at the moment when they were signing their first contract.Voi

sur musique.ados.fr. The new lineup found a new guitarist, Félix Hemmen, who enjoyed their music. In 2007, the bassist Bérald Crambes joined the band. In 2005 they participated at the Emergenza music festival in Paris until the final. The band took the name BB Brunes, inspired by the name of the song "Initials BB" by

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and by

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's boulevard Brune, where the band then did their rehearsals. The band's musical influences are punk and rock groups from the 1960s and 1970s as well as current groups such as

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, etc. Their lyrics are mostly in French. In 2009, the group won a

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in the category 'Group or artist stage revelation of the year'. The band went on hiatus in 2014 and Gallo released his debut solo album that year. The group reunited in 2017.

Members

Adrien Gallo

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. He has also written ''Boxing Club'' for Alizée and ''Mi amor'' and ''La Marée'' for

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and ''Playground'' and ''Exit'' for singer

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after her appearance in

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'' in France. In 2014 he released his début album ''Gemini'', in collaboration with Ella Waldmann, a friend since 2007. ''Monokini'' and ''Crocodile'' were promoted as singles from the album. He has appeared in a number of films and French television series: *2001: ''L'Instit'' as Raphi (TV series) *2001: ''L'Ami Fritz'' of Jean-Louis Lorenzi (TV film) *2002: ''La Victoire des vaincus'' as a migrant youth (TV film by Nicolas Picard) *2002: ''Julie Lescaut'' (TV series) *2002: ''Patron sur mesure'' as Stanislas (TV film by

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) *2003: ''Les Enfants de Charlotte'' as Pierre (TV film by François Luciani) *2012: ''JC comme Jésus Christ'' as a street fan (film by Jonathan Zaccaï) *2012: ''Astérix et Obélix : Au service de sa Majesté'' as a bard (film by Laurent Tirard)

Karim Réveillé

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father and an Algerian mother. In 2012, he also appeared as a bard in '' Asterix and Obelix: God Save Britannia'' (French: Astérix et Obélix: Au service de Sa Majesté)

Félix Hemmen

Félix Hemmen (born 16 November 1989 in Paris) is the lead guitarist and singer of the band. He started playing the piano at age of 9 and at age 14 picked the guitar. Knowing closely the band members of Hangover started by Adrien Gallo, Karim Réveillé and Raphaël Delorme. When Delorme left as guitarist, Félix Hemmen replaced him as guitarist of the new band BB Brunes. In addition to his membership in the band, he has been part of NoSound, a punk music project with his cousin Jonathan.

Bérald Crambes

Bérald Crambes (born 5 May 1987 in

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) is the bass player of the band. He joined the band in 2007 after the release of the album ''Blonde comme moi'' after he read an announcement on BB Brunes MySpace site for a bass player for the band and was chosen of all applicants.

Discography

Albums

Live albums *2011: ''Nico teen Live'' (reached #101 in SNEP French Singles Charts)

EPs

*2010: ''BB Brunes EP'' (English EP)

Singles

Music videos

* "Le Gang" (2006) * "Dis-moi" (2007) * "Lalalove You" (2009) * "Nico Teen Love" (2010) * "Britty Boy" (2010) * "Cul & Chemise" * "Coups et blessures" (2012) * "Stéréo" (2012) * "Aficionado" (2013) * "Bye Bye" (2013) " Eclair Eclair " (2017) " Terrain vague / Pyromane (2017)

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'' music gaming platform in both Basic rhythm, and PRO mode which allows use of a real guitar / bass guitar, and MIDI compatible electronic drum kits / keyboards in addition to vocals.

References

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