Chico Magnetic Band - Disques 45 (Reissue) (1969-73/2006)

Born Chico and the Slow Death in 1969, the band was renamed Chico Magnetic Band in 1970 after their signing at CBS. On the other hand, what does the name matter as long as the madness of Mahmoud Ayari expresses itself! Between his baths in a bowl and his fireworks triggered from a helmet that he wears on his head ... Chico plays with fire and water in an ever-electric atmosphere symbolizing wonderfully the creative energy of the 4 lyonnais in tune with their time and the repertoire of Jimi Hendrix, Spooky Tooth and other Tatse. This is also by recording 4 times Hendrix (Spanish castle '/ Is not no telling / Little Miss lover / If the six was nine) that the group (then Chico and the Slow Death) began his career in record 1969 on the obscure label 69 Records. So dark that the record never came out. On the other hand, under the name of Chico Magnetic Band they released a first 45r recorded and composed by Jean-Pierre Massiera, master of the French underground with his Maledictus Sound. It is after this disc and tired of the escapades of its leader that the guitarist Bernard Lloret leaves the group. He is replaced urgently by Bernard Monerri who has the honor to appear on the cover of the single. In July 1970, the band recorded their album in 3 days in Paris and went on tour. A tour that goes through the festival of Aix en Provence and a famous concert in Colmar opening Rare Bird and Mongo Jerry. The English press even ends up talking about the band. The tour ended, Bernard Monerri returns to his first love (Beast) and is successively and briefly replaced by Jean-Marc Goldstein, Paul Farges (formerly Triangle) and Joel Moulin (future Gold). It was not until June 1971 that the self-titled album finally came out at Vogue, illustrating less the Hendrixian scenic madness than a progressive pop with multiple solos of guitars. Two months later, the members of Chico Magnetic Band moved into a community (the former house of the Variations Joe Lebb and Jacques Grande) near Paris facilitating their concerts in several small Parisian halls at that time like the Gibus, the Rock 'n'Roll Circus and Golf Drouot. The album sold badly, and after a last 45t just as deceptive, the band broke up in 1972 after a final concert in Roanne. History will remember that Patrick Garel, Alain Mazet and Gregoire Djevahirdjian (last guitarist to date) continue briefly under the name of Zizannie ...(google)