Les Trois Accords

Les Trois Accords
Les Trois Accords in 2010
Background information
Origin	Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Rock, punk rock
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Indica Records
Website	lestroisaccords.com
Members
Pierre-Luc Boisvert Charles Dubreuil Alexandre Parr Simon Proulx
Past members
Olivier Benoit

Les Trois Accords is a rock band from Drummondville, Quebec. The band launched its first album Gros mammouth album in 2003. Some of the notable songs, taken from that album, include "Hawaïenne", "Saskatchewan" and "Lucille". Along with their videos, these songs received heavy exposure in Quebec. In 2004, Gros mammouth album turbo (certified Platinum by the CRIA) was released with two extra tracks, "Loin d'ici" and "Turbo sympathique". In 2006, they released their second album, entitled Grand champion international de course (certified Gold by the CRIA).

"DONUT" was included in an enhanced podcast Épisode #1 - Rouyn-Noranda that was released by bandeapart.fm in 2005. In 2006, bandeapart.fm featured the band in a video podcast Les Trois Accords au camping — Baladovidéo.

The band's most prominent show to date was in September 2005, when they were an opening act for The Rolling Stones in Moncton, New Brunswick. The concert drew an estimated 85,000 spectators.

Originally formed in 1997 by Olivier Benoit and Simon Proulx, the band's current membership is:

• Pierre-Luc Boisvert (bass; joined in 2001)
• Charles Dubreuil (drums and percussion; joined in 2001)
• Alexandre Parr (guitars, vocals; joined in 1999)
• Simon Proulx (vocalist, guitars)

Musical style

The second album from Les Trois Accords was released September 5, 2006. This album did not break with the rock-pop style of Gros Mammouth and was more outrageous in its lyrics. The music video for Grand Champion can be viewed at Bande à part. The second music video is "Tout nu sur la plage". The album rose to the top of the charts after its first week.

Many of their newer songs can be classified as surrealist because of the frequent presence of puns, word play, and unusual images.

They also like to embellish their concerts with little pieces of humour. The sense of humour is also evident in their music videos where the images being shown have nothing do to with the song. We see, for example, in the music video for "Saskatchewan", the band members practising ninjutsu moves for the whole video. The same goes for the music video for "Turbo sympathique" where the group becomes firemen and puts out a barn fire.

Genre classification

Free from logic, rationality, and politics, the lyrics of Les Trois Accords are a throwback to the punk québécois genre of the nineties (like Banlieue Rouge, BARF, Les Krostons, Les Unknownes).

Les Trois Accords can be classified along the same lines as French punk bands like Bérurier Noir, Parabellum, Les Cadavres or Les Wampas (all well known in Québec), but with a more California-pop sound. We can compare them more to Ludwig von 88 because of their obnoxious interviews—most notably, their interviews for Tout le monde en parle, Bon baisers de France, and Musique Plus. Les Trois Accords have had complaints about their lyrics before expressing their opinions but they believe that expressing themselves inspires them.

Discography and music videos

Studio albums

• Gros mammouth album (2003)
• Gros mammouth album turbo (2004) (updated version)
• Grand champion international de course (2006)
• En beau country (2008)
• Dans mon corps (2009)

Demos and albums

Demos:

• Demo de la Commune (1999)
• Demo Live at Drummondville (2001)
• Demo Jaune-Brun (2002)

Music videos

• "Hawaiienne"
• "Loin d'ici"
• "Saskatchewan"
• "Turbo Sympathique"
• "Vraiment beau"
• "Grand champion"
• "Tout nu sur la plage"
• "Ton avion" (In the video the song is a symphonic cover of the original)
• "Youri"
• "Nicole"
• "Dans mon corps"
• "Le bureau du médecin"
• "Elle s'appellait Serge"
• "Grand champion international de course"

See also

• List of Quebec musicians

External links

• Official site (French)