Les Chiens (The Dogs) is a Canadian indie rock band from Quebec. The lead singer and guitarist is Éric J. Goulet. The bass player is Nicolas Jouannaut. Olivier Rénaldin and Marc Chartrain have both played drums with the group.
History Goulet, Jouannaut and Rénaldin came together in 1997 to form Les Chiens."Les chiens | La chambre des tempêtes". La Fabrique culturelle 16 February 2016 The band's album, Nuit Dérobée, was released in late 2000, to positive reviews."Les Chiens : Montréal est «plus belle la nuit»". La Presse, 18 June 2010. Marie-Christine Blais"Les Chiens La Nuit dérobée". Voir, Nicolas Tittley 18 October 2000
Les Chiens was signed briefly to the labels La Tribu and C4, but most of their recordings were released independently."Éric Goulet : Le vagabond"/ Voir, Olivier Robillard Laveaux 1 June 2006
In 2008, Les Chiens released an album, Le Long Sentier, on AudioGram."Critique : Les Chiens – Le Long Sentier". Dimanche Matin, by Francis Lamarche • 15 March 2008 By this time Marc Chartrain was contributing the percussion.
In February, 2015, after a long hiatus, Les Chiens released a five-song EP, Les Chiens."Les Chiens répondent à l’appel du riff". Le Devoir, 12 February 2016 |Sylvain Cormier In 2016, the group continues to perform and record.
Discography 2000: Nuit Dérobée (October 10) 2002: Music-Hall 2001 (April 9) 2003: Debout (April 15) 2005: Rösk (September 20) 2008: Le Long Sentier 2015: Les Chiens mini-album
See also
Music of Canada Music of Quebec Canadian rock List of bands from Canada
References
External links Les Chiens at MySpace