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Les Elephants Bizarres
12+ albums
indie rockalternativeRomanianalternative rockindie
about
Five young Romanians brainstormed their musical ears and creative minds during the glorious year of 2007. What has come up was a French name with different story-based meanings and catchy tunes that filled up the clubs and festivals across Romania. Indeed, we are talking about the members of the most prolific new band in Romania: LesElephantsBizarres. The band was formed in 2007 with the original members: Catalin Radoi (Proka) – guitar and backing vocals, Mihai Marin - bass and backing vocals, Stefan Matei – leading vocals and Claudiu Stirbei - drums. In the spring of 2008 Nae (Nicolae Cazacu) joined them on the synth. In the quest for defining the band’s genre, the only term that came close is "electro-pop-rock". The media has placed their style in other categories like: disco-punk, indie-rock, indie-pop, alternative, funk-rock. Since their debut in the Autumn of 2008, the number of live performances has increased, mainly in clubs in Bucharest. In 2009 the bizarre herd established a constant presence on the Romanian musical scene. They opened for We Have Band (UK), The Haunts(UK), A-LIX(Arg/Fr), Asleep In The Park (Aus), The Prostitutes (CZ) and have performed at the biggest festivals in Romania: in july 2009 at B’Estfest, performing on the same stage as Motorhead and Moby and in September at Golden Stufstock. Two of their songs did really well in the charts of two major radio stations (Hello! Says The Devil hit number 1 at City FM, and Have No Fear was on heavy rotation a
