About this project
General Bye Bye is a Paris based Indie Rock band that formed in January 2008. Our 1st LP titled Girouette is due to be released in April 2010 by Greed Recording. In 2009 the group toured in France, Italy, Austria, Croatia and Serbia; this was an unforgettable and instrumental asset for our band, as a group we developed professionally due to the diversity of cultures, venues and audiences.
The United States represents a dream for many musicians, for it is the heartland of and birth place of bands such as: Sonic Youth, Blonde Redhead, The Black Heart Procession, Built to Spill and Grizzly Bear are American. General Bye Bye believes that in order to succeed we need to follow the footsteps of its forbearers.
WHAT WE INTEND TO DO WITH YOUR HELP is to raise money to pay for airfares, insurance, van rental/ trucking costs, gas and other expenses incurred while touring.
Be part of an incredible human adventure and help General Bye Bye to rock the U.S! Get the album, goodies, video clip, movies and even a special visit of Paris and a traditional French meal containing vast amount of salt, cream and butter, naturally followed by copious amounts of wine!
Begin by checking out our website : www.generalbyebye.com and download Alphabet EP, teaser of the album for free !
Here is the preliminary itinerary of our tour (August - September 2010)
08/10/10 @ New York, NYC
08/11/10 @ New York, NYC
08/12/10 @ Uncle Mikes, New York, NYC
08/13/10 @ Philadelphia (PA)
08/14/10 @ Baltimore (MD)
08/16/10 @ Washington (DC)
08/17/10 @ Richmond (VA)
08/18/10 @ Durham (NC)
08/20/10 @ The Rocket Club, Ashville, NC
08/21/10 @ The Evening Muse, Charlotte, NC
08/23/10 @ The Masquerade (Hell Room), Atlanta, GA
08/24/10 @ The Muse - Kung Fu @ Nashville, TN
08/25/10 @ P&H Cafe @ Memphis, TN
08/26/10 @ The Nick @ Birmingham, AL
08/27/10 @ New Orleans (LA)
08/28/10 @ Fitzgerald's, Houston, TX (w/The Baker Family)
08/30/10 @ Dallas, TX
08/31/10 @ Forth Worth, TX
09/01/10 @ Denton, TX
09/02/10 @ Austin, TX
09/03/10 @ Austin, TX
09/04/10 @ Austin, TX
09/07/10 @ San Antonio, TX
09/08/10 @ Houston, TX
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Get a one hour French lesson by a professionnal French teacher !
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A FRENCH KISS FROM ONE OF THE MEMBER OF THE BAND !
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All of the above + DVD Video Clip of Don’t Shoot The Rabbit (2 versions) + 1 unreleased track !
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All of the above + The movie of our previous tour in Eastern Europe “Bye Bye Ritournelles Tour” + 2 unreleased tracks !
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All of the above + a visit of Paris as you’ve never seen it by one of the member of GBB of your choice when you’ll get there.
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All of the above + a special French meal cooked by General Bye Bye
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All of the above + THE original General Bye Bye’s uniform !
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General Bye Bye is the result of an unlikely encounter in January 2008 of four people with completely different musical backgrounds. Left to their own devices they could have become, respectively, a Kantele’s conductor in Lapland, a producer of James Last Orchestra tributes, a singer of lullabies in Iceland or a gypsy guitar hero in Tajikistan. But instead, they got together.
Philippe BEER-GABEL (vocals, guitar, kantele), Jana KLEIN (vocals), Emmanuel QUIRIE (keyboards) and last but not least, the space cadet Etienne GILLET (drums, bugle), established their headquarters in Montreuil where they conceived their plans to produce new music that would blend sources and blur the lines between genres.
With sharp guitar riffs that suggest Blonde Redhead, sparkling piano Rhodes and a dreamy drum style, General Bye Bye have sculpted floating melancholic music that compliments the interwoven vocals. If they seem more gentle on their debut album, on stage they are transformed. Live, the Tana Quartet is substituted with psychedelic keyboards that hook the listener.
The band, armed with their first full-length album and a powerful live set, is on the march…
