Favez
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Favez is a rock band from Lausanne
Lausanne
Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

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Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

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On their first three albums (prior to 1997) they were called Favez Disciples, after a figure from the movie Le Mans with Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen
Terrence Steven "Steve" McQueen was an American movie actor. He was nicknamed "The King of Cool." His "anti-hero" persona, which he developed at the height of the Vietnam counterculture, made him one of the top box-office draws of the 1960s and 1970s. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination...

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Current lineup

As of 2007, their lineup is:
  • Chris Wicky — vocals, guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Guy Borel — guitar
  • Yvan Lechef — bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Fabrice Marguerat — drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

  • Maude Oswald - Hammond
  • Jeff Albelda - Rhodes,Piano

Discography

  • Always Satisfied (1992)
  • And the World Don't Care (1993)
  • Arrogance (1995)
  • The Eloquence of the Favez Disciples (1997)
  • A Sad Ride on the Line Again (1999)
  • Gentlemen Start Your Engines (2000)
  • From Lausanne, Switzerland (2002)
  • Bellefontaine Avenue (2003)
  • Old and Strong in the Modern Times (2005)
  • Bigger Mountains Higher Flags (2007)
  • En Garde! (2011)

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