Malibu Stacy is a Belgian

Belgium

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 band from Visé

Visé

Visé is a Walloon municipality and city of Belgium, where it is located on the river Meuse, in the province of Liège.The municipality consists of the former municipalities of Visé, Lanaye, Lixhe, Richelle, Argenteau and Cheratte....

 (between Liège

Liège

Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium....

 and Maastricht

Maastricht

Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border...

).

Their style, difficult to define clearly, lies between power-pop and rock, and is sometimes describe as being some kind of pop-punk.

Members

• David de Froidmont (Dave) : singer
• Michaël Goffard (Miike or Mickey) : guitar
• Salvio La Delfa : drums
• David Halleux (Dave Ash) : guitar
• Jérôme Gierkens (J) : keyboard
• Christophe Levaux (Paulie Lee) : bass guitar

Former members :

• Sebastien Peters : drums (2003–2004)
• Jean-Christophe Olivier : bass guitar (2003–2005)

Biography

The band started in 2003 from the now disappeared Cash Converters, with the aim to take part to the Belgian music competition Concours Circuit, led by the organization Court-Circuit (between others, the band Sharko

Sharko

Sharko is a Belgian indie pop-rock band formed by David Bartholomé in 1997.Sharko released its first album, Feuded in 1999, on the indie Belgian label BANG! The album has also been released in France and Holland and received a very positive press coverage...

 and Hollywood Porn Stars were prize winners of this competition). Malibu Stacy won the final in November 2004 in the Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

 venue Le Botanique.

Following this, the band got a contract with the indie label 62TV Records

62TV Records

62TV Records is an independent record label based in Brussels, Belgium. The label specializies in artists of various sub-genres of indie pop and is distributed by Bang! Music.-Artists:*Austin Lace*Flexa Lyndo*Fonda 500*Girls in Hawaii*Hallo Kosmo...

. At this time, they recorded their second try (the first one being a self-produced demo consisting of 3 songs written in 2004), an EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 of 5 titles produced in 2005, and then quickly, their first album entitled G, recorded in Italy

Italy

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 under the direction of Francesco Donadello, and out in 2006.

After several other concerts during the winter 2007, Malibu Stacy moved to New York City

New York City

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 in April 2008, in the Headgear studio to record a second EP

Extended play

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 entitled Marathon, out in September of the same year.

Their song "Los Angeles" stands on the FIFA 07

FIFA 07

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video game.

Discography

• 2004 : Self-produced demo

1. Peniche Praia
2. Grasshopper Green
3. Christmas

• 2005 : EP
  Extended play
  An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
  
  

1. Sh Sh
2. Peniche Praia
3. Grasshopper Green
4. Sex In Malibu
5. Morning Trouble (In A Coffee Cup)

• 2006 : G (album)

1. Intro
2. Killing All The Young Gods
3. Come On Commons
4. Los Angeles
5. The Fever
6. Saturday Night Fisher
7. Sex In Malibu
8. Soda Pop
9. Sh Sh
10. VHF UHF
11. Runaways
12. Feck This (1985)
13. I-Naked

• 2008 : Marathon

1. Hotel de Police
2. I Was Spartacus
3. Ladies Can't Drive
4. Bonadona
5. Join The Glenwood Army
6. Flashdance
7. Troublemakers
8. Maria
9. Older Bolder (and stuff like that...)
10. Duck and Cover
11. Black Shoes
12. White Teeth