Brain Damage (rock band)

French rock band created in 1977 by Haylock M.S. Ellis (guitar) and Philippe Poiret (guitar, keyboards, vocals). The French science fiction writer Roland C. Wagner is added as a singer in 1983. At this time, they play a mix of punk, new wave and garage rock. They split in late 1984. 1984 (Live au Cithéa) is the only recording surviving from this period, recorded on September 15th 1984.

Ellis, Poiret and Wagner get together again in 1988 with a new rhythm section, playing now psychedelic garage in the Pebbles mood. They even get as nickname « the French Fuzztones ». After the departure of Philippe Poiret in the early 90's, Ellis and Wagner decide to stop giving shows and focus on recording. A single is issued in 1996, presenting Brain Damage on one side and on the other X-men, another side project of Ellis. Then a self-titled CD is issued in 1999 as a private pressing. Both are now very rare.

In 2006, Brain Damage publish their second album under one of the Creative Commons licenses on the free music platform Jamendo. It's a collection of recordings spawning more than 15 years, mostly punk and/or psychedelic with science fiction inspired lyrics — among them « Quand le paysage se déchire » (“When the landscape torns”) a song about Philip K. Dick and « Un été de serre » inspired by Norman Spinrad's novel "Greenhouse Summer", which Wagner translated in French. Most of their recorded work is now on line and they're working on projects including their next LP and the soundtrack of Roland C. Wagner's next novel.

Discography

* 1992 : "La Ténèbre" (tape)
* 1993 : "(T'aimer) C'est aller à la Mort" (tape)
* 1996 : "Brain Damage" (split single with X-Men)
* 1996 : "Envie de huuurler !" (démo tape)
* 1999 : "Brain Damage" (CD)
* 2006 : "Visages sur l'écran" (e-LP)
* 2007 : "Brain Damage" (e-LP, modified reissue of the CD)
* 2007 : "Clique sur le mulot" (e-single)
* 2007 : "1984 (Live au Cithéa)" (e-LP, recorded in 1984))
* 2007 : "La Ténèbre" (e-single)
* 2007 : "Consensus zéro" (e-single)
* 2007 : "Love-In 67" (e-single)
* 2007 : "Pompiers hallucinés" (e-LP)
* 2007 : "Drop-Out 68" (e-single)
* 2007 : "Let's Go 69!" (Single virtuel)

Compilations :

* 2006 : « Un été de serre » on "Compilsa vol. 1"
* 2007 : « Sur le mont (Timothy Leary) » on [http://compilationslibres.blogspot.com/2007/08/volume-1.html "Les Compiles à Marcel vol. 1"]

External links

* [http://rcw.nerim.net/brain/brainac.html Site of the band]