Comme un homme libre

Biography

Brought together by Joe (Les Breastfeeders), the pop rock quintet, Comme Un Homme Libre played their first gig at the 2002 Off Coup de Coeur Francophone, performing one single song, their version of Corbeau’s Illégal.

Comme Un Homme Libre, started getting known with their series of cover songs (Flirts, Pretenders, The Gogo’s, Sonics, Kinks, Headcoatees), playing mostly at Escogriffe and Le Swimming. They then started to appear on indie radio top 10 charts, when they released their mini EP in 2005.

With their sexy garage rock, influenced by synthetic pop, Comme Un Homme Libre has received invitations to play at numerous music festivals, notably, they played at the Festival de Musique Émergente en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (2004), at the Pop Montreal festival (2004), at Les Francofolies de Montréal (2005), and the Off Coup de Coeur Francophone for three consecutive years.

Nominee with their self-entitled EP, at the first edition of the GAMIQ (Gala de l’Alternative Musicale Indépendante du Québec), for best rock ‘n’ roll album, the band’s now in the process of preparing a full length album. Stay tuned…

Crew

• Karine : vocals
• Minève : guitar
• Joe : bass
• Etienne Chan Kane aka Le Chinois : guitar
• Martha : drums

Important shows

• Coup de cœur francophone (2005)
• Pop Montréal Festival (2004, 2005)
• Francofolies de Montréal (2005)

Press quotes

…une équipe du tonnerre […] qui encrent solidement la formation dans le rock québecois. Félix B. Défossé, Bang Bang

…les synthétiseurs de AC/JC (Gwenwed), la propension mélodique de la chanteuse Karine Isabel et un dynamisme aussi sincère qu'agréable. Olivier Robillard Laveaux, Voir Montréal