Favez (band)

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Favez
General information
Genre (s) Alternative rock , indie rock
founding 1990 as Favez Disciples
Website www.favez.com
Founding members
Chris Wicky
guitar
Guy “Bee” Borel
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar
Chris Wicky
guitar
Guy Borel
Yvan Lechef
Fabrice Marguerat
Jeff Albelda
Maude Oswald

Favez is a rock band from Lausanne, Switzerland . The band is much better known abroad than in their home country.

On their first three albums the band was still called Favez Disciples, later they shortened the name. In interviews, the band always named a character from the film Le Mans with Steve McQueen as the reason for the name, but in a personal conversation singer Chris Wicky referred to the book Le Vampire de Ropraz by the writer (and former French teacher of Guy and Chris) Jacques Chessex as the actual source of inspiration for choosing a name.

Discography

Albums

  • 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)

Other publications

  • Like the old days (2012) (Compilation article Bock uf Rock Vol. 5) ( BMMP )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Bock Uf Rock is expanding throughout Switzerland with Vol. 5 . In: trespass.ch . February 16, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2012.