Phébus (band)

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Phébus
General information
Genre (s) Rock , alternative rock
founding 1995
Website http://www.phebus.info
Current occupation
Giusi
Oliver
Ramon (since 1999)
Basil
Sala (since 2000)

Phébus is a rock group from Basel , Switzerland .

The group's music ranges between rock, alternative rock, britpop and pop . The singing voice of Giuseppe "Giusy" Ariniello and the melodious, calm to brutally loud songs are characteristic of the music.

Band history

The band was founded in 1995 and received the cultural promotion award of the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Baselland in 1996 . Her debut album Nepheleen was also released that year . In the years that followed, concerts in Switzerland and Germany followed, including in the opening act for Fool's Garden , Lovebugs , Bob Geldof and The Bates .

In 2000 the second album, Candid , is released and the band is supplemented with sala on the keyboard. In 2002 the third album Songs For Sirens was released by EMI and shortly afterwards Phébus was hired to support Lenny Kravitz in the Zurich Hallenstadion .

The previous album, Iceland Chronicles , was released in 2006.

Discography

  • Nephelea (1996; Zytglogge)
  • Candid (2000; RecRec)
  • Songs For Siren (2002; EMI Switzerland)
  • Iceland Chronicles (2006; Edel Music / EMI Switzerland)

Worth mentioning

  • The Basel photographer Comenius Röthlisberger took 2nd place in the international photo competition organized by the music magazine " Rolling Stone " in 2000 with a photo of Phébus .

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  1. phebus.info - biography ( memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

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