 Les
Vilains sound somewhat like the good French bands from the mid-eighties,
and especially when listening to the first 2 songs of the "Belgique
hooligans" SCD, Brutal Combat sure comes to mind. Both songs are sung
in French. The third song is in Flemish slang and is basically a joke. It's
the band's hello to their fans from the city of Bruges.
Les Vilains started out in 1997, and actually started off as a joke.
Any band that played Belgium in those years will remember some guy getting
on stage and starting to sing some songs on his own. Well, that was him,
the Vilains' singer, Suck (no, it's not what you think!).
Because of the success of the first CD, they started taking things more
seriously. Although often considered an RAC band, the band rather consider
themselves as an Oi band, but a politically incorrect one, a real skinhead
band in short!
Since the start the band has gone through a lot of line-up changes, first
with Gabber-Tim leaving to concentrate on his studies, then Fredje / Tichke
for family reasons and finally Schimmel who got thrown out of the band
because of a lack of dedication. The actual line-up (summer of 2003) consist
of Suck (vocals), Rianne (backing vocals), Kris (lead guitar), Dieter
(rhythm guitar and backing vocals), Olivier (bass) and Nysie (drums).
Although the band hasn't played too many shows, they can boost having
played with some of the best-known bands around : Condemned 84, Section
5, Brutal Attack, Bagadou Stourm, Headcase, Legion Of St George, Menace,
Vicious Rumours, The Crack, Celtic Warrior, Mistreat, Steelcapped Strength,
English Rose, Kampfzone, On File, The Warriors, The Pride, Super Yob,
Offside, Trouble Makers, Hardsell, and so on....
Discography:
- 1997 demo cassette
- 1998 SCD "Belgique hooligans" (Pure Impact & Mr. Clean),
500 copies
- 1999 7" EP "Belgique hooligans" (Like A Shot Records),
1000 copies
- 1999 7" EP "Skinhead girl warrior" (Like A Shot Records),
1000 copies
- 1999 MCD "Vengeance" (Hit Records), 1000 copies
- 1999 video "Live somewhere in Belgium with Mistreat & Legion
Of St George"
- 2000 CD "Holidays in Donk" (live, Hit Records), 700 copies
- 2000 compilation CD "Tribute to Bunker 84"
- 2001 MLP "Trou du cul" (Hit Records) 500 copies
- 2003 CD "Derniers rebelles" (Pure Impact)
- 2003 CD compilation "Tribute to Legion 88"
- 2003 CD compilation "Tribute to The Ramones"
- 2003 CD compilation "Hooligan anthems"
More photos, lyrics and interviews can be found on the
band's website:
http://www.kastelein.be/lesvilainshome.htm
contact: Les_Vilains@yahoo.fr
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