Music Brussels Opening Party - Band #3 dIPLOMAT
Question How do you follow an act like Garner ? Answer With a band guaranteed to rock and bring the house down. That's dIPLOMAT that is. I first came across the band listening to the track Last Disco Bitch , which is the opening track on their cunningly titled album, The Diplomat . Unable to get it's catchy tune out of my head and driving rhythm, I was impelled to buy a copy of the aforementioned CD which proved to be equally memorable. The band were formed by guitarist/vocalist Fabrice Dubard and bass monster Sophie Chiarmonte in 2005. Throw in Pascal Storme who beats the crap out of his skins and you've got a storming group ( cue sound of thunder ) who know how to rock. I met the band briefly in a bar in Brussels a couple of months back, while listening in on an interview with them, and a nicer bunch of people you couldn't hope to meet. Mild, mannered Sophie's transformation into the bass playing rock goddess at the heart of the band is one of the wonders of...