- Present (band)
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Name = Present
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Origin =Belgium
Genre =Avant-progressive rock
Years_active =1979 –present
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Associated_acts =Univers Zero
URL = [http://www.totalzoo.com/present www.totalzoo.com/present]
Current_members =Roger Trigaux Réginald Trigaux Dave Kerman Pierre ChevalierKeith Macksoud Pierre Desassis Matthieu Safatly Udi Koomran
Past_members =Alain Rochette Daniel Denis Christian Genet Bruno Bernas Guy Segers David Davister Present is a Belgian
progressive rock group formed by guitarist Roger Trigaux in 1979.Biography
Trigaux was a founding member of
Univers Zero and participated on the first two albums. After "Heresie " (1979) he left Univers Zero to concentrate on his own vision and founded Present. The early lineup of Present featured fellow Univers Zero members Daniel Denis and Christian Genet playing drums and bass respectively.Present disbanded after releasing "Le poison qui rend fou" in 1985, but reformed a decade later. The new lineup featured Roger's son Réginald as a second guitarist, another former Univers Zero member, Guy Segers, on bass, and drummer
Dave Kerman from the5uu's .Present Acoustic
Present Acoustic is a "classical" variant of the band featuring grand piano, percussion and vocals. It premièred at a
Rock in Opposition festival inSouthern France in April 2007, where they performed as "Present", their regular act, and as "Present Acoustic", where they played two grand pianos, "a lot of percussion" and sang. [ cite web |url=http://www.rocktime.org/rio/present2pianos_english.htm |title=Present, 2 pianos, percussions & vocals |work=Rock In Opposition festival, France, April 2007 |accessdate=2007-07-17 ]Discography
* "
Triskaidekaphobie " (1980)
* "Le poison qui rend fou " (1985)
* "C.O.D Performance" (1993)
* "Live!" (1996)
* "Certitudes" (1998)
* "No 6" (1999)
* "High Infidelity" (2001)
* "A Great Inhumane Adventure" (2005)External links
* [http://www.totalzoo.com/present Present homepage] .
* [http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=851 Present] . "Prog Archives".
*amg | id = 11:f9ftxql5ld0e | label = Present .Footnotes
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