Dolly (band)

:"For other meanings, see Dolly (disambiguation)."Infobox musical artist
Name = Dolly


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Background = group_or_band
Origin = flagicon|France Nantes, France
Genre = Rock, Alternative rock
Years_active = 1989-2005
Label = WEA International inc., Warner Music Group, East West Records
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.dolly-friends.com Official site]
Current_members = Manu (Emmanuelle Monet)
Thierry (Thierry Lacroix)
Nico (Nicolas Bonnière) (1995 - present)
Past_members = Micha (Mickaël Chamberlin) († 2005)

Dolly is a rockband from Nantes, France. The group is popular in France but fairly unknown elsewhere. Dolly's vocalist Emmanuelle Monet have featured a song together with Apocalyptica on the single Wie weit/How far/En Vie. Dolly stopped their activity indefinitely after the tragic death of Mickaël Chamberlin in a car accident the 25 May 2005. [ [http://www.sincever.com/news/oldnews/May+2005.htm Portail de Musique Francophone Sincever (in French)] ]

History

Dolly was originally formed by "Emmanuelle Monet", "Thierry Lacroix" and "Mickaël Chamberlin" in 1989 under the name of Dollybird. 1991 they changed their name to Dolly & Co and made their debut album which was also named "Dolly & Co". The actual "Dolly" was not born until "Nicolas Bonnière" joined the band in 1995. The name was then changed to Dolly. [ [http://www.froggydelight.com/article-1005-Dolly.html Dolly's press conference at Solidays Festival (Paris) July 10, 2004 (in French)] ] Emmanuelle Monet has now reformed her band with a new bassist, under the name of "Manu".
[http://www.manu-friends.com/]

Members

*Manu (Emmanuelle Monet) - vocals, Guitar
*Thierry (Thierry Lacroix) - drums
*Nico (Nicolas Bonnière) - Guitar (1995 - present)

Former members

*Micha (Mickaël Chamberlin) - Bass († 2005)

Discography

*"Dolly" (April 1997)
*"Un jour de rêves" (August 1999)
*"Plein air" (April 2002)
*"Tous des stars" (2004)
*"Sunday Afternoon" (2005)

External links

* [http://www.dolly-friends.com Official site] (The group has ceased to maintain their web site. The last version from May 24 2006 can be seen [http://web.archive.org/web/20060524110106/http://www.dolly-friends.com/ here] (via Internet Archive))
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20050524175652/http://www.dolly-friends.com/disco0.htm Dolly's discography on their own site (Flash site, in French)] (Last version via Internet Archive)
** [http://web.archive.org/web/20050524175638/http://www.dolly-friends.com/bio0.htm Dolly's biobraphy on their own site (Flash site, in French)] (Last version via Internet Archive)
*MySpace|dollyfriends|Dolly
**MySpace|manusonic|Manu
*Last.fm|Dolly|Dolly

Sources

* [http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6148.asp RFI music - Dolly biography (in English)]
* [http://www.rfimusique.com/sitefr/biographie/biographie_8937.asp RFI musique - Dolly biographie (in French)]
* [http://www.rockmuzik.com/dolly Rockmuzik - Dolly biographie (in French)]
* [http://membres.lycos.fr/goskate/rock.php?page=dolly Goskate - Dolly biographie (in French)]
* [http://www.w-fenec.org/rock/dolly.html W-Frenc.org - Dolly (in French)]
* [http://www.rfi.fr/musique/siteEn/discographie/discographie_401.asp RFI music - Dolly discography]

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