Plug-in is an instrumental rock band from Bordeaux, France.
Plug-in was formed in 1998 by fanalo and elmobo... Their mutual and inconditionnal love gave birth to their first 5 tracks EP "#.09", in march 1999. After a few gigs, when drummer Pierre Belleville went to Paris to join the band Artsonic, Plug-in switched to Stand-by mode...
In
february 2001, fanalo asked elmobo if he was ok to reform
the band in order to open for Bumblefoot for one gig only, the 3rd of
March 2001... With the help of Jean-Do Tonietti (drums) and Jean
Fontanille (rhythm guitar), Plug-in
was brought back to life... We had a hell of a good
time with Mr Ron Thal and his band ! Thanks guys, you rule !
In summer 2001, fanalo and elmobo started to work on the new
Plug-in CD, which will be a full length
album, featuring many excellent guest musicians ! It should be ready for summer
2002 (muhahaha... ok we're something like one year and a half late).
In
november 2002, fanalo and elmobo were hired by Ron Thal to be
his musicians for his french tour. After the tour, Jean-Do
left. In january 2003, Julio Fonteyreau joined the band as our new
drummer !
In october 2003, Jean decided to leave the band to spend more time on his
personal projects. It took only one rehearsal to welcome Denis Cornardeau
as the new 2nd guitarist.
In July 2004, Julio left the band. His successor has yet to be found :P
Current line-up :
fanalo
- guitars
elmobo - bass
denis - guitars
- drums
And now, some historical documents about Plug-in
:
quite
a few people showed up to our first gig !!
some people outside waiting for the gates to open !
HeadFuckers From Hell, the band which opened for us that night.
Billy the inn keeper. We played our first gig in his tavern...
Fanalo and his wife
elmobo posing for Entertainment Weekly
elmobo hangin' out with some fans after the show
Rob, leader of HFFH, playing a crazy solo !
Elmobo
and fellow bass player Gusmane Nidong posing for Botanist Magazine.
