Phoenix is tagged as: indie, french, indie pop, rock, electronic There have been a number of artists going by the name of Phoenix|(1) A popular French alternative rock band|(2) A Romanian folk rock band|(3) A short-lived British hard rock band|(4) A UK-based filk band|(5) A goa project Phoenix (1)|The French band is comprised of Thomas Mars (vocals), Deck D’Arcy (bass), Christian Mazzalai (guitar) and Laurent Brancowitz (guitar), who started playing music as kids in a suburb of Versailles during the same cultural period that produced late-’90s bands such as Air and Daft Punk. The band’s lineup has no permanent drummer or keyboardist. Phoenix formed in 1999 and started off as the backing band for a remix of Air’s “Kelly Watch the Stars” single. Soon after, Phoenix released their debut album United in 2000. The name “Phoenix” was officially chosen in 1996 when Laurent Brancowitz permanently joined Pheonix after his other band Darlin’ disbanded. The other two members of Darlin’ (Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo) went on to form Daft Punk. Phoenix are based in Paris, France and their music has been featured in such films as Shallow Hal and Lost In Translation. In 2006 the band themselves appeared Marie Antoinette, which like Lost In Translation, was directed by Sofia Coppola... Read More About Phoenix Biography...  Send Phoenix ringtones to your cell
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