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IC and the Jokers"a French Pete Atkin tribute band"biography | discography | gigs | gallery | links | acknowledgments Who Are IC and the Jokers?IC & The Jokers - formerly known as Les Beaux Changeurs - are based in Paris, France and are a sister band to The Beautiful Changers. The band is a French tribute band to Pete Atkin, taking its name from the Pete Atkin & Clive James song I See The Joker. The band consists of the following members:
When the Beautiful Changers were forming, they realised that they needed a drummer and Oliver Ash, Paris-based property developer, cricketer and Guinness drinker offered his services. Unlike the other Changers, Oliver had actually had some real musical experience and admits to having been pursued by deranged teenies. As it would have been difficult for him to get to rehearsals in the old country, Ian Chippett offered to put him in touch with a musical pal of his Tom Landon who had his own band and a decent studio where they could put Olly through his paces. When Oliver was later heartlessly ejected from the Changers like a latterday Pete Best [It's a lie, I tell 'ee! - Ed.], the band kept going, adopting their present name in an attempt to prevent confusion with their British counterparts. Some
photos of members of IC & The Jokers - click on the pictures
to see a bigger version
IC & The Jokers' DiscographyThey
were kindly permitted to have a track (I See The Joker) included
on the Beautiful Changers first album For Pete's Sake!
which is considered by many (oh all right) by them to be the standout
track. Another track, a drunken late-night reworking of The Hypertension
Kid can be heard on the Web but fortunately no-one can remember
the URL. They are currently at work on a top secret recording project
(working title The Abasement Tapes) which may see the light
of day some time in the new millennium or the one after that. Four
tracks have been laid down (as we musos say) so far.
Have they ever played live?Their first gig was on December 10 1999 at the Ecole Maternelle Danton in Montreuil, a suburb just outside Paris. In fact, it was IC and a Joker who performed as the others were unavailable. IC played acoustic guitar and Tom Landon sang on My Egoist as well as a number of original songs. As an encore Tom played one of his compositions called Les Champignons [Not to be confused by the well-known French rock anthem Nous Sommes Les Champignons - Ed.] and accompanied himself on keyboards while IC attended to a bleeding finger caused by a too-violent assault on the strings on their closing song. They immediately followed up this gig with a session later in the evening in Tom's local bar whither many of the audience had wisely fled.
Listen to IC & The JokersNow you can hear for yourselves what IC & The Jokers sound like! All sounds will require an mp3 player (such as WinAmp) to play them.
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