Dominic Sonic

Dominic Sonic
1993
Born
Dominique Garreau

11 November 1964
Dinan, France
Died23 July 2020(2020-07-23) (aged 55)
Les Lilas, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationSinger

Dominic Sonic, stage name of Dominique Garreau (11 November 1964 – 23 July 2020) was a French singer. He released six albums from 1989 to 2015. He was born in Dinan, France. He stared his career by playing with Lamballe-based punk group Kalashnikov. He remained with the group for six years and performed in over 300 concerts.

In 1987, he began producing his first solo album, Cold Tears, which was released two years later by the Belgian label Crammed Discs. Sonic took part in the Rencontres Trans Musicales in Rennes in 2002 as a surprise guest of The Stooges.

Sonic died on 23 July 2020 in Les Lilas, France at the age of 55.

Discography

Albums

  • Cold Tears (1989)
  • Dominic Sonic (1991)
  • Les Leurres (1994)
  • Essais 94/96 (1996)
  • Phalanstère #7 (2007)
  • Vanités #6 (2015)

Singles and EPs

  • mini LP 4 titres : A train song / Too late / Back in the USSR / Listen to what I say (1985)
  • Lie to me (1987)
  • When my tears run cold / La loi des pauvres gens (1989)
  • A s’y méprendre / What I’m waiting for (1990)
  • A s’y méprendre (new version)/ Shadows in the fire (live)/ No fun (live)/ Praying to the lord (live) (1990)
  • He used to be/ Hey hey my my (1991)
  • Ils dorment encore (1994)
  • Il est encore temps (1994)
  • Je crois Antoine / Stick your love with blood / Hey, little mother (1994)

References

  1. ↑ "Le chanteur rock Dominic Sonic s'est éteint". Le Télégramme (in French). 23 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Dominic Sonic est un auteur-compositeur français, né à Dinan le 11 novembre 1964". Musée Sacem (in French).
  3. ↑ "Dominic Sonic". Discogs.

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