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17 Jan 2012: Thanks to everyone who came to the Mr. Pickwick on Friday. We had a great time, probably our biggest ever audience there! A great night. Check our Facebook page for some photos and videos.

We will be back there on March 17. Looking forward to it already!

9 Jan 2012: Happy New Year!!!
Help us celebrate, and blow those new year resolutions at the Mr. Pickwick this Friday! (13 Jan)
We will be on stage at 10pm. Come on down! Free entry. We'll keep playing until around 1am, or until they make us stop!

19 Dec 2011: Well we had a great time at La Machine du Moulin Rouge on Thursday! Thanks to all for a terrific night.
Happy Christmas, and we'll see you in the new year at Mr. Pickwick on Friday 13th January!

28 Oct 2011: We have good news and bad news.

Bad news: Our gig at Mr Pickwick on Nov 11 is cancelled, due to refurbishment work.

Good news: we will be returning to the Mr. Pickwick for more gigs in the new year! Dates are Friday 13th Jan (oooh, spooky) and Sat 17th March (St Patrick's Day!) We are really excited to be playing there again. More details to come!

More good news: we have a couple of P&G gigs booked before Christmas. It's great to be gigging again!

6 Oct 2011: After that wonderful summer (including a great gig at the Fêtes de Genève ), we have been working on some new songs, including some recording. Meanwhile we are booking some gigs around Christmas... more details soon...

27 May 2011: We are not gigging so much in the next few months, since we are hard at work recording some of our new songs! It's a long process as we're fitting it all in around our day jobs, but it's going well...

Meanwhile we are very happy that we will be playing at the Fêtes de Genève again this year, this time at the '0 Watt' stage in the Paquis on Thursday August 11.

16 May 2011: We had a great time at the Mr. Pickwick pub again! Thanks to everyone that came along.

Meanwhile our friend Eugene took some great photos! They are posted here. Our Photos page also contains links to all photos of us on the web.

4 May 2011: We have been hard at work writing songs over the last few months, and lining up some spring and summer gigs! Now we're looking forward to coming out to play again this weekend... We're playing this Saturday (7 May) at the Mr. Pickwick pub in Geneva. As usual, we're on from 10pm. Come and let off some steam with us!

2 Feb 2011: Here we go again! We are back, and playing this Saturday (5 Feb) at the Mr. Pickwick pub in Geneva. We're on from 10pm. Come on down!

23 Dec 2010: Well, that's it for this year. What a year! We had a lot of fun in 2010, and we're looking forward to doing it all again in 2011! Have a very merry Christmas, and we'll see you again in February - we are playing at the Mr. Pickwick pub in Geneva on Saturday 5 Feb.

15 Dec 2010: Thanks for a great night! We had a lot of fun at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices on Monday. Thanks to Adil, Russ, Yvan and everyone who came along! Some photos of the event are posted here

4 Dec 2010: Well that was fun! A unique gig, with its own special story...we only just made it to Frankfurt with the snow affecting travel to and from the gig, but then we had a great time on Thursday night, and an eventful evening! Thank you to everyone who came to the Klassikstadt, and special thanks to Stefan and Guillaume for inviting us!

26 Nov 2010: Here we go! We are looking forward to playing Christmas gigs during December, including the occasional guest artist joining us on stage! Should be a lot of fun.

18 Oct 2010: We had a great night at Mr. Pickwick on Saturday! Thanks to everyone who came (and for all your singing along too!). Even a blown speaker in the house PA didn't stop the party! Let's do it again soon!

17 Sep 2010: Hope you had a good summer! We have a private party gig this weekend, then we are looking forward to our first public gig of the autumn at the Mr. Pickwick pub on Saturday 16 October.

26 July 2010: Wow! What a night! Our gig at the Pré-Fêtes de Genève was better than we could ever have imagined! A fantastic crowd, great atmosphere, a real fun evening. Thank you to everyone who came along, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

There are some photos of the gig already posted on the web. Click on Album 1 by Eugene Theodorou; Album 2 by Eric Frachon. Links to all photos (for this and other gigs) are also on our photos page.

9 July 2010: We are looking forward to playing our next gig in the Pré-Fêtes de Genève at Geneva's Jardin Anglais on July 24. We're on at 9.00pm. Come on down!

20 June 2010: We had a great time at the Football gig last night, including our first stage-divers! What a great atmosphere. Thanks to everyone who came along. We had a great time!

4 June 2010: We're looking forward to playing at the party for the P&G Soccer tournament on Saturday 19 June. Last year we played when this was in Brussels, this year it's in Geneva. Should be a great night!

10 May 2010: That was a lot of fun! Thanks to everyone who came to the Mr Pickwick. What a great night :) We will be back there in Sep/Oct after Mr Pickwick's summer break.

7 May 2010: We're back! Looking forward to playing tonight at Geneva's Mr. Pickwick pub. Come on down! We start at 10pm, playing until about 1am.

12 April 2010: Back in the saddle again...! We are booking up spring and summer gigs, starting with Mr. Pickwick on May 7 (Friday), then several gigs through June/July/August. Details coming soon!

1 Mar 2010: We have been invited to play in Geneva's Pré-Fêtes de Genève this summer, on Saturday 24 July at the 'Scène des Clubs' (Jardin Anglais). We are looking forward to it! Last year it was a blast. Stay tuned for more details...

10 Feb 2010: We are playing at the Mr. Pickwick pub this Saturday! (Feb 13) It won't be your average Valentine's party... But we may play a few softie songs (including a special guest on-stage) if you get there early! We are on from 10pm.

12 Jan 2010: Happy New Year! 2009 was a great year, and our New Year's Eve gig was a blast! Thanks to everyone who came along! 2010 is already looking good, we will be playing again on Feb 13 at the Mr. Pickwick.

28 Dec 2009: We are looking forward to New Year's Eve at the Mr. Pickwick pub - come and party with us! We're on at 11:00, and playing into the new year! The end of the noughties, and the start of the... um... whatever the new decade will be called! Whatever. Just come and have a blast!

17 Dec 2009: STOP PRESS! Christmas has come early for us... Just when we thought 2009 couldn't get any better, we have now been invited to play once more at the Mr. Pickwick pub, for their big New Year's Eve party! Come on down! Let's wrap up 2009, and start 2010 on a high!

14 Dec 2009: Happy Christmas! 2009 has been good to us, we have had a wonderful time playing for great audiences. Thank you so much! Check back for future gig dates!

3 Dec 2009: Well, last Friday was a lot of fun! Thanks again to everyone who came to see us at the Mr. Pickwick pub. We will be back there in the new year, on Feb 13. Come on down for a 'not-your-typical-Valentine's-night' party!

24 Nov 2009: Here we go again! We are playing at the Mr. Pickwick pub this Friday (27th) - come on down! A great way to end the week... We're on at 10pm. Should be fun!

19 Nov 2009: We have booked our first gig of the new year! In Feb we will be playing again at the Mr. Pickwick pub in Geneva, on Saturday Feb 13. It will NOT be the typical St. Valentine's party... But it will be a great night!

5 Oct 2009: We have another date at the Mr. Pickwick pub in Geneva, this time on a Friday - 27 November, at 10pm. Mark the date! Hope you can come along...

28 Sep 2009: Wow, what a night! We had a fantastic evening at the Mr Pickwick on Saturday. Thanks to everyone for coming along! There was so much energy in the room! (even for our jetlagged guitarist Win)

Florian took some great photos that really captured the evening. Click here to see them.

24 Sep 2009: We are looking forward to playing at the Mr. Pickwick this Saturday! (26th). (Um, except Win - who is meeting Bill Clinton in New York, then flying back on Friday night!). We are on at 10pm. Come on down! Let's have some fun!

17 Sep 2009: Muchas gracias Barcelona! We had a great time playing there. Hope we can come back some time! The Codorníu winery is a beautiful setting, with a great sound too!

Now we are back in Geneva, and looking forward to returning to the Mr. Pickwick pub, where we play next Saturday (26th). The Pickwick people know how to party! Should be a good night.

11 Sep 2009: Hola España! We're off to Spain next week to play in Barcelona! Looking forward to it.

4 Sep 2009: Some more photos are appearing on the web of some of our summer performances, and Michel now proudly appears on the front web page of Geneva's Fête de la Musique!

3 Sep 2009: Welcome back! Hope you had a good summer. We are excited to be playing in Barcelona this month, then in Geneva again! We are looking forward to it.

Meanwhile a web video has been posted by P&G about us, along with other people who also do fun things outside of their day jobs. Click here to see it. It's also on YouTube, posted here. Or, go to www.pg.com and click 'Careers' and you'll find it.

27 July 2009: Our gig at the Pré-Fêtes de Genève turned out to be a great one! After a very wet day, the rain stopped about 10 minutes before we went on and we had a great night! Thanks to everyone that came along. We had a great time! Our photographer friend Maud Guye-Vuillème has posted some very classy photos of the gig. Click here to see them.

Now we have a bit of a break for the summer, then we play again in September. See our Calendar page for details of where and when. Enjoy the summer!

14 July 2009: this Friday night (17 July), we're playing at the Jardin Anglais in Geneva, starting at 8.30pm! It's the first Friday of the Pré-Fêtes de Genève. Come on down!

13 July 2009: Thanks to all the crazy people in Warsaw for a fantastic night! We had a great time, we'd love to come back sometime! Thanks especially to Ania and Wojciech for inviting us and looking after us, and to everyone who came along. There are a few photos posted here.

2 July 2009: More great photos have been posted of our June gig at the Fête de la Musique in Geneva. In addition to Album 1 by Florian Clemens, also out there are Album 2 by Juan Carlos Hernandez, and Album 3 by Stéphane Calazet. Click the 'album' links to see the photos.

Right, now we're off to Poland. Nice driveway! :)

22 June 2009: What a great night at the Fête de la Musique! Definitely one of our best gigs ever! Big thanks to everyone who came down to see us, we had a blast! Click here to see some great photos of the gig, taken by our talented photographer friend Florian Clemens.

We're looking forward to doing it all again in Geneva on July 17, this time at the Pré-Fêtes de Genève. In the meantime we are playing in Poland on July 7. Check our Calendar page for details.

17 June 2009: We are looking forward to playing this Friday night (June 19) in Geneva's Fête de la Musique. We are playing at the Promenade de St.Antoine at 10.45pm. It's about 50m from the Place de Bourg-de-Four (Click here for a map). Come on down! We are on for 45 minutes.

20 May 2009: Matheson Kamin of Rockandrollreport.com and Examiner.com has posted an online review of the open day on April 4 at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, including a review of our performance. Click here to read it. (We also have a copy on our Press page)

15 May 2009: We had a fantastic time playing at the Mr Pickwick pub last night! A big thankyou to everyone that came down to see us! Thanks too to the Pickwick for having us. We will be playing there again on Saturday 26 September!

Our friend, photographer Florian Clemens, took some great photos of last night's gig and posted them on his Facebook page. Click here to see them.

13 May 2009: We are very excited to be playing a 'home town' gig tomorrow (May 14) at the Mr. Pickwick pub (80 Rue de Lausanne, 1202 Geneva). We start at 9pm. Come on down! Bring your friends!

23 April 2009: We have some new video from our performance at the Rock Hall earlier this month. It's posted on YouTube, and you can find links on our Video page.

Also there are some photos from the gig on our Facebook page.

16 Apr 2009: There is a new Reuters article on the web (about music as a stress reliever) which mentions us. It is published in a few places, such as here, here and here.

15 Apr 2009: Well THAT was fun! We had a great time playing at the Rock Hall again. Thanks to everyone who came to see us.

Meanwhile we just got confirmed for a couple of Geneva gigs, at the Mr Pickwick pub (May 14) and the Fête de la Musique (June 19). Check our Calendar page for more details.

26 Mar 2009: Cleveland here we come! We are on our way back to Cleveland next week, to play at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday (April 4) during their induction weekend. We are onstage around 3pm. We also get to go to the induction ceremony - with Jeff Beck, Run DMC, Metallica and more... What a lineup! We are excited to say the least.

5 Mar 2009: We now have streaming audio on our Audio page, so you can click and listen to some of our songs online! We will change the songs from time to time, so keep coming back!

28 Feb 2009: We just got confirmed for the P&G World Cup Football Tournament Party in Brussels on 9 May. Should be a lot of fun! We're looking forward to playing for the football crowd...

We're also confirmed for the Pré-Fêtes de Genève in Geneva on July 17, at the Jardin Anglais. (Our Calendar page shows our confirmed gigs).

12 Jan 2009: Happy New Year! It's going to be hard to top 2008, but we will try... Meanwhile the FORTUNE magazine article about our win at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is now shown in the European edition (cover date Jan 19).

Click here to read it.

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