Gervais Attack

Gervais Attack in their first true show, before they were called Gervais Attack (December '96)

Band members:
Benoît Bégin (vocals)
Jean-Philippe Boucher (guitar)
Olivier Boetsa-Carrier (vocals)
Olivier Boucher (bass)
Jocelyn Laliberté (vocals)
Jean-Sébastien Roy (drum

Web site:
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Gervais Attack was a punk rock band from Lévis, Quebec. They've begun playing together in March 1996 when making a little show of Green Day, NOFX and Pennywise covers in front of some friends. Since then, the band has changed a lot. They recorded their first demo tape (called "Le Rassemblement")on March 4 and 5 in 1997, and the demo went out in April. On this demo, we can hear about 11 compos and 9 "Patro" covers. The sound of the tape all fucked up because of the ex-drummer's mastering... In August '98, Gervai's Attack has recorded their first cd called "Pinch+Pad=Danger!". This cd sounds like pop punk and there are 11 studio recording songs and 6 home recording songs on it... The band finally kicked up their drummer Carl "Moukie" Pelletier after the November 7 show with the bands Pull to Start and Sidewalk 62. They found their new drummer Jean-Sébastien Roy in March '99 and since then their style has changed to be more punk rock than ever. During all its story, the band Gervais Attack had many difficulties, and the band has never been really stable.
In november of 2001 after a year of total inactivity, the band Gervais Attack has finally "died". Since 1996 they had 19 shows, 2 studio recordings, 2 demos and 2 compilation participations.

The name Gervais Attack comes from the name of a priest really special called Gervais Labbé.

Discography:
-Demo(Tape)"Le Rassemblement" (1997)

This demo tape has been recorded in March 1997. Half of the songs are compositions and the other half are covers








-"Pinch+Pad=Danger!" (1998)

The 12 first songs have been recorded in studio
(La Kasbah) in 2 days, in August 1999. The 6 last songs are home-recorded





-Demo (CD)"No More Lonely Nights" (2000)

This demo has been recorded in January 2000 in Joss' basement by Didier Paré (XXX Record).Why did they do a 12 song demo? Because recording a full album was too expensive for them, and they wanted to make people know their new songs. This CD was to buy at all their shows for 4$.

- EP (2001) not released
Tracklist:
1.Happy New Year
2.My Only
3.Summertimes
4.Get Your Label
5.180

Compilations:
- "A Guide To Dumbness"(song: Zooporno)

-"Sick & Twisted vol.2" (song:We Are The Pigs)

Pictures:

 LOLLALÉVISA, LÉVIS, AUGUST 1997

ARCADE DE LÉVIS, OCTOBER 1997

PATRO DE LÉVIS, NOVEMBER 7, 1998

SALLE DU BUCHERON, MONTMAGNY, NOVEMBER 13, 1999

MAISON DAUPHINE, MARCH 24, 2000