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Band: Roland Pierrehumbert/Lead Vocals - Fre Gudit/Rythm Guitar - David Pariat/Lead Guitar - Michel Demierre/Bass - Lionel Blanc/Drums

THE BANDS MEMBERS FIRST
START JAMMIN TOGETHER IN
THE EARLY EIGHTIES, BUT IT
ISNT UNTIL 1989 WHEN
THINGS SERIOUSLY START
ROLLIN. THE FIVE MUSICIANS
FROM GENOCIDE FORMER NAME
GET TOGETHER IN A STUDIO IN
HAMBURG TO CREATE THEIR
FIRST MINI LP ROOTS IN
ROCK PRODUCED BY DIERK
STEFFENS ACCEPT... A BIG
HIT

IN 1992, AFTER A LONG
SERIES OF CONCERTS, THEY
CALLED UP JURG NAEGELI
KROKUS TO IMMORTALISE
THEIR NEXT ELEVEN
SONGS SHOWTIME.
THE GROUP MADE A VERY
STRONG NAME FOR ITSELF IN
THE WORLD OF HEAVY ROCK.

IN 1994 THE BMG RECORD
COMPANY SIGNED THEM TO
RECORD THEIR NEW
DISC STRANDED. THE
ROCKERS LATER ACT AS THE
BACK UP BAND FOR THE WHOLE
KROKUSS TOUR IN 1995.

IN 1997 THE BANDS STYLE
EVOLVED DEFINITELY IN THE
DIRECTION OF ROCK AND THEY
DECIDED TO REBAPTISE
SIDEBURN.
SELL YOUR SOUL FOR ROCK N
ROLL GAVE TO THE MUSICIANS
THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN FOR
KISS IN THE PACKED OUT
HALLENSTADION IN ZURICH.

END 2000, AFTER SOME LITTLE CHANGES IN THE LINE-UP, THE BAND DECIDED TO COLLABORATE WITH THEIR OLD TIMES GURU JUERG NAEGELI, AS PRODUCER SOUND ENGINEER. THE RESULT IS THE ALBUM CROCODILE, 12 SONGS MADE OF PURE AUSTRALIAN ROCK INCLUDING THE COVER SONG REMEDY, ORIGINALLY RECORDED BY ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST INFLUENCE: ROSE TATTOO. THIS ALBUM RELEASED IN JANUARY 2002 BY POINT MUSIC HAS BEEN AVAILABLE ALL OVER EUROPE. THIS HAS LED THE BAND TO OPEN FOR BANDS SUCH AS: SLADE, DIO THIN LIZZY + SOME HEADLINERS GIGS IN SOME BIKERS CONVENTIONS AND SEVERAL CLUBS.

2003 HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CREATION RECORDING FOR THE NEW ALBUM GASOLINE. THE NEW CD HAS BEEN RECORDED PRODUCED BETWEEEN MAY AND APRIL BY JÜRG NAEGELI. MIXED DURING THE SUMMER BY SERGE CHRISTEN AT MAZZIVE STUDIO MASTERED AT MSM STUDIOS IN MUNICH.