Pol the fisherman

Introducing POL THE FISHERMAN, a Franco-American rock group formed in 2009, whose urban style fuses funky grooves with high-energy hard rock and aggressive punk.  Their debut American album, The Greatest Hits, plays like a frenzied ode to downtown New York, with white-hot guitar leads and raw, street-smart vocals.  It's pure rock bliss forged in the fire of great old school influences, including: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rage Against the Machine, Cypress Hill, as well as New York punk, Detroit hard rock and early Grunge.

GENRES

Alternative Rock

Funk

Rock

Hard Rock

Punk Rock

HISTORY

POL THE FISHERMAN was formed in Paris in 2009 and was an overnight success.  They were immediately invited to appear on the popular French national television show "Taratata," and followed up playing numerous gigs in France prior to relocating to New York in 2010.  They also appeared on "Paris Derniere," an underground show on Parisian nightlife (TV channel Paris Premiere), as well as on radio station Oui FM 102.3 and web radio station Click 'n' Rock.  The band's song, "A New Life," is now one of Click 'n' Rock's primary jingles.

LYRICS and SONGWRITING

Lyrics deal with real life issues such as addiction, gangs, love, death, but viewed through rose-colored lenses. Eccentric, light-hearted and refreshing, POL THE FISHERMAN draws one into the schizophrenic musical world of today’s youth, and makes one feel like Pokemon on speed flying through a sci-fi rock wonderland.

POL THE FISHERMAN has a sarcastic tone, poking fun at the seriousness of real-life issues in their compositions. In "Rock‘n Rolla", POL THE FISHERMAN plays out the sad story of a deranged man bidding farewell to his beloved girlfriend and friends, with the real reason being that he chooses to leave them because he is convinced that it is his destiny to become a rock star. In "Insane Girlfriend", the superficiality of humanity is highlighted with the love story of a girl falling for the neigbourhood geek just because he transforms into the lead singer of a rock group.

MEMBERS

- Nicolas de Pontaud AKA POL THE FISHERMAN: vocals, guitar

- Bill Foster: bass

- Andrea Belfiore: drums, percussion.

- Andrew Moore: guitar, vocals

DISCOGRAPHY

Debut album : Greatest Hits (2010)

- Release: July 10, 2010

- Label: Estwime (FR)

- Formats: CD, Apple iTunes.

GIGS

09/23/11    ARLENE'S GROCERY, NYC

09/02/11    BITTER END, NYC

07/01/11    ARLENE'S GROCERY, NYC

06/02/11    FAT BABY, NYC

05/19/11    THE NATIONAL UNDERGROUND, NYC

05/05/11    TRASH BAR, BROOKLYN

04/24/11    SPIKE HILL, BROOKLYN

04/12/11    FONTANA’S, NYC

06/22/10    LE CHINA, PARIS 

02/03/10    BE THERE, PARIS

01/06/10    LE KLUB, PARIS

12/14/09    LE SCOPITONE, PARIS

11/14/09    LA BELLEVILLOISE, PARIS

07/23/09    UFO BAR, PARIS

07/16/09    L’INTERNATIONAL, PARIS

07/03/09    LES DISQUAIRES, PARIS

06/19/09    LE PARIS PARIS, PARIS

06/10/09    GLAZART, PARIS 

06/05/09    TARATATA (TV), PARIS

05/28/09    CITHÉA NOVA, PARIS

05/10/09    PARIS DERNIÈRE (TV), PARIS

04/29/09    ABSOLUT CYCLES, PARIS

04/10/09    LA BATTERIE, PARIS

OTHER APPEARANCES

04/29/09 - Performance at ABSOLUT CYCLES for the launch of the motorcycle brand, Big Bear Choppers. 12/02/09 - Opened for the band, Eagles of Death Metal at Be There, Paris.

on Greatest Hits:

Pol the Fisherman - Vocals, Guitars.

Mathieu Crouzet - Bass

Vincent Rodriguez - Drums

Gregoire Vallette - Guitars

Greatest Hits was recorded at Midilive Studio by par Ivan Herceg

editing by Bertrand Lantz

Masterized by Raphael Jonin

Rock'n'Rolla feat. Ivan Herceg (Ac. Guitar)

Greg's Dead feat. Cyrille Maillard (Drums)

recorded, edited, mastered at studio 1, 2, Pass it.. by Laurent de Boisgisson