TOUR BOOKING AGENCY & LOCAL PROMOTION SINCE 1998
GARMONBOZIA spreads Metal & Rock music over France since 1998 !
Founded back in 1998 on the ashes of HEIC NOENUM PAX, GARMONBOZIA is the company of a music lover, Fred CHOUESNE. With now 20 volonteers and 4 employees, the Team is 100% dedicated and passionate with Music, and especially Metal, Rock & Jazz. We are proud to be described as both professional and welcoming.
OUR ACTIVITIES
Exclusive Booking Agent for France for more than 300 bands.
French Promoter (especially in Paris, Rennes & Nantes) with more than 1100 shows produced.
Agent of the French bands:
THE GREAT OLD ONES (Post Black Metal)
HEXECUTOR (Raw Thrash Metal)
NECROWRETCH (Death Metal)
KRONOS (Brutal Death Metal)
Tour Producer (Entombed in 2008, Septicflesh in 2009 & 2011, Shining (Sw) in 2015, The Great Old ones in 2017 & 2019)
Local promoter for MAGMA in our hometown (Rennes).
We also built over the years a strong & friendly relationship with french festivals such as Hellfest, Motocultor, Sylak, Fall of Summer (RIP), Muscadeath, Courts of Chaos, Tyrant Fest, Samaïn Fest, Mennecy Metal Fest , Rock Your Brain, Cernunnos Pagan Fest, and many more.
We are co-producer, along with l’Empreinte, of the Grand Paris Sludge festival in Savigny-le-Temple
We are also proud to have produced ALICE COOPER in 2011 and Ray Manzarek & Bobby Krieger of THE DOORS in 2012 in Rennes.
Every 5 years, to celebrate our anniversary, we put up successful 2 days festivals. Last ones occured in 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 & 2023 in Rennes.
2003 – 5 years – 2 days, 2 venues in Rennes (Antipode & Ubu) :
Opeth + Satyricon + Samael + Cathedral + Khold + Madder Mortem + Ellipsis + Beleg Eus Fall
(Samael & Cathedral had to cancel their shows due to strikes from entertainment workers)2008 – 10 years – 2 days, 2 venues in Rennes (Cité & Antipode) :
Morbid Angel + Napalm Death + Kataklysm + Marduk + Suffocation + Warbringer + Arsis2013 – 15 years – 2 days at L’Etage, Rennes :
Coroner + Wardruna (1st show in France) + Napalm Death + Rotting Christ + Hail Of Bullets + Sadist + Awol & Stormcore (reunion show) + Shining (NO) + Benighted + Xentrix (1st show in France) + Bodyfarm (1st show in France) + Gorod + Twilight Of The Gods + Trepalium + New Assholes + Voight Kampff + Negura Bunget2018 – 20 years – 2 days at L’Etage, Rennes :
Carcass + Enslaved + Amenra + Master’s Hammer (1st show in France) + Vader + Entombed AD + Tormentor (1st show in France) + My Sleeping Karma + Stoned Jesus + Bömbers + The Great Old Ones + Misanthrope + Insanity Alert + The Vintage Caravan + Hexecutor + Somali Yacht Club2023 – 25 years – 2 days at Le Liberté & L’Etage, Rennes :
Emperor + Enslaved + Perturbator + Carpenter Brut + Rotting Christ + Orange Goblin + Saor + Regarde Les Hommes Tomber + The Great Old Ones + In The Woods… + Saturnus + Ho99o9 + Ved Buens Ende + Sepulcre + Pestifer
FUN FACTS
The name “Garmonbozia” comes from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, of whom Fred Chouesne is a huge fan. The “Garmonbozia” having the appearance of a creamed corn is supposed to feed the spirits of the Lodges.
The lizard on our Logo is a reference to Jim Morisson (The Lizard King). THE DOORS is one of Fred’s favourite band of all time.
The first show organized by Fred Chouesne was “Enthroned, Iconoclasm & Darkseid” on February 1998 at the famous “Les Tontons Flingueurs” venue (RIP) in Rennes.
Garmonbozia produced Underground Society’s first album “Dreadful Days” (French Hard Core Band) under the name of Heic Noenum Pax.