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Biography : Exocet (FRA)

September 1996 - Birth of Exocet in Avignon (south east of France) with Jérôme on drums and Greg on vocals.
Winter 1996/1997 - Arrival of Seb and Bovy, both guitarists.

June 1997 - Arrival of Matthias playing the bass.

July 1997 - Bovy is fired.

Semptember 1997 - First composition with "Le Fleuve Noir" written by Seb.

December 1997 - First show in Miramas (south of France) playing Metallica and AC DC covers.

Summer 1998 - First recording sessions with the autoproduced demo "Instants De Mélancolie" with 3 tracks.

September 1998 - Arrival of Thomas playing the guitar.

Winter 1998/1999 - New recording sessions for "Instants De Mélancolie" with a fourth song "La Forêt de la Malédiction".

April 1999 - Official release of "Instants De Mélancolie" on tape.

Autumn 1999 - Seb quits due to different musical orientation with the rest o the band
Winter 1999/2000 - Thomas quits due to different musical orientation too. Matthias becomes guitar player
Spring 2000 - More compositions in a more agressive style with the new line-up : Jérôme on drums, Greg on vocals and Matthias on guitar.

August 2000 - Beginning of new recording sessions for "Moon's Eye" at Matthias' home studio.

Januray 2001 - End of recording sessions for "Moon's Eye" with 6 new tracks.
Autumn 2001 - Arrival of Julien playing the bass.

December 2002 - Jérôme annonces he will have to quit the band for professionnal reasons.

Winter 2002/2003 - Recording sessions for "Exosecte", the third and last demo.

Summer 2003 - Exocet split-up.

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