A 3 Dans Les WC

Spring 1978, St Quentin, the band A 3 Dans Les WC is formed after a punk concert: Reno (vocals), Janine (keyboards), Eric (bass), Gégène (drums) and Jeannot (guitar), playing a punk rock full of keyboards and distortion, -think of Velvet Underground, Devo, Stranglers...

Attracted by the noise, a concert organiser, offers them to open a rock festival where Bijou, Starshooter, Téléphone will perform. At the end of 78 they self-produced their first single: 'Contagion', took part in the first French punk compilation: '125 Grammes De 33 1/3 Tours'.

At the beginning of the 80's they sign with CBS, rename themselves WC3, record a single, 'Captain' Valium' and a 6-track maxi: 'Poupée Be.Bop'. In 82 they release the album 'Moderne Musique' and replace the drummer by a drum machine. In 83 they play with The Lords of the New Church. They self-destructed in 1984 on the first date of their tour after the release of their most accomplished and most sulphurous album: 'La Machine Infernale'. 

In 2006 the label Seventeen (Metal Urbain, Guilty Razors, MKB) re-released the first single 'Contagion' + the first unreleased demos of the band remastered in the form of a CD. The track "Contagion" will be part of the 'BIPPP' compilation of French synth-punk bands of the 80's. [SOURCE: NORDWAVES]