Sometimes in 1988

Recording: 'French fly'
Recording:
Recording: 'Mr Crowley'
Recording:
Recording: 'Melissa'
Recording:
Recording: 'Cadavre exquis' (version 1 & 2)
One-eyed Jack - P: Dude.

Inspired by Van Halen’s ‘Spanish fly’, 'French fly' is just a silly tapping acoustic piece. Nothing serious is intended here. I’m always keen on doing covers of tunes I like that a lot, and the two following tracks are no exception. On the Mercyful Fate's ‘Melissa', I home-overdubbed the guitar solo and also added a bit of vocal. And, as I said elsewhere, King Diamond’s vocals were, and still are, a wonder to my ears. This recording has been released in 1998 in Dude Remembers - volume 3.
As for 'Cadavre exquis', the title of this track explains it all. As you all know, a cadavre exquis is a method used by the french surréalistes in the beginning of the 20th century to compose poetry. It required at least two people. On a piece of paper, the first participant writes down a sentence, anything he wants. He then folds the top of the sheet so that the next person cannot see what has been written. He then passes the paper to the next person, telling him the last word he used, the next person then writes a second sentence which rime with the last word of the first person. He folds the sheet again and passes it to the next participant. At the end, the sheet is deployed, and a totally unexpected poem appear. Botl and I used to do this a lot in school, during English lessons. This track is based on one of these texts. I didn’t write any music for it. I only improvised chords and melody on the fly. This recording has been released in 1997 in Dude Remembers - volume 2.

Sometimes in AUGUST 1988

Recording: 'Black funeral'
Recording:
Recording: 'A dangerous meeting'
Recording:
One-eyed Jack's living room - afternoon - P: Dude.

My parents were on vacation so I had the whole house free for two weeks. I brought downstairs all the sound equipement and my records and started to play out these raw tracks, with full amp volume and high saturation. My first attempt was to recreate the wonderful high vocal harmonies of King Diamond within home-overdubbing. Eventually, I did the guitar and the synth notes too.

Sometimes in JULY 1988

Recording: 'Early noises'
Recording:
Hervé's parents garage -  Present: Dude, Hervé F. P: Dude.

This is deep in the foundations of 'RAINBOW WARRIOR', where wrong notes and horrible singing were even more present. This took place in Hervé's garage, in summer. You probably won't recognise them, but three songs are embodied into this track:

-Anarchy in the UK by the Sex Pistols
-A tale that wasn't right by Helloween
-For whom the bell tolls by Metallica

Sometimes in JULY 1988

Recording: 'This, a blues?'
Recording:
Pierre's room -  Present: Dude, Pierre B. P: Dude.

This was recorded in Pierre's room, and is just pure spontaneity.