2024-01-29 03:00:00
If the brothers Jonathan and Éloi Painchaud are fully flourishing today with the group Salebarbes, they experienced a slow period at the start of their career, while their group Okoumé was gaining popularity.
The brothers, who left their hometown of Madelinot barely out of adolescence to make a living from their music, did not reap the fruits of their labor right away. “We lived on nothing and half stole from grocery stores,” said Éloi Painchaud, Sunday evening, during the first episode of the new season of The true nature.
Éloi Painchaud and Kevin McIntyre during their appearance on the show “La vérité nature”. Photo provided by TVA
“I remember, there are five of us in a place where you get three hot dogs for $1 and we hear our song Don’t tell me that who plays in strong rotation. “It’s in the top 10…” the singer mentioned before his brother continued.
“I borrowed $5 from my roommate and bought $5 worth of hot dogs for the gang. We are there, eating our hot dogs, and there it is; we’re like: “OK, that’s how it is feel be a rock-star”», raised Jonathan, in the middle of preparing lobster rolls.
The group then quickly gained momentum in Quebec, selling more than 150,000 copies of its first opus, in addition to being invited on all the TV sets of the time, notably on Fury.
“Okoumé’s first album is an extremely naive album. These are songs of kids. We listen to it and we sound like kidswe speak like kidswe write like kids…,” described Jonathan Painchaud, surrounded by his colleagues from Salebarbes, at Jean-Philippe Dion’s chalet.
“I was made has-been»
After the separation of Okoumé – which occurred following the release of the second opus – Jonathan Painchaud, who was trying to break through as a solo artist, was told by a music programming director of a major radio station that his music belonged to the passed and would never be played on the airwaves once more.
Jonathan and Éloi Painchaud, Kevin McIntyre, George Belliveau, Jean-François Breau and Jean-Philippe Dion during the first meeting of the new season of “La vérité nature”, which brought together the Salebarbes group at the host’s chalet. Photo provided by TVA
“I said to myself: ‘My career is over… I’m going to go to the gym to digest this…’,” said the songwriter. It was also this period of his life that gave him the ammunition to write the song Push, pushand which allowed him to re-enter radio stations.
“I was especially happy not to have to look for another avenue, because I don’t know how to do anything else,” he then responded to Jean-Philippe Dion.
Find yourself thanks to Salebarbes
Before forming Salebarbes, the five members of the group – George Belliveau, Jean-François Breau, Kevin McIntyre, Éloi Painchaud, Jonathan Painchaud – all had a moment in their respective solo careers where they put a veil on their personality to taste the success.
Today, Salebarbes, which was crowned group of the year at ADISQ in 2022, allows them to present themselves without artifice, to reconnect with their roots and their dialects.
“I’ve never seen Jo so happy. Dirtybears, it does something to Jo that is on the order of euphoria,” said Éloi regarding his brother.
The true nature is presented on Sunday evening following The voice and can be caught up on TVA+.
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