SUPERMASSIVE QUAzAR BIO

SQ is literally a one-man musical army. Led by Dominic Lamarre, who by the time he was 34 years old, recorded more than 300 songs, from cool ROCK to very radio-friendly POP to great BALLADS to orchestrated INSTRUMENTALS to indie SOUNDTRACK to just about anything you can imagine.

Growing up with a keen hear, his roots were soaked into CLASSICAL music, ROCK and POP greats like THE BEATLES, QUEEN, PAT BENATAR, DURAN DURAN and also (gasp!) ABBA (not even afraid to admit it the least!). Inspired by a wide number of artists and styles – from NIRVANA, SMASHING PUMPKINS, GREEN DAY, TRAIL OF DEAD, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE and RADIOHEAD to metal’s finest OPETH to lesser known geniuses like AKIRA YAMAOKA and sElf, always admiring a great female voice/female-fronted band like WITHIN TEMPTATION, NINA GORDON, XANDRIA, AFTER FOREVER, SANDRINE, videogame music guru NUBUO UEMTASU as well as magnificent composer such as DANNY ELFMAN, JERRY GOLDSMITH And JOHN WILLIAMS.

Self-taught, Dominic had never touched a guitar until he saw NIRVANA’s UNPLUGGED in April 1994. Then bought a friend’s cheap acoustic guitar (who had electric strings on it, a trademark he carries to this very day) for 60$, had another write basic guitar chords on a piece of paper, and then started writing songs the day after.

Then came HAPPIER THAN YOU, in 1997. His first band. Something special between 4 friends at the time but that never truly came to fruition. He decided to pursue on his own, creating (properly) SUPERMASSIVE QUAzAR, in 2006. But SQ wasn’t meant to only be a band of one. It was meant to be a musical industry by itself. 300+ songs (recorded, 600+ written) in a mere 6 years is just too much for one band to handle. Plus since SUPERMASSIVE QUAzAR (band) is more into heavy-rock-melodic-pop, not all songs could fit into this category (though to explore musically is a motto nevertheless).

Aside for his publishing deal, many, many recordings and the soundtrack for indie film “DECADENCE PSYCHOTIQUE’, he also joined forces briefly with one of the band members of HAPPIER THAN YOU in 2008 and created a little side project (that created about 20-25 recordings in one year, still) named TEARS OF HEL.

PULzE, SUPERMASSIVE QUAzAR’s first self-produced album was released in 2008.

More to come...

REZA's other pages :

• REZA on Myspace
• REZA on Amie Street
• REZA on Sound Click
• REZA on MP3.com
• REZA on WAT
• REZA on Last.fm

BIO

* January 2004
Songwriter REZA starts recording some of his songs using a small pocket machine at his place in Paris.

* April 2004
Writer and close friend Sotiris living in Birmingham-England sends a poem called "somebody else’s paradise" to REZA. This is the beginning of an important collaboration. REZA will compose and sing about twenty songs composed on Sotiris poems in the following couple of years.

* January 2005
Back from Birmingham-England where he’s been working on new songs with Sotiris, REZA starts looking for musicians to record these songs and play them live.

* Summer 2005
The team is ready : REZA + Stephane (ex-SevenHate lead guitar) + Ghislain + Gautier. 6 songs are recorded by Grégory Fradin at his own studio in Poitiers. One of them is I'm your man, a cover of L. Cohen's song.

* November 2005
First EP: Somebody else's songs is out. It has the famous red octopus on its cover ! Spring 2006 REZA on stage in Paris in small venues like: POP IN, le Kitch’up, le cannibale, l’espace B, le café de la plage, etc. Cello player Julien joins the band !

* Summer 2006
It’s time to work on the first LP. 13 songs recorded by Gregory Fradin in the middle of nowhere in an old abandoned house in la Vienne. November 2006 Second EP: Flying girl is out including some of the songs from the LP recording session. Flying girl, remake, etc. Some of the songs are broadcasted by indie radio programs: planet claire radio aligre, indepen-dance radio pulsar, radio Neo, radio campus paris, etc. The EP has also good reviews in specialized webzines: indie rock mag, indie pop rock, froggy’s delight, etc.

* January 2007
New Paris tour on stage: le Klub, en marge, kitch’up, pomme d’Eve, etc. The LP mixes are getting ready, REZA is now part of the French Toast music collective together with bands like New Pretoria, The Chiltons or Saïbu ...

* April 2007
First LP broken kite is to be out, new gigs comming soon !.

•  All of the tracks
•  Great indie folk ballad
• a great indie folk song
•  Do the Swim!

My name is scott b. and I am the Worthing. I live in San Francisco, but thanks to sites like Insomnia Radio, LastFM, and of course Myspace I have found friends and fans in places as far away Germany & Japan. I hope to find new friends/fans here as well... Thanks for stopping by. Full bio below:

"In a world that's full of wholes…"

So states one of the lines in the Worthing's song 'The Picture Show.' To singer/songwriter Scott Basta that line means much more than just the irony it evokes. "I write songs about acceptance... And often times accepting things for how they are is a painful process. Like existing just outside the whole of life."

While the Worthing's music is rich in dark expression of emotional turmoil, upon further exploration the listener finds the songs are really more about the life within us and innocence in a world that does it's best to take it from you. Scott traveled extensively across America in his late teens and early 20's trying to find the place that he could best fit into to. "No matter where I was I always had at the very least an acoustic guitar to keep me sane. I have always felt like the odd man out in most social situations... I think my songwriting reflects that." Indeed, most of The Worthing's songs are works that anyone who has ever felt lost in life can relate to. They are songs are about dealing with a world that we truly don't understand but are doing the best we can to adapt as we move along day to day.

Scott first began writing songs at an early age and ultimately ended up in San Francisco where he met other like minded individuals and formed a band called The Innocents. As often happens in the early stages of a musical group, members came and went, but all the while Scott was writing music with the same insistent sound... After a time the name of the group changed to The Worthing but the sounds remained the same. Now, with The Worthing at a full creative throttle Scott feels he just may have found a 'Whole' that he can fit into.