Millionaire

Millionaire is a Belgian indie rock band led by Tim Vanhamel, drawing on influences from stoner rock, indie and industrial rock music.

History

Millionaire was formed in 1999 by former Evil Superstars and dEUS guitarist Tim Vanhamel. In 1998 they recorded their first album, entitled Outside the Simian Flock .

During a concert opening for the Masters of Reality in the SMAK (Ghent) they came to the attention of Josh Homme of the Queens of the Stone Age. Subsequently they were asked to support Queens of the Stone Age on their European and American tours, and have since toured with Muse and Foo Fighters.

In 2005 the band released their second album Paradisiac produced by Josh Homme and finetuned at the studio of fellow Queen of the Stone Age Alain Johannes. Homme has also played guitar with Millionaire for some live performances.

In 2006 Millionaire toured with the Taste Of Chaos 2006 festival in the US.

In 2007, the band contributed two songs to the soundtrack of Belgian film Ex Drummer, "Deep Fish" and a cover of the Devo song "Mongoloid".

In 2008 on December 5th they announced they were working on a new album, more will announced soon

Members

The original line up was:

• Tim Vanhamel, vocals and guitar
• Ben Wijers, guitar
• Dave Schroyen, drums
• Bas Remans, bass guitar
• Aldo Struyf, keyboards

However, guitarist Ben Wijers left the band before the recording sessions for Paradisiac. Aldo Struyf has taken on guitar duty since.

Discography

Albums

• 2001 : Outside the Simian Flock
• 2005 : Paradisiac

Singles

• 2001 : "Body Experience Revue"
• 2002 : "She's a Doll"
• 2002 : "Me Crazy, You Sane"
• 2002 : "Come With You"
• 2003 : "Champagne"
• 2005 : "For a Maid"
• 2005 : "I'm On a High"
• 2006 : "Rise and Fall"
• 2006 : "Ballad of Pure Thought"

Side Projects

Aldo Struyf and Dave Schroyen is in parallell playing in Creature With The Atom Brain

External links

• Official website