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Water on Mars is a psychedelic rock and electronic music group from Quebec City, Québec, Canada. The music trio is led by Philippe Navarro, guitarist, vocalist, arranger, producer, principal lyricist, and music composer. The founding members of the band, to which have been added many collaborators, are: *Sylvain Harvey, drums *Benoit L’Allier, bass *Philippe Navarro, guitars, vocals ==The learning years== Born in Labrador City, Newfoundland, Canada, Navarro spent his childhood in a mining town he would later describe as "a lunar base".〔Philippe Navarro, ''Delphes'', Québec, ESH, 2005. p. 262.〕 His parents settled North after his father obtained an electrician's job. The bare landscapes and the infinite skies were an unmistakable inspiration. Navarro, an autodidact, learns the guitar as a child and builds his first electric guitar from a gutted open-reel deck.〔Québec Info Musique (www.qim.com)〕 In 1989, his exile "down south", first brings him at the Cégep de Jonquière, then, in 1994, to Université Laval, where he obtains a post graduate degree in political sciences. He becomes a speechwriter for the government of Quebec. He penned many speeches on the "cultural diversity" issue for the Parti Québécois government.〔Alain Brunet, "De l'eau sur Mars, de la musique dans l'infosphère", in ''La Presse'', Montreal, January 15, 2006.〕 He also works for André Boisclair, then leader of the official Opposition. The acute polemist he is publishes many op-ed pieces in the Montreal newspapers. Meant as a political hara-kiri, a particular stand against his former boss the very day of the announcement of his candidacy to the leadership race of the PQ,〔Philippe Navarro, "Un candidat tiède", in ''La Presse'', Montreal, June 17, 2005; Michel David, "Le spectre de PMJ", in ''Le Devoir'', Montreal, June 18, 2005.〕 stirs the political scene. From 1995 through 1998, Navarro pursues his career as guitarist from Bathurst to Vancouver. Fully living a "musical expedition" (Dylan), he explores the americana palette with his Fender Stratocaster in short-lived bands : Jakes and the Snakes (blues-rock), Aon (Celtic), Anasazi (funk-prog). He was also a busker and jammed with bluesman Carl Tremblay. For the sheer fun of the experience, but also out of respect for Syd Barrett and Roger Waters's band, he plays with Silence, Quebec's longest running arena-size Pink Floyd tribute band. However, already marked for life by Bob Dylan, it is the discovery of Nick Drake's repertoire that will inspire the next step. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Water on Mars (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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