Roy and the Devil's Motorcycle

Roy and the Devil's Motorcycle

Roy and the Devil's Motorcycle are a Swiss group made up of three mountain brothers who play guitar together most Sundays. They begin by performing covers of garage punk and old blues songs, before developing their own distorted material in the early 1990s.

Recording history

The band signs to Swiss label Voodoo Rhythm Records a few years after forming. Their 1998 release Forgotten Million Sellers combines high-energy garage rock, experimental passages and noisy outbursts. The record later gets reissued. A short release, Black Swan at Christmas, follows in 2004, and Because of Women arrives in 2006.

Later developments

In 2009, Alain from Neuchâtel group Come n' Go, also associated with Voodoo Rhythm, joins on percussion, vocals and harmonica. His addition gives the group a looser, groovier sound while keeping the raw edge. The third album, Tell It to the People, reflects this change. The band records, produces, mixes and edits its material itself.