The continuing adventures of Cool Breeze and Freedom: "No man, I'm not overdosing, I'm just laying down in the grass, okay?" . . . .
The Bon Mots' second full length record, "Forty Days and Forty Nights with The Bon Mots" was released September 28th, 2007, with a sold out show at The Hideout.
In 2000, Michigan-bred veterans Mike Coy and Eric Chial, whose groups Big Angry Fish and Mitch recorded for
Chicago collective Beluga Records in the ‘90s formed The Bon Mots.
They brought in Mike’s long-time drummer Kevin Hoetger, who in turn brought in multi-instrumentalist Chris Frantisak,
playing in Light FM and Urge Overkill at the time, to play keys.
The group recorded their debut le Main Drag in 2002 with Neal Ostrovsky (drummer for The Webb Brothers
(Warner UK) at his B-Side Audio studio in Chicago. Following Kevin’s move to Austin, Texas in 2002, Jason Styx hit
skins for the group at many shows until Neal took over as the group’s permanent drummer in 2004.
Released in late 2003, le Main Drag received significant national college and commercial radio play.
The group’s strong songwriting, mid-sixties informed spooky jangle, and British mod and New Zealand pop influences
garnered glowing reviews in SPIN, All Music Guide, Amplifier, Big Takeover, USA Today, Chicago Reader and New City, Portland’s Dagger, F5-Wichita, and the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times, among many others.
The Bon Mots have performed on bills with Bob Mould, The Church, Son Volt, The Minders, The Smithereens, ? and the Mysterians, The Redwalls, Wheat, The Waco Brothers, and many other great bands, and were invited to play the BMI Stage at Lollapalooza in August 2006.
Out now: “Forty Days and Forty Nights with the Bon Mots”. Seven tracks penned by Mike, and six by Eric—making greater use of vocal harmonies, and lusher, more involved instrumental arrangements along with liberal doses of Rickenbacker 12-string.
