Where can i find out about garou's family ?

Question

it for a school project (his real name is pierre garand an he is form quebec canada)

Answer 1

Have you tried doing a google search for information about him, or you could redirect your question to the homework forum.

Answer 2

Garou, is a Québécois singer born as Pierre Garand on June 26, 1972 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

He got started as Quasimodo, the Hunchback of Notre-Dame de Paris. A funny introduction onto the scene for this tall young man with light eyes and raspy voice who knew right away how to capture the public's heart. Solo, he took the road of pop music, guided by Celine Dion's Rene. The trumpets of fame should therefore ring loud and strong for Garou.

Born on June 26th, 1972 in Sherbrook, a town in the Estrie region of Quebec, Garou produced his first notes as early as three years old. His childhood was basked in music. His father, a guitarist in his free time, bought Garou his first guitar and at five, our little Pierre Garand had mastered the piano. Following this he discovered the organ. Garou demonstrated a certain and marked interest for music. All this made one believe in a gift, an innate talent. At family gatherings every occasion was a pretext to sing.

During his adolescence, Garou went to a conservative junior high school where discipline prevailed. Around the age of fourteen, when adolescence started to kick in, our boy who was first in the class turned into an unsuspected rebel. His trumpet teacher kicked him out of class, furious about Garou's too frequent clownish behaviour. Nothing could stop him, music didn't leave him even after all that. He joined his school band Windows & Doors, as guitarist. Garou went on stage for the first time in the auditorium of this same school and filled the place. This was his first success and confirmation of his joy through music. He sang Beatles' songs. His beautiful voice full of emotion and rebellion resembled more that of Paul McCartney before reaching maturity which would transform it into a raspy, full and heartrending sound which attracts his fans today. All of this took place barely ten years before his life-changing meeting with Luc Plamondon and Richard Cocciante.

At the beginning of the Nineties, Garou joined the Canadian army as a trumpetist in the marching band. This lover of horns was noticed more for his attitude of a troubadour singing of love and peace than the disciplined cadet with polished boots. Three years later, our employee of a hundred jobs became a grape picker, a mover, a salesman in a fashion boutique etc.

After work he was often found playing the guitar in the bars of his hometown or playing for people on the streets at three in the morning. His pleasure was contagious, passers-by stood around him tapping their feet, and singing along. Our night owl lived for the moment, played in the Montreal metro and would adapt his repertoire to the passers-by with a selection as eclectic as Charles Aznavour, the s*x Pistols, and even children's songs. His visionary friends predicted a big career for Garou but he thought they were crazy.

In the middle of the Nineties, when he was attending a friend's show in a bar, someone invited him to sing as a special guest. The owner of the establishment hired him on the spot. Garou then did his first solo show, guitar slung across his shoulder, not a care in the world and full of overwhelming enthusiasm. Shortly afterwards, Garou's Sundays quickly became the most popular evening at the Liquor Store of Magog, near Sherbrooke. He then formed the group The Untouchables, who would later accompany him on his "Seul" tour.

Quasimodo

In summer of '97, his future would be decided when a certain Luc Plamondon, who had a summer residence in the region, went to their show and believed to have found the one who could inhabit the complex and uncommon character of Quasimodo. He invited him right away to an audition for Notre-Dame de Paris. Richard Cocciante played the first few notes of Belle, Luc Plamondon and Richard Cocciante looked at each other virtually blown away by the obvious which was in front of their eyes and ears-they had just found Quasimodo. We know the rest of the story of Notre-Dame de Paris. Its debuts at the Palais des Congres in Paris in 1998 were followed by a tour of France. He even portrayed the role of Quasimodo in the English version given in London during the summer of 2000.

Having already been on the French and Quebecois stages, Garou started off a tour in both regions with a stint at the Olympia in Paris for six concerts in April 2001. His success is immense. His popularity is at its peak. At 29, Garou is an artist who has all that he could wish for.

Then in July, his partner Ulrika, who used to be a model, gave birth to a baby daughter, but Garou is always very discreet about his private life.