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Les Trois Accords

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ3086695 ↗
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Les Trois Accords is a Canadian rock band from Drummondville, Québec. The band released their first album, Gros Mammouth Album, in 2003. In 2004, Gros Mammouth Album Turbo (certified Platinum by the Music Canada) was released with two extra tracks, "Loin d'ici" and "Turbo Sympathique". In 2006, they released their second album, entitled Grand champion international de course (certified Gold by the Music Canada).

History

The band was originally formed in 1997 by Olivier Benoit and Simon Proulx. The band's current members are:

Pierre-Luc Boisvert (Bass; Joined in 2001)

Charles Dubreuil (Drums and percussion; Joined in 2001)

Alexandre Parr (Guitars, vocals; Joined in 1999)

Simon Proulx (Vocalist, guitars)

In September 2005, Les Trois Accords were an opening act for the Rolling Stones in Moncton, New Brunswick. The concert drew an estimated 75,000 spectators.

Founding member Olivier Benoit left in 2009 to become the group's manager.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2003, 2004, 2006, 1997—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1997. The account is most persuasive where Trois, Accords and band can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as band. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3086695. VIAF identifies the subject as 7691155105792376320001. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2003, 2004, 2006 and 1997.

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This entry incorporates text from “Les Trois Accords” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.