Jean Paul Roy

Jean-Paul Roy (born on August 14, 1964 in Civray, Cher) has been the bassist of French rock group Noir Desir since 1996.

Before joining the band, he accompanied Noir Desir on tour as a guitar technician. When the bassist, Frederic Vidalenc, left the group in 1996 to pursue other musical interests, Jean-Paul Roy was naturally chosen as his successor as he was a friend of the group, was able to play both guitar and bass guitar, and knew how to play Noir Desir's songs.

He has played a few songs with Alain Bashung and participated as a bassist on one of the songs of the artist Romain Humeau (who had also written arrangements for the Noir Desir song "Des Visages, Des Figures").

In 2006, he participated in the creation of the soundtrack of the film Enfermes dehors (by Albert Dupontel), accompanied by Noir Desir's drummer, Denis Barthe, under the name Les Hyenes.

Jean-Paul Roy is one of the organisers of the music festival : Les Rendez-vous de Terres Neuves.