Gojira band biography

In the age of hyper production, absolute transparency, overcrowding, the age when everyone is a critic and when it’s almost impossible to please everyone, it’s hard to be a band. A successful band.

A real band in every sense of the word. Bands with a strong attitude, a clear message, and an uncompromising performance are really rare.

Gojira band biography

One of those who managed to satisfy the fine taste of older fans and give younger ones an intelligent, modern metal sound come from France, their name is GOJIRA, and they are ready to climb to the top of the metal world.

Where they belong.

Everything started in 1996 in a garage in the southwest France, in a small town of Bayonne, where brothers Duplantier, Joe (vocals, guitars) and Mario (drums) founded a band with two friends, Christian Andreu (lead guitar) and Alexandre Cornillon (bass).

Hiding behind the name GODZILLA, after the well-known monster of the Japanese cinema, they released four demos ̶