Christian Andreu

Christian Andreu
@ Hellfest 2013
Background information
Born	(1976-11-15) November 15, 1976
Genres	Groove metal, progressive metal, death metal
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1996-present
Labels	Gabriel Editions Boycott Records Next Music Listenable Records Prosthetic Records Roadrunner Records
Associated acts	Familha Artús Gojira

Christian Roger Andreu (born November 15, 1976) is a French musician who is the guitarist of Gojira and was the guitarist for Familha Artús.

Music

Christian Andreu's influences include bands such as Morbid Angel, Metallica, Death, Slayer, Tool and classical music. His favorite bands are Metallica, Tool, La Tordue, Barbara, Jacques Brel, Brassens...^[1]

He was also in a band called Familha Artús in 2007.^[2]

Equipment^[3]

Guitars

• Jackson RR1t
• Jackson RR Custom (with ”G” inlay on 12th fret)
• Jackson RR5
• Gibson Explorer (on The Link Alive)

Amplifiers and Cabinets

• EVH 5150 III 100 watt HEAD (L’enfant Sauvage – Now)
• EVH 5150 III 4×12 Cab (Christian has started using EVH in 2009 on Gojira’s first headlining tour in US)
• Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier (Terra Incognita – The Link)
• Peavey 6505+, 6505, 5150, 5150 II (From Mars to Sirius – The Way of All flesh)

Pedals

• Boss TU-2
• MXR Smart-Gate
• MXR Carbon Copy Delay

Note: Before deal with Dunlop, he was using Boss NS-2

Discography

With Gojira

as Godzilla

• Victim (demo, 1996)
• Possessed (demo, 1997)
• Saturate (demo, 1999)
• Wisdom Comes (demo, 1999)

as Gojira

• Terra Incognita (full-length, 2001)
• Maciste All'Inferno (EP, 2003)
• The Link (full-length, 2003)
• Indians (single, 2003)
• The Link Alive (live, 2004)
• From Mars to Sirius (full-length, 2005)
• The Way of All Flesh (full-length, 2008)
• End of Time (single, 2011)
• The Flesh Alive (live, 2012)
• L'Enfant Sauvage (single, 2012)
• Liquid Fire (single, 2012)
• L'Enfant Sauvage (full-length, 2012)
• Explosia (single, 2012)

With Familha Artús

• Òrb (2007)

References