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Vic Du Monte's Persona Non Grata band

Vic Du Monte's Persona Non Grata

Biography

Vic du Monte also known as Chris Cockrell grew up in the California desert and began his musical career at the end of the eighties when he formed Sons of Kyuss with school friends John Garcia, Josh Homme, and Brant Bjork who went on to become the stoner rock band Kyuss. After Kyuss, he went on to forge his own identity as Vic du Monte fronting a classic desert generator band called Solarfeast.

He relocated to Chicago in the mid-nineties where he lived hard and fast writing a catalogue of rock n roll classics. These songs eventually became standards for his turn-of-the-century act Vic du Monte’s Idiot Prayer, which he formed upon his return to California. Idiot Prayer quickly began to take hold in Los Angeles building momentum with a series of well-attended live shows resulting in the Prey for the City LP, released on Duna Records in 2005. With impending tours, an updated lineup, and signing with Cargo Records also came the name change from Idiot Prayer to Persona Non Grata. Except for a brief stint in 2007 fronting desert band Man Bites Dog, Vic has since been writing, recording, and touring his Idiot Prayer and Persona Non Grata releases. Along with Cockrell, the stalwart members of Vic Du Monte's Persona Non Grata are James Childs (Airbus), Sargon Dooman (Black On Sunshine), and Alfredo Hernández (Kyuss, QOTSA).

 

Vic sings, plays guitar, piano, and the blues harp. He lives in Berlin and makes special appearances and tours throughout Europe.​ In 2016, he was one of the narrators for Jörg Steineck's cult stoner-rock documentary "LO Sound Desert".

ORIGINAL LINEUP

Chris Vic Du Monte Cockrell | guitar, vocals

Alfredo Hernández | drums

James Childs | bass, keys, guitar, backing vocals

Sargon Dooman | guitar, backing vocals

 

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