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After his baccalaureate, he studied humanities for a year, and, at the same time, did a range of odd jobs, including his spell as a utility man for an FM radio station in Nantes, where his family lived. At around the age of 16, he started up a band, John Merrick, named after the hero of the film The Elephant Man, a cult film from David Lynch.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe foursome recorded around 45 somber, tormented songs and gave a number of concerts in the area around Nantes. Later, with the singer Katerine, he recorded a number of songs, in a different, more upbeat and livelier style.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Dominique+A","playStationPath":"/stations/271750064/play","stationId":271750064,"bioPath":"/music/Dominique+A/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Serge+Gainsbourg","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/43e/43e36610a2f4703878e58b1a244c0cde_md.jpg","artistName":"Serge Gainsbourg","artistId":670,"station_id":113403783},{"musicPath":"/music/Eddy+Mitchell","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/59c/59c47783691e01f32c58a71a01654604_md.jpg","artistName":"Eddy Mitchell","artistId":89474,"station_id":271750067},{"musicPath":"/music/Alain+Bashung","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0e5/0e5ccaf9976f221bc48b9e38716b6c2b_md.jpg","artistName":"Alain Bashung","artistId":11284,"station_id":113874113},{"musicPath":"/music/Keren+Ann","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ba4/ba41b7d19cc75390441d5590aaf19b8c_md.jpg","artistName":"Keren Ann","artistId":79805,"station_id":267613636},{"musicPath":"/music/Noir+Desir","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4d2/4d29663d25ee0dfa1d01be1877cc7d24_md.jpg","artistName":"Noir Désir","artistId":11264,"station_id":113292610},{"musicPath":"/music/Georges+Brassens","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/64f/64ffdb44927e194a145a4c166c082891_md.jpg","artistName":"Georges Brassens","artistId":9856,"station_id":113467151},{"musicPath":"/music/Hubert+Felix+Thiefaine","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fdd/fdd197f6fd29242f6628e7e2ccfa4be9_md.jpg","artistName":"Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine","artistId":89480,"station_id":271750075},{"musicPath":"/music/Bernard+Lavilliers","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0cc/0ccc7196737d0efcae7d4e34ddcbe6be_md.jpg","artistName":"Bernard Lavilliers","artistId":89462,"station_id":271750048},{"musicPath":"/music/Herman+Dune","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/70b/70bd3a44b896f1820ef225800477a386_md.jpg","artistName":"Herman Dune","artistId":101824,"station_id":280763924},{"musicPath":"/music/Michel+Berger","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/26f/26f374d62cde4761f5b8b7c2331e48f1_md.jpg","artistName":"Michel Berger","artistId":114380,"station_id":282639455},{"musicPath":"/music/Brigitte+Fontaine","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c34/c344fd90a8fd77118c55beafef9ab2b0_md.jpg","artistName":"Brigitte Fontaine","artistId":13363,"station_id":115966142},{"musicPath":"/music/Michel+Polnareff","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/23d/23d082f9b7d67cdca50b9ade87e82b20_md.jpg","artistName":"Michel Polnareff","artistId":89485,"station_id":271750082},{"musicPath":"/music/Luke","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9b4/9b4c7705280ea9704795a865837ef1be_md.jpg","artistName":"Luke","artistId":115981,"station_id":282866103},{"musicPath":"/music/Shannon+Wright","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9c6/9c6f6d3b4ba7c88c04cdb9b242df887f_md.jpg","artistName":"Shannon Wright","artistId":10072,"station_id":113463502},{"musicPath":"/music/Louise+Attaque","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/090/0908352a827576797846706e468e23ce_md.jpg","artistName":"Louise Attaque","artistId":100730,"station_id":280763216},{"musicPath":"/music/Daniel+Darc","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5af/5afc60c2428ab24130caf79e28d8f10b_md.jpg","artistName":"Daniel Darc","artistId":89470,"station_id":271750060},{"musicPath":"/music/Benjamin+Biolay","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f75/f75b8cd999962e517dddc5f73a278d89_md.jpg","artistName":"Benjamin Biolay","artistId":53270,"station_id":249878859},{"musicPath":"/music/Leo+Ferre","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/087/087f08c4a1e9181ba47cd88703e9143b_md.jpg","artistName":"Léo Ferré","artistId":9713,"station_id":114231711}]}