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| Elie Bertrand Band: Harbinger Drummer |
I was born on December 25th 1989 at Granby’s
hospital and I grew up in Chambly, a suburb of
Montreal, Quebec. I began playing drums I was 5
years old. Both of my parents are musicians and
they always loved to introduce my little sister and
I to all the different kind of arts. They took us to
tons of concerts, we would go to museums often
and of course listened to a whole lot of music.
Growing up I also took ballet for a while, I was
part of a theatre company but really music was
more my thing.
I had the chance to take drum lessons from the
very beginning. In grade 5 up to secondary 2, I
joined a music program where I would go to
school in the morning and learn music during the
afternoon. We had tons of different classes; we
had choir, theory classes, music history classes, I
was also taught to play flute, we had composition
classes and tons of other awesome courses. I
learned different styles of drumming, from jazz to
latin, blues and pop but really my hart was always
for rock music.
At 14 years old, I left the music program because
I wanted to focus more on drumming. That same
year I also joined my first pro band. It was a blues
and classic rock cover band. We played
everything from Joe Cocker to ZZ Top. I learned
A LOT with those guys. They were all amazing
musicians and I was just the little kid coming in
the group. They really took me under their wing
and taught me everything I needed to know to
become a professional musician. Still to this day,
I turn to them for advices.
During my last 3 years of secondary school, I was
involved in every single music projects at my
school. I played drums in every school shows and
for my graduation year my best friends and I put
together the award show at the end of the year. It
was so awesome. I loved being part of all the
aspects of the production. We had to audition all
the musicians and singers, to choose the songs,
to write the texts, develop the decor and the
concepts, etc. It was a blast.
Those 3 years were also very important because
it’s pretty much when my professional career
began. I played tons of shows with a few different
cover bands and I also joined a percussion troop
called Insolita. I played different types of gigs;
corporate events, festivals including Ottawa’s
Winterlude, Mont Tremblant’s International Blues
Festival and Montreal’s Jazz Festival, I also
played a few TV shows including TVA’s On n’a
pas toute la soirée and Vrak TV’s Karv l’Anti-
Gala and tons of cool club gigs.
In July 2007 right after my prom night, I moved to
Toronto to join a hard rock band called Scarlet
Sins. We toured Canada together and played a
couple of shows in the US. We played some huge
events such as Hard Rock’s Pinktober show, the
Sarnia BayFest where we were direct support for
Motley Crue, we also played a Molson’s Mega
Keg Party, St-Thomas’s Summer Blast, Seattle’s
PowerBox Festival, Pearl drums’ Ultimate Drum
Camp and we had the chance to share the stage
with some massive acts such as Cryptopsy, Kittie,
The Trews, Vixen just to name a few. The band
got amazing reviews in multiple rock metals
magazines and blogs all around the world. The
first full-length album got onto the 2008 Grammy
Awards’ short lists. We did all of that
independently. Let me tell you that to this day
this band was definitively one of the best
experiences of my life.
In November 2009 after Scarlet Sins decided to
go separate ways, I moved back to Montreal and
ever since I have been playing independently
with different artists. For more information on
when and where I'm playing visit www.
eliebertrand.com for all the latest news!
"Flash Point"
"Elie and Scarlet Sins founder and lead guitarist,
Cristina Bishop, are forming a new band. “Cris
and I are especially close and we missed each
other so much. We’re really excited to be
reunited” says Bertrand."
hospital and I grew up in Chambly, a suburb of
Montreal, Quebec. I began playing drums I was 5
years old. Both of my parents are musicians and
they always loved to introduce my little sister and
I to all the different kind of arts. They took us to
tons of concerts, we would go to museums often
and of course listened to a whole lot of music.
Growing up I also took ballet for a while, I was
part of a theatre company but really music was
more my thing.
I had the chance to take drum lessons from the
very beginning. In grade 5 up to secondary 2, I
joined a music program where I would go to
school in the morning and learn music during the
afternoon. We had tons of different classes; we
had choir, theory classes, music history classes, I
was also taught to play flute, we had composition
classes and tons of other awesome courses. I
learned different styles of drumming, from jazz to
latin, blues and pop but really my hart was always
for rock music.
At 14 years old, I left the music program because
I wanted to focus more on drumming. That same
year I also joined my first pro band. It was a blues
and classic rock cover band. We played
everything from Joe Cocker to ZZ Top. I learned
A LOT with those guys. They were all amazing
musicians and I was just the little kid coming in
the group. They really took me under their wing
and taught me everything I needed to know to
become a professional musician. Still to this day,
I turn to them for advices.
During my last 3 years of secondary school, I was
involved in every single music projects at my
school. I played drums in every school shows and
for my graduation year my best friends and I put
together the award show at the end of the year. It
was so awesome. I loved being part of all the
aspects of the production. We had to audition all
the musicians and singers, to choose the songs,
to write the texts, develop the decor and the
concepts, etc. It was a blast.
Those 3 years were also very important because
it’s pretty much when my professional career
began. I played tons of shows with a few different
cover bands and I also joined a percussion troop
called Insolita. I played different types of gigs;
corporate events, festivals including Ottawa’s
Winterlude, Mont Tremblant’s International Blues
Festival and Montreal’s Jazz Festival, I also
played a few TV shows including TVA’s On n’a
pas toute la soirée and Vrak TV’s Karv l’Anti-
Gala and tons of cool club gigs.
In July 2007 right after my prom night, I moved to
Toronto to join a hard rock band called Scarlet
Sins. We toured Canada together and played a
couple of shows in the US. We played some huge
events such as Hard Rock’s Pinktober show, the
Sarnia BayFest where we were direct support for
Motley Crue, we also played a Molson’s Mega
Keg Party, St-Thomas’s Summer Blast, Seattle’s
PowerBox Festival, Pearl drums’ Ultimate Drum
Camp and we had the chance to share the stage
with some massive acts such as Cryptopsy, Kittie,
The Trews, Vixen just to name a few. The band
got amazing reviews in multiple rock metals
magazines and blogs all around the world. The
first full-length album got onto the 2008 Grammy
Awards’ short lists. We did all of that
independently. Let me tell you that to this day
this band was definitively one of the best
experiences of my life.
In November 2009 after Scarlet Sins decided to
go separate ways, I moved back to Montreal and
ever since I have been playing independently
with different artists. For more information on
when and where I'm playing visit www.
eliebertrand.com for all the latest news!
"Flash Point"
"Elie and Scarlet Sins founder and lead guitarist,
Cristina Bishop, are forming a new band. “Cris
and I are especially close and we missed each
other so much. We’re really excited to be
reunited” says Bertrand."
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