Pierre Garand, more commonly known by his stage name Garou, made his name
playing the character Quasimodo in the stage musical 'Notre-Dame de Paris' in
the Palais de congrès de Paris. As a child, Garou learned the piano and guitar
and then as a teenager played the trumpet in a Canadian military band. His first
band Windows and Doors was with school friends, and in the mid-1990s he set up
his own band The Untouchables. Alongside his day job, he busked in the streets
of Montreal, performing in bars and clubs in the evenings. He was spotted
playing in a club by music executive Luc P...