Sin is a French industrial rock band founded in 1993 and hailing from Melun, a suburb of Paris.
The band released their first album in 1998. A second album followed in 2002.
In 2003, an album of remixes and previously unreleased tracks revisited by, among others, Oomph! was released.
Many of their tracks have been featured in the video games V-Rally 2 & Need for Speed: Underground 2; a Paco Rabanne advertising campaign for the perfume XS, directed by Bruno Aveillan; and on the soundtracks of films The Crow 3: Salvation, Transporter 2, Lovers, Les Aliénés, Dédales.
In november 2007 (on their official forum), the band annouced that a 3rd album was in preparation (but it remains unreleased to this day), along with a change of line-up, Kyrill Nikitin replacing Damien Barquero on guitar.
Singer Franck Renou tragically died on May 21, 2010 at the age of 35 from a road accident.
The band's last release was a DVD of their live/documentary film "K3" in 2011, which was filmed in Kazakhstan and included a number of performances from their last 2008–2009 tour. A digital only live album called "K3 (Music excerpted from)" was released simultaneously.
Line up:
Franck Renou (†) - vocals
Vincent "Vince" Brunello - keyboards, samples
Kyrill Nikitine - guitar (replaced Damien Barquero after his departure)
Past members :
Damien Barquero - guitar
David Bazelaire - vocals
Alain St-Germain - drums
Boris Plault - drums