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unusual facts about French rock


French rock

It was during this period that a few other variety music artists - Catherine Ribeiro, Jacques Higelin, Bernard Lavilliers and others - flirted with rock, but without completely changing over.



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Andrée Chedid

Andrée Chedid is the grandmother of the French rock star -M- (Louis Chedid's son) for whom she has contributed song lyrics including that of Bonoboo on the album Je dis aime.

Chedid

Matthieu Chedid (born 1971), French rock singer-songwriter and guitar player

Marie Trintignant

Marie Trintignant died aged 41 of a cerebral edema on 1 August 2003 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, as a result of being repeatedly punched by her boyfriend Bertrand Cantat, lead singer with the French rock group, Noir Désir.

Mr. lab!

Mr lab! is a French rock group, founded in Paris in 2002, by a French musician Yves Labbe, in whose honor and named group.

Noxious Enjoyment

The members are ex-members of French rock groups: Daniel and Phil ( Guitar and Bass formerly of Lofofora), Kshoo (ex vocalist for Dirty District) and Maya (Drums formerly of Sarkasein).

Pierrick Lilliu

Pierrick Lilliu, born 13 July 1986, is a French rock-singer living in Brittany and was born in Mulhouse, Alsace from a Sardinian father.

Qui de nous deux

The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 97th greatest French rock album (out of 100).

Roman-photos

Roman-photos (Fotonovelas) is the debut album by French rock musician Alain Bashung, released in 1977 through Barclay Records.

Venin

Crache Ton Venin, the second album by French rock band Téléphone, released in 1979

Works Volume 1

"C'est la Vie" was covered in 1978 in French language by French rock singer Johnny Hallyday, with lyrics "Tant pis... C'est la Vie", in 1985 in Bosnian language by Bosnian-born Serbian singer Zdravko Čolić with lyrics "Ruška", and in 1995 in Serbian language by pop-folk group Divlji kesten with lyrics "Svrati po nekad"