French rock

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When talking about French rock in the greater sense, it is a form of rock music produced primarily in France, but also in other European francophone countries.

One of the difficulties for French rock has been that, during the 1960s and 1970s, it was a copy of variety music, contrary to the English Easy listening music which was the primary source of money in the French music scene at the time.

In the yé-yé period of the 1960s, the groups were satisified with simply singing, without any great imagination or adaption and without offending a very conservative public, the songs of successful American and British artists. At this time, when English speakers spoke of French rock, it was Johnny Hallyday they spoke of.

In the next decade, the 1970s, France saw the arrival of Alan Stivell's Breton folk-rock as well as a wave of progressive rock bands like Ange, Shylock, Magma, Eskaton, Atoll and Pulsar. French punk rock also appeared, including bands like Oberkampf and Metal Urbain. It was this period that another number of variety music artists - Catherine Ribeiro, Jacques Higelin, Bernard Lavilliers and others flirted with Rock, but without completely changing over.

Things changed course in the 1980s, the changing of the political culture was accompanied by an explosion in youth culture. This helped the emergence of a distinct French rock that could match the lucrativeness of American and British rock music. At this time, French progressive rock was peaking, with the bands Dun, Terpandre and Emeraude achieving the most success. Telephone (pub rock), Telex (synth pop) and La Muerte (psychobilly) also took French rock to new levels.

In the following lists, the artists and groups are classified by their decade of origin, even if their career spans multiple decades, or if they took time to become famous.

Contents

[edit] The 1960s

  • Les Chats sauvages
  • Les Chaussettes noires
  • Danny Boy et ses Pénitents
  • Les Pirates

[edit] The 1970s

[edit] Before Punk

  • Alpes
  • Ame Son
  • Ange
  • Alice
  • Art Zoyd
  • Au Bonheur Des Dames
  • Alain Bashung
  • Camizole
  • Catharsis
  • Cheval Fou
  • Contrepoint
  • Crouille Marteau
  • Dynastie Crisis
  • Ergo Sum
  • Etron Fou Leloublan
  • Fille Qui Mousse
  • Dashiell Hedayat
  • Gong
  • Heldon
  • Jacques Higelin
  • Horde Catalytique Pour La Fin
  • Komintern
  • The Freezer Burn Conspirisy
  • Lard Free
  • Mahjun
  • Magma
  • Martin Circus
  • Mozaïc
  • Potemkine
  • Red Noise
  • Rhésus O
  • Triangle
  • Variations
  • Verto
  • Xalph
  • ZNR

[edit] After Punk

[edit] The 1980s

[edit] The 1990s

[edit] The 2000s

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