Mano Negra

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Mano Negra was a French band fronted by Manu Chao. The band was founded in 1987 by Manu, his brother Antoine, and his cousin Santiago Casariego. It split circa 1995, but many members had already left in 1992.

Mano Negra mixed a number of styles: straight rock (with a lead guitar), latin music (with a brass section), punk (influenced by The Clash).

1 Name
2 Band Line-Up
3 Discography
4 Hits

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La Mano Negra ("The Black Hand") was an alleged terrorist anarchist organization in Spain. The Spanish police accused most of the Spanish anarchism of being part of the organization.

[edit] Band Line-Up

Name	Nickname	Instruments	Albums	Info
Manu Chao Antoine Chao Santiago Casariego Philipe Teboul Daniel Jamet Joseph Dahan Thomas Darnal Pierre Gauthé	Oscar Tramor Tonio Del Borño Santi El Águila Garbancito Roger Cageot Jo Helmut Krumar Krøpöl 1er	Lead Vocals & Guitar Trumpet & Vocals Drums & Vocals Percussion & Vocals Lead Guitar & Vocals Bass & Vocals Keyboards & Vocals Trombone & Vocals	From Patchanka To Casa Babylon From Patchanka To Patchinko From Patchanka To Patchinko From Puta's Fever To Patchinko From Puta's Fever To Patchinko From Puta's Fever To Patchinko From Puta's Fever To Casa Babylon From Puta's Fever To Patchinko	Founder & Frontman Co-Founder & Manu's brother, left in 1992 Co-Founder & Manu's cousin, left in 1993 Left in 1993 Left in 1992 Left in 1993 Left with Manu when the band disbanded Left in 1993

[edit] Discography

Year	Title	Type	Label	Info
1988 1989 1991 1991 1992 1994 1994 1998 2001 2004	Patchanka Puta's Fever King Of Bongo Amerika Perdida In The Hell Of Patchinko Casa Babylon Bande Originale Du Livre Best Of Mano Negra Illegal L'Essentiel	Album Album Album Compilation Live Album Picture Disc Compilation Tribute Compilation	Boucherie Productions / Virgin France S.A. Virgin France S.A. Virgin France S.A. Virgin France S.A. Virgin France S.A. Virgin France S.A. Virgin France S.A. & Syros Virgin France S.A. Big Mama Records Virgin France S.A.	1st release by Boucherie, 2nd release by Virgin Their most classic album Recorded after the American Tour Includes their best Spanish songs and 1 unreleased Recorded in Club Chitta at Kawasaki, Japan Made by Manu Chao after the disband Limited Edition 10" Picture Disc with Book All the hits and 2 tracks mentioned as unreleased Tribute from artists with mostly Ska style Compilation with songs mostly from 3 first albums