Têtes Raides

Infobox musical artist
Name = Têtes Raides

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Alias = "Red Ted" (initially)
Origin = France flagicon|France
Genre = French Folk Rock
Circus
Variety
Years_active = 1984 - present
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URL = [http://www.tetesraides.fr/ Têtes Raides ]
Current_members = Christian Olivier
Grégoire Simon
Pascal Olivier
Anne-Gaëlle Bisquay
Serge Bégout
Edith Bégout
Pierre Gauthé
Jean-Luc Millot

Têtes Raides is a French group whose music reunites elements of French poetry, theater, visual arts and the Big Top circus antics to create a very particular brand of contemporary French folk rock.

Group history

The group was founded in Paris during the 1980s. Originally, they played music heavily influenced by the punk movement and depended on electric instruments. Their third album featured Anne-Gaëlle, a classically trained cellist, and marked a turning point in the group's music toward a more acoustic sound. The group's later efforts misleadingly take on the air of quotidian folk songs while actually using stunning musical arrangements, experimental soundscapes and poetic lyrics rife with very dark humor.

Listeners find the influence of classic French musicians like Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens and the Négresses Vertes in the later work.

Group members

* Christian Olivier : Voice, accordion, acoustic guitar, graphics
* Grégoire Simon (aka "Iso") : Saxophone, flute, accordion, voice
* Pascal Olivier (aka "Cali") : Bass guitar, double bass, Hélicon, tuba, voice (Christian's brother)
* Anne-Gaëlle Bisquay : Cello, violin
* Serge Begout : Acoustic guitar, baritone saxophone
* Jean-Luc Millot (aka "Lulu") : drums, voice.
* Edith Begout (aka "la p'tite dernière") : Tuba, baseball bat, piano (Serge's sister)

Discography

* 1989 "Not dead but bien raides"
* 1990 "Mange tes morts"
* 1992 "Les oiseaux"
* 1993 "Fleur de yeux"
* 1996 "Le bout du toit"
* 1997 "Viens" (album live)
* 1998 "Chamboultou"
* 2000 "10 ans de Têtes Raides" (compilation)
* 2000 "Gratte poil"
* 2003 "Qu'est-ce qu'on s'fait chier !"
* 2004 "28.05.04" (album live)
* 2005 "Fragile" #
* 2006 "Aïe" (compilation)
* 2007 "Banco" #

# : Vocals by Sara Mandiano.

Videography

* 2003 "Têtes Raides aux Bouffes du Nord" (filmed live in 2002)

External links

* [http://www.tetesraides.fr/ Official website]
* [http://www.tetesraides.it/ Italian website]