Camera silens (band)

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Camera silens was a French punk band in the 1980s.

history

Gilles Bertin founded the project in Bordeaux in the summer of 1981 together with the drummer Philippe Schneiberger, guitarist Benoit Destriau. They chose the band name inspired by the captivity of the RAF terrorists Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof , although in reality no camera silens (also known as black boxes ) in the classic sense was used. After the first demos and compilation contributions, the band released the album Réalité in 1985 with a circulation of 8,000 copies. In 1986 Bertin left the group and Benoit Destriau, who had also partly taken over the vocals alongside Bertin, now became the only singer. With François Borne, a saxophone player also joined the group, which also had a decisive influence on the style of the band on the second album Rien qu'en trainant , which was released in 1987. On December 10, 1987, the group recorded another concert in Clermont-Ferrand and released the performance. In May 1988 the group finally broke up. Then in 1992 the CD Best-of "84-87" was released and in 2003 new releases of the two studio albums from the 80s, including bonus material.

Members

  • 1981–1986: Gilles Bertin (vocals)
  • 1981–1988: Benoit Destriau (vocals and guitar)
  • 1981–1982: Philippe Schneiberger (drums)
  • 1983–1988: Eric Ferrer (bass)
  • 1983–1984: Nicolas Mouriesse, alias Boubou (drums)
  • 1984–1988: Bruno Cornet (drums)
  • 1986–1988: François Borne (saxophone)

Discography

Albums

  • 1985: Réalité
  • 1987: Rien qu'en trainant
  • 1987: Une dernière fois (live, Riot tapes)

Compilations

  • 1992: Best of "84-87" (Sirène productions)

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