Mano Negra
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Genre (s) | Patchanka / Mestizo ( punk rock , ska , Latin ) |
founding | 1987 |
resolution | 1994 |
Last occupation | |
Manu Chao | |
Santiago Casariego | |
Joseph Dahan | |
Pierre Gauthé | |
Thomas Darnal | |
Daniel Jamet | |
Philippe Teboul | |
Antoine Chao |
Mano Negra (Spanish: "Black Hand") was a French band founded in 1987 by Manu Chao .
Career
Band members included Manu Chao, his brother Antoine Chao, his cousin Santiago Casariego, Daniel Jamet, Joseph Dahan, Philippe Teboul, Thomas Darnal, Pierre Gauthé, Tomas Arroyos, Jean-Marc Winand and Anouk Khélifa, who also became Manu Chao's partner and herself separated from him only during his solo career. Today Manu Chao is best known in Germany because of his very successful solo career.
Mano Negra stood out because she combined a variety of different musical styles (including punk rock , ska and latin ). Manu Chao calls this patchanka (see also mestizo music ). She recorded five albums during her career. At the beginning of the 1990s it was one of the most famous French bands.
The band performed in many countries - especially Latin America they visited often. The final concert of the “Cargo '92” tour in Buenos Aires was the last in the original line-up.
The band split up in 1994 after the release of "Casa Babylon", which also included other artists. Manu Chao began his solo career three years later.
Discography
Studio albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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FR | |||
1988 | Patchanka |
FR145 (1 week) FR |
Chart entry in FR only in 2001
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1989 | Puta's Fever |
FR130 (1 week) FR |
Chart entry in FR only in 2001
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More studio albums
- King of Bongo (1991)
- Casa Babylon (1994)
Live albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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FR | |||
1992 | In the Hell of Patchinko |
FR88 (4 weeks) FR |
Chart entry in FR only in 2003
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Compilations
- America Perdida (1991) - Compilation with a new number: America Perdida
- Bande Originale du Livre (1994) - with picture disc + book
- Best Of Mano Negra (1998)
- L'Essentiel (2004)
- Mini Negra (2005) - EP with 4 tracks
- Lo Mejor De La Mano Negra (2005) - double CD, also: Best of Mano Negra
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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FR | UK | |||
1988 | Mala vida Patchanka |
FR157 (2 weeks) FR |
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Chart entry in FR only in 2013
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1990 | King Kong Five Puta's Fever |
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UK95 (1 week) UK |
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Pas assez de toi Puta's fever |
FR32 (4 weeks) FR |
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1991 | Sidi h'bibi Puta's Fever |
FR47 (2 weeks) FR |
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King of Bongo King Of Bongo |
FR38 (7 weeks) FR |
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1994 | Santa Maradona Casa Babylon |
FR42 (5 weeks) FR |
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More singles
- 1987: Takin 'It Up
- 1990: Patchanka
- 1990: Rock 'n' Roll band
- 1991: Madame Oscar
- 1991: Out of Time Man
- 1992: Don't Want You No More
- 1993: Mad Man's Dead
- 1994: Señor Matanza
Movies
- Puta's Fever (1989) - documentary
- Tournée Générale (1990) - concert at the cigale in Paris
- America Perdida (1991)
- Cargo '92 (1992)
- Pura vida (2005) - Documentation covering the years 1987 to 1994
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Out of Time (2005) - Double DVD (released Nov. 2005)
- DVD 1 (released individually in February 2006):
- Pura vida
- Rock and Roll Band - Live videos between 1988 and 1992
- DVD 2 (released individually in February 2006):
- Putas Fever
- Tournée générale
- Des clips - Official videos of the most popular songs
- les Bonus - Live recordings from the early years
- Audiotracks-the lost tape - recordings of rare or unreleased songs
- DVD 1 (released individually in February 2006):
literature
- Alessandro Robecchi: Manu Chao. Music and freedom. Ullstein, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-548-36344-X .
- Ramon Chao: A train of ice and fire. With Mano Negra through Colombia. Nautilus, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89401-564-0 .