Têtes Raides

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Live in October 2006

Têtes Raides ( French for hard heads {in the sense of intoxicated} ) is the name of a French rock group that mixes modern circus music with alternative rock elements and also uses poetry, painting and theatrical art.

Band history

It was founded in 1984 in a Paris suburb under the name Red Ted . In 1987 the band name was changed to Têtes Raides. Both appear on the first few releases.

While the music was initially electric and based on punk rock , the entry of the classically trained violinist Anne-Gaëlle meant a stylistic change. Now an expressive voice accompanied the apparently simple music. The multitude of instruments and stylistic devices used now justifies classification in the category of world music or folk rock . You would expect them at TFF.Rudolstadt or in medium-sized clubs like Batschkapp in Frankfurt am Main.

The texts are often clear in their message and always full of black humor. The band also positioned itself on political issues, for example in opposition to Jean-Marie Le Pen in the 2002 presidential election or on the notorious subject of sans papiers (illegal immigrants without a passport) in France .

Jacques Brel , Georges Brassens and the Négresses vertes are often mentioned as musical influences . In Germany, they would most likely be compared with the early clay stones or Element of Crime . They mix musette sounds (“Ginette”) with flamenco (“Expulsez-moi”) as well as postpunk new wave (“Banco”) to a hypnotic sound with danceable rhythms and the powerful voice of Christian Olivier.

Known and loved by a smaller audience, the Têtes Raides give around 200 concerts in France every year. You worked on the album L'Absente by Yann Tiersen . Despite their live quality and popularity, the Têtes Raides perform extremely rarely abroad.

occupation

  • Christian Olivier (voc, acc, g)
  • Grégoire Simon (sax, fl, acc, voc)
  • Pascal Olivier (b-flat, helicon, tuba, voc)
  • Anne-Gaëlle Bisquay (cello, violin)
  • Serge Bégout (g, sax)
  • Jean-Luc Millot (dr, voc)
  • Edith Bégout (tuba, p)
  • Pierre Gauthé (trombone, G)

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
FR FR
1996 Le bout you toit FR85
gold
gold

(10 weeks)FR
Chart entry in FR only in 2001
1998 Chamboultou FR14th
gold
gold

(23 weeks)FR
2000 Gratte poil FR23
gold
gold

(61 weeks)FR
2005 Fragile FR19 (23 weeks)
FR
2007 Banco FR31 (35 weeks)
FR
2011 L'an demain FR8 (14 weeks)
FR
2013 Corps de mots FR63 (6 weeks)
FR
2014 Terriens FR13 (12 weeks)
FR

More studio albums

  • 1988 C'est quoi?
  • 1989 Not dead but bien raides
  • 1989 La Galette molle
  • 1990 Mange tes morts
  • 1992 Les oiseaux
  • 1993 fleur de yeux

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
FR FR
1997 Viens! FR74 (11 weeks)
FR
Chart entry in FR only in 2001
2003 Qu'est-ce qu'on s'fait chier! FR5 (18 weeks)
FR
2003 05/28/04 FR48 (9 weeks)
FR

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
FR FR
2008 Best Of - 20 ans de Ginette FR70 (7 weeks)
FR
Chart entry in FR only in 2001

More compilations

  • 2000 10 ans de Têtes Raides
  • 2006 Aie

Filmography

  • 2008 Trash live au Bataclan (Live November 2006), part of the compilation 20 ans de Ginette
  • 2003 Têtes Raides aux Bouffes du Nord (live performance 2002)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.le-tour.net
  2. ↑ a b c Chart sources: FR
  3. ↑ Awards for music sales: FR
  4. ↑ http://schallplattenmann.de/a110460-Les-Tetes-Raides-Bouffes-du-Nord.htm

Web links

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