French rock

French rock is a form of rock music produced in France, primarily in the French language.

In the 1970s, France saw the arrival of Alan Stivell's Breton folk-rock as well as a wave of progressive rock bands like Ange, Shylock, Magma, Eskaton, Atoll and Pulsar. French punk rock also appeared, including bands like Stinky Toys, Oberkampf and Métal Urbain. It was during this period that a few other variety music artists - Catherine Ribeiro, Jacques Higelin, Bernard Lavilliers and others - flirted with rock, but without completely changing over.

Things changed course in the 1980s. The changing of the political culture was accompanied by an explosion in youth culture. This helped the emergence of a distinct French rock that could match the lucrativeness of American and British rock music. At this time, French progressive rock was peaking, with the bands Dün, Terpandre and Emeraude achieving the most success. Telephone (pub rock), and La Muerte (psychobilly) also took French rock to new levels.

In the following lists, artists and groups are classified by their decade of origin, even if their career spans multiple decades, or if they took time to become famous.

1960s

• Danny Boy et ses Pénitents
• Dick Rivers
• Eddy Mitchell
• Françoise Hardy
• Johnny Hallyday
• Les Chats sauvages
• Les Chaussettes noires
• Les Pirate chickens
• Sylvie chickan

1970s

Before punk

• Alpes
• Ame Son
• Ange
• Alice
• Art Zoyd
• Au Bonheur des Dames (band)
• Alain Bashung
• Camizole
• Catharsis
• Cheval Fou
• Contrepoint
• Crouille Marteau
• Dynastie Crisis
• Ergo Sum
• Etron Fou Leloublan
• Fille Qui Mousse
• Dashiell Hedayat
• Gong
• Heldon
• Jacques Higelin
• Horde Catalytique Pour La Fin
• Komintern
• The Freezer Burn Conspirisy
• Lard Free
• Mahjun
• Magma
• Martin Circus
• Mozaïc
• Potemkine
• Pulsar (band)
• Red Noise
• Rhésus O
• Trans Europe Express
• Triangle
• Variations
• Verto
• Xalph
• ZNR

After punk

• Asphalt Jungle
• Bijou
• Dogs
• Little Bob
• Métal Urbain
• Starshooter
• Stinky Toys

1980s

• Banlieue Rouge
• Bérurier Noir
• Café Noir
• Charlélie Couture
• Dirty District
• Edith Nylon
• Gill Dougherty
• Garçons Bouchers
• Indochine
• Lili Drop
• Ludwig von 88
• Mano Negra
• Noir Désir
• Pigalle
• Rita Mitsouko
• Taxi Girl
• Téléphone
• Têtes Raides
• Les Thugs
• Trust
• Raoul Petite
• Les Wampas

1990s

• Aston Villa
• Autour de Lucie
• Daisybox
• Dionysos
• Dolly
• Eiffel
• Elmer Food Beat
• FFF
• Freedom for King Kong
• Les Ogres de Barback
• Lofofora
• Louise Attaque
• Marcel et son Orchestre
• Matmatah
• Mass Hysteria
• Mickey 3D
• Noir Désir
• No one is innocent
• Nuit-blanches
• The Needs
• La Rue Kétanou
• Les Satellites
• Weepers Circus
• Yan et les Abeilles

2000s

• 10 Rue d'la Madeleine
• AaRON
• AqME
• Asyl
• AS Dragon
• Babylon Circus
• BB Brunes
• Café Bertrand
• Dahlia
• Debout Sur Le Zinc
• Déportivo
• devianz
• Dionysos
• The Dustmen of Happiness
• Eiffel
• Eths
• Balls in your Mouth
• Freedom For King Kong
• Gojira
• HushPuppies
• Ipecacuana
• K
• Kaolin
• Kyo
• The Little Rabbits
• Les Fatals Picards
• Lex Riders
• Luke
• Matthieu Chedid (aka -M-)
• Music Is Not Fun
• Naast
• Nosfell
• Pep's
• Phoenix
• Plastiscines
• Pleymo
• Raphael
• Saez
• Shades
• Stuck In The Sound
• Stupeflip
• Subway
• Superbus
• Tang[1]
• Tarmac
• Vanity Case
• Vegastar
• Wäks

External links

• (French) Rock'n'France The New French Music, French Singers, French Bands, French Rock ...