- Banlieue Rouge
Banlieue Rouge was a
punk rock band fromMontreal ,Quebec active through the early to mid 1990s. They disbanded in 1999.Banlieue Rouge was formed in 1989 in
Longueuil , a Montreal suburb. Heavily influenced by French punk rock bands such asBérurier Noir , they started with adrum machine , which was eventually replaced by Jeff on drums. Their lyrics being written in french, worldwide success was unlikely to ever be reached. However, they did manage to gain considerable popularity in France and Quebec along with the release of their third studio album "Engrenages", in 1993.In 1999, after four full-length
albums (plus one live and one best-of) and ten years of touring in America and Europe, the band finally broke up.Xavier went on to form Corrigan Fest, later joined by Sylvain. They play traditional celtic music mixed with punk.Safwan went on to form Akuma, an angrier, louderhardcore punk band with bilingual (French/English) lyrics.Banlieue Rouge was:
*Safwan (vocals and eventually rythym guitar)
*Sylvain (guitar)
*Xavier (bass)
*Jeff (drums)"Banlieue Rouge" means "Red Suburb". On their debut album, "En Attendant Demain" (Intro, " [http://www.banlieuerouge.propagande.org/paroles_demain.html#psaumerouge Psaume Rouge] "), it is explained that this refers to their status as "a suburb of the megacity of pop music, unknown to the masses." And for the "red" part of the name, "Red is shock, anger, revolt, free youth is red-painted, of disobedience and militant alternative red." "«Bienvenue en Banlieue Rouge!»"
Historically, "banlieues rouges" were Parisian communes managed by the communist party. "Banlieue Rouge" is also a well-known song by French singer
Renaud .On May 25, 2003, Banlieue Rouge made its entire catalogue available for free downloading at [http://banlieuerouge.propagande.org banlieuerouge.propagande.org] .
Discography
* "En attendant demain" (Waiting for tomorrow) (1990)
* "Que tombent les masques" (May the masks fall) (1992)
* "Engrenages" (Gears) (1993)
* "Au cœur de la tempête" (To the heart of the storm) (1994) — live album
* "Best of Banlieue Rouge" (1995) — collection of greatest hits
* "Sous un ciel écarlate" (Under a scarlet sky) (1996)External links
* [http://banlieuerouge.propagande.org Banlieue Rouge - Audio/Vidéo] (French) — Features MP3 downloads (with the band's blessing)
* [http://www.corriganfest.com/ Corrigan Fest] Xavier and Sylvain's new combo
* [http://www.akuma.ca/ Akuma] (French) Safwan's new band
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