Zebda

Zebda is a French music group from Toulouse. The group consists of seven musicians who met for the first time in 1985.

The musicians are:
*"Magyd Cherfi, vocals
*"Pascal Cabero, guitar
*"Joël Saurin, bass
*"Hakim Amokrane, vocals
*"Mustapha Amokrane, vocals
*"Vincent Sauvage, drums
*"Rémi Sanchez, keyboard and accordion

The name of the group, the Arabic word for butter (or "beurre" in French), is a play on the use of the word "beur" in French slang to refer to Arabs. Several of the group's members are of North African descent.

Their music is influenced by these roots as well as music from all over the world, for example reggae, rap, raï and rock, and their lyrics deal with issues affecting the Arab population in France. They are best known in France for their single "Tomber la chemise".

Their supporters claim that, unlike other immigrant musicians in France, they don't advocate fighting for social equality, but instead doing something about it. In March 2001 their political movement, called "Motivé-e-s", won four seats on the city council with 12.38% of the vote. [ [http://212.67.202.147/~ivnet05/article.php3?id_article=665 International Viewpoint Online magazine] , IV330 - April 2001, Jan Malewski]

Discography

*"Zebdomania" - 1989 - self-produced audio tape
*"L'arène des rumeurs" - 1992
*"Le bruit et l'odeur" - 1995
*"Aux Suivant(s) - 1998 (tribute to Jacques Brel by various artists)
*"Essence ordinaire" - 1998
*"Utopie d'occase" - 2002
*"La Tawa" - 2003

References

External links

* [http://www.zebda.fr Zebda's official homepage] (French)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJR8BdJvNYg Tomber la Chemise on Youtube]
*fr icon [http://beurgeoisie.fr La Beurgeoisie] The French website for successful "Beurs".