- Regg'Lyss
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Name = Regg'Lyss
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Origin = flagicon|FranceMontpellier ,France
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Genre =Reggae
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Years_active =1989 -1997
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Past_members =Regg'Lyss was a French
reggae group (French-language pun between "reggae", "glisse" and "réglisse").History
The group was established in
1989 inMontpellier (Languedoc ) and gathered a dozen of friends who wanted to explore a new style, the Jamadoc, "a musical Esperanto for a country fantasized between Jamaica and Occitania."Quickly, the group achieved a local success in the south of
France . After a selection at thePrintemps de Bourges in1990 , the band released the first album "Vive les gestes" in 1992. The song "Mets de l'huile" became one of the great successes in the years 1993/1994 in France, reaching twice the number 1 on the French SNEP Singles Chart, and remaining for 32 consecutive weeks in the Top 50 ["Mets de l'huile", French Singles Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Regg%27lyss&titel=Mets+de+l%27huile&cat=s Lescharts.com] (RetrievedFebruary 24 ,2008 )] . The group was appointed to theVictoires de la Musique .Regg'lyss splint after the release of the third album, because it failed to be successful [Regg'Lyss' biography [http://www.mcm.net/musique/ficheartiste/5598/ MCM.net] (Retrieved
February 24 ,2008 )] .Members
* Roland Ramade - singing and harmonica
* Doumé Levesque - drum
* Rémi Levesque - rhythm guitar
* Bernard Levesque - keyboards
* Christian Azéma - percussion
* Zawé Fizin - melodic guitar
* Pierre Diaz - tenor saxophone
* Alexandre Augé - alto and soprano saxophones
* Victor Fanjul - trumpet
* André Fauquier - tromboneDiscography
* 1993 : "Vive les gestes"
# "Vive les gestes"
# "Le comptoir"
# "Patates crues"
# "Le rocher"
# "Jamadoc"
# "En attendant Victor"
# "Regg'Lyss,... mets de l'huile"
# "La poupée"
# "Pose mes valises"
# "Tronia treijepine"* 1995 : "El gusanillo"
# "Non, le reggae n'est pas mort"
# "El gusanillo"
# "Le café des super-vedettes"
# "Le dormeur Duval"
# "Bouge !"
# "Les deux sœurs"
# "Les hanches passent"
# "Paradis, boîte à sardine"
# "T'as déjà vu la mer ?"
# "Sans queue ni tête"
# "Pas la peine"
# "Le petit chemin"
# "Ils vont payer"
# "Parce que l'on aime"* 1997 : "Le monde tourne"
# "J'aime les mots"
# "La musique sera ma revanche"
# "Bronze un coup"
# "Ça va mieux"
# "Les 3 ombres"
# "Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais"
# "Yes papa"
# "Ketre Tharei"
# "Le monde tourne"
# "Sans cette espérance"
# "Le fantome"References
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