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LE FROGUEROCK

'Le Froguerock' was the northern French music scene of the 1990s. Its sound was part Punk, part Experimental, part Industrial, and part Krautrock (from whence it acquired its name). It was left-wing in outlook and through sound and attitude it was attempting to challenge the prevailing capitalist paradigm.

It included groups such as:

Steeple Remove Panel Feçtoon Dogger Fisheur German Bite TOL II Gonokox The Roll Mops King Biscuit

Classic Froguerock tracks include:

Dentist Drill - Dogger Fisheur German Bite HOY ! - TOL II New World Order (Pt.2) - Panel Feçtoon

Some of the predominant 'activists' within the music scene during those years were:

Christophe Vantyghem, Alex Reed (aka Reechka), Jean Bonnin, Arnoud Kergourlay (aka Monsieur Gloo), Francis Forget (aka Fisheur Francis).

Albums by some of the above protagonists which still may be available somewhere - which give a taster of those heady days in France, are:

Fahrenheit 4-5-1 - Panel Feçtoon Froguerocknoodles - Dogger Fisheur German Bite Les Lentilles Vertes - TOL II

The music was phenomenal, and the gigs were 'supeur space'; and the one remaining film of that era was filmed in a derelict factory on the banks of the Seine - entitled 'Ultra Violet'.

Several articles about the genre appeared in French music magazines and underground publications at the time; and to a much lesser extent in U.K. publications. Despite its lack of 'mainstream' awareness (as was the case with Krautrock for many years), nevertheless, in the great tome of musical history and underground scenes it certainly deserves a mention.

Notes et références

http://www.deezer.com/artist/6765525

(See also Krautrock)