Têtes Raides

Tetes Raides (Fr. hard heads { in the sense of intoxicated }) is the name of a French rock group that mixes modern circus music with alternative rock elements and also poetry, painting and theater arts uses.

Band History

It was founded in 1984 in a suburb of Paris under the name of Red Ted. In 1987, the band name was changed to Tetes Raides. At first publications both appear.

While the music was inspired to start electrically and punk rock, the entrance of the classically trained violinist Anne- Gaëlle marked a stylistic change. Now accompanied an expressive voice, the music is only apparently simple set. The variety of instruments used and style means justifies become more of a classification in the heading world music or folk-rock. One would expect about the same TFF.Rudolstadt or medium sized clubs as in the Batschkapp in Frankfurt am Main.

The lyrics are in her testimony often significantly and always full of black humor. Also on political issues was positioning the tape, for example, in opposition to Jean -Marie Le Pen in the 2002 presidential election in France or the notorious issue of sans papiers ( illegal immigrants without a passport ).

As musical influences Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens and the negresses be called rouges often. In Germany they would be best compared with the early Sharam or Element of Crime. Mix musette sounds ( " Ginette " ) with Flamenco ( " Expulsez -moi ") and post-punk New Wave ( " Banco " ) to a hypnotic sound with danceable rhythms and powerful voice Christian Oliviers.

Rather, at a smaller audience known and popular, enter the Tetes Raides each year around 200 concerts in France. They worked with, among others, on the album L' Absente by Yann Tiersen. Despite their live qualities and popularity, the Tetes Raides occur extremely rarely abroad.

Occupation

• Christian Olivier ( voc, acc, g)
• Grégoire Simon (sax, fl, acc, voc)
• Pascal Olivier (b, Helikon, tuba, voc)
• Anne- Gaëlle Bisquay ( cello, violin )
• Serge Bégout G ( sax)
• Jean -Luc Millot (dr, voc)
• Edith Bégout (tuba, p)
• Pierre Gauthé (trombone, g)

Discography

Filmography

• 2008 Trash live au Bataclan (Live November 2006), part of the Compilation 20 ans de Ginette
• 2003 Tetes Raides aux Bouffes du Nord ( Live Performance 2002)