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Têtes Raides

Têtes Raides
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Background information
Also known as Red Ted (initially)
Origin France
Genres Folk Rock
Years active 1984–present
Website www.tetesraides.fr
Members Christian Olivier
Grégoire Simon
Pascal Olivier
Anne-Gaëlle Bisquay
Serge Bégout
Édith Bégout
Pierre Gauthé
Jean-Luc Millot
Philippe Guarracino

Têtes Raides is a French folk rock group.

The group was founded in Paris during the 1980s. Originally, they played music heavily influenced by the punk movement and depended on electric instruments. Their third album featured Anne-Gaëlle, a classically trained cellist, and marked a turning point in the group's music toward a more acoustic sound. The group's later efforts misleadingly take on the air of quotidian folk songs while actually using stunning musical arrangements, experimental soundscapes and poetic lyrics rife with very dark humor.

Listeners find the influence of classic French musicians like Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens and the Négresses Vertes in the later work.

# : Vocals by Sara Mandiano.


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