Têtes Raides

Têtes Raides is a French folk rock group.

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Têtes Raides

Background information
Also known as	Red Ted (initially)
Origin	France
Genres	Folk rock, punk rock
Years active	1984–present
Labels	Tôt ou tard, La Niche^[1]

Members	Christian Olivier Grégoire Simon Pascal Olivier Anne-Gaëlle Bisquay Serge Bégout Édith Bégout Pierre Gauthé Jean-Luc Millot Philippe Guarracino

Website	www.tetesraides.fr^{[dead link]}

Group history

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.

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Group members

Christian Olivier : Voice, accordion, acoustic guitar, graphics
Grégoire Simon (a.k.a. "Iso") : Saxophone, flute, accordion, voice
Pascal Olivier (a.k.a. "Cali") : Bass guitar, double bass, Hélicon, tuba, voice (Christian's brother)
Anne-Gaëlle Bisquay : Cello, violin
Serge Bégout : Acoustic guitar, baritone saxophone
Jean-Luc Millot (a.k.a. "Lulu") : drums, voice.
Édith Bégout (a.k.a. "la p'tite dernière") : Tuba, baseball bat, piano (Serge's sister)

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Discography

Studio albums

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Year	Album	Peak positions
FR ^[2]	BEL (Wa)
1989	Not dead but bien raides	–	–
1989	Mange tes morts	–	–
1992	Les oiseaux	–	–
1993	Fleur de yeux	–	–
1996	Le bout du toit	–	–
1998	Chamboultou	14	–
2000	Gratte poil	23	–
2003	Qu'est-ce qu'on s'fait chier!	5	–
2005	Fragile #	19	–
2007	Banco #	31	–
2011	L'an demain #	8	88
2013	Corps de mots	63	–
2014	Les Terriens	13	–
2021	Bing Bang Boum

# : Vocals by Sara Mandiano.

Live albums

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Year	Album	Peak positions
FR ^[2]
1997	Viens!	74
2004	28.05.04	48

Compilation albums

2000: 10 ans de Têtes Raides
2006: Aïe
2008: Best Of – 20 ans de Ginette (FR #70)

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