Mano Negra

The Mano Negra is a group of alternative Rock French formed in 1987 around its leader Manu Chao.

Origin of the name

Mano will negra (in Spanish “ mano will negra ” means “black hand”) is also the name of a group Andalusian Anarchiste of the end of the 19th century. In the Années 1880 the Andalusia is in prey with an economic serious attack. Misery and the famine gain, and the farm laborers revolt, plunder bakeries and burn that and there olive groves. The authorities carry out massive arrests.

A handle of the poor is stopped after a villainous murder that Guardia Civil makes endorse with clandestine association Mano Negra. Nothing proves that the anarchists are mingled with this assassination, nevertheless the alleged members of the group will be garrottés on June 14th, 1884 in the indifference of the anarchists of the north of Spain. Among the many victims allotted to omnipresent Mano Negra one finds no who is a landowner, an ecclesiastical or military authority. If the clandestine organization existed well, it seems obvious that she was used as a basis for a police handling. The shade of Mano Negra will be used to throw discredit upon the anarchistic activities and to justify the repression of all the Spanish revolutionary movement.

However it is by reading a STRIP CARTOONS of Rousseau that the idea came to the members from the group. Mano Negro was the name of a band of guerillas in South America. It is more the symbol with the black hand which rained to them.

Course

The group was born from the mixture of several groups, of which the Hot Pants and the Casse-pieds. In the seven years space (until their separation in 1994), the Mano Negra became a great group of Rock in France like abroad, in particular in Latin America. After their separation, their leader, Manu Chao continued a career solo. Their first album Patchanka leaves to Boucherie Productions (its owner, François Hadji-Lazaro, had played with Manu Chao in the group Los Carayos).

In the middle of the years 1980, the alternative groups flower with Paris and the remainder of France, and Mano is characterized by its multicultural music: Rock' roll 50 ' S, Reggae, Ska, Punk, rhythm' blues, Folk American ( Rock island line of Leadbelly, the same one which wrote Where did you Sleep Last Night taken again by Nirvana), Rap, Flamenco, etc And also by its number of spoken languages: three in this only album (English, Spanish and French). After the first album, the formation is stabilized with Manu with the Guitare, his/her Santi cousin with the battery, his/her brother Tonio (Antoine Chao) with the trumpet, Tom with the keyboards, OJ with the low , Phil with the percussions, Kropol with the Trombone, Daniel Jamet with the Guitare, all singing more or less. Well quickly success exceeds the capacities of the craft industry of Boucherie Productions, and Mano signs its second album, Puta' S Fever at Virgin before starting a first voyage in Latin America, in Peru and Mexico. Mano Negra had been parodied at the time by Unknown the, which camped the imaginary group Mano Verda (also parodying Green Negresses)/NegraBouch' Beat (thus adding a reference to Elmer Food Beat and the Butcher's assistants). In 1991 leaves King off Bongo , their third album, between java and Latin Musique, which they play in suburbs. With the Royal of Luxury and Philippe Decouflé, Mano Negra embarks for “Cargo liner 92” and makes a round in Latin America. Then a round in Japan from which the live one leaves: In the Hell off Patchinko (their fourth album, Word game between Patchanka, their first album, and Pachinko, a Japanese play). Mano Negra leaves at the end of 1993 for Colombia in the train. All this adventure is told by Ramón Chao, the father of Manu, in his book a train of ice and fire . The group becomes unstable (members leave, a singer named Fidel joined them in the course of road). The meetings of Put Babylon , their fifth album, are stretched over 2 years: it starts to be recorded in Ornano and finishes in Cologne in 1994 while passing by full with places. Then Manu Chao turns with Radio Bemba during 2 years, while continuing under the name of Mano Negra whereas the majority of the members of the group changed.

After separation…

After a round on several continents, the members dispersed in other musical projects:

  • Santiago Casariego , known as Santi the beater, will play during 10 years with the group of his/her sister Marina, Marousse. Then he will be managing director of Mercury for Universal France, and will chair the emission Popstars . He becomes in October 2006 the director of Music One the musical label of TF1.
  • Joseph Dahan , known as OJ the bass player, took again his guitar to spin a knack to the Wampas of 1994 to 2005. One can also see it in some films, of which 3 Zero . It holds the low one on the 2nd album of Tarmac with which it turned in 2002-2003
  • Pierre Gauthé , known as Kropol the trombonist, played with Marousse and the Pig-headeds before creating its group: Kropol and his/her friends. He plays then with Castafiore Bazooka and again joined the Pig-headeds for the album Fragile (2005).
  • Thomas Darnal says Tom launched out in tattooing, and parallel to founded P18 with Phil and Daniel, group with the influences Electro and cuban (Rumba), Latin in general.
  • Daniel Jamet , known as Roger Crate, continued in 2 groups: P18 of 1996 to 1999, and a group of Flamenco - Electro - rock'n'roll, Flor del Fango since 1996. In 1995 he plays with Schultz and the Uncles Flingueurs and makes the band his original film Raï of Thomas Gilou. Recently, it was invested in the groups Pause and Desert Rebel . In 2005 it joined Mano Solo to play on its album Animals and since, their musical collaboration is prolonged with the composition of several titles on the album In the Garden .

  • Philippe Teboul tells Garbancito the percussionnist who sang “Sidi' H Bibi” played with P18, Flor del Fango, P18 one saw it in 2001 singing with Louise Attaque of which it made a remix title " North In Sud" on the simple one of the same name. Since 2004 it joined Manu Chao on scene.

  • Antoine Chao says Tonio del Borño recently reappeared as “a DJ Toni Bye”. It joined the team of Daniel Mermet and produces each day the emission Là-bas if I am there on France-Inter.

  • Manu Chao says Oscar Tramor sells million albums in the world since 1998, by sometimes taking again ends pieces of Mano like King off Bongo or long length nite.

Discography/Videotex

  • Cylinder head gasket: with Manu Chao and Santi
    • super boom Rock' roll 14 Reprise again S of traditional of rock' N roll, in 1982 on the label “Forces” (rare disc).
  • Parachute: with Manu Chao, Pascal Limits and 2 other musicians.
    • Only one trace discographic, the title “every evening” on compiles “Lovesong 85”

  • Hot Pants : with Manu chao, Pascal Limits, Santi, Jean-Marc

    • So many nite 45t 2 titles
    • Loco mosquito , 1986. All gold nothing rec.
    • Hot chicas , 3 titles on this compilation of 1986. Tutti frutti

    • Reprise again of the topic of the Grand Blue of Eric Tightened on the album Diversion (on which Bertignac takes again Pas enough you !).

Current groups under influence of Mano Negra

See too

Internal bond

External bonds

  • the site of Manu Chao
  • the nonofficial site of Daniel Jamet
  • Site of very documented fan where certain members of the group contributed their share

References

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