Bérurier Noir
{{Short description|French punk rock band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Bérurier Noir
| image =
| caption =
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| alias = {{flatlist|
- Les Béruriers
- Béru
- Les Bérus
- BxN}}
| origin = Paris
| genre = Alternative rock, punk rock, anarcho-punk
| years_active = 1983–1989
2003–2006
| label = Last Call, Wagram Music
| associated_acts = Lucrate Milk, Les Négresses Vertes
| website = [https://beruriernoir.fr/ beruriernoir.fr]
| current_members = François Guillemot
Loran
Masto
Laul
| past_members =
}}
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Bérurier Noir ({{IPA|fr|beʁyʁje nwaʁ}}) was a French punk rock band active from 1983 to 1989. The band reformed from 2003 to 2006.{{Cite news |last1=Carpentier |first1=Laurent |title=Bérurier noir squatte la BNF |work=Le Monde |page=23 |date=2022-03-11 |language=French |issn=0395-2037 |id={{ProQuest|2637539331}} |location=Paris, France |df=mdy-all }} The band is associated with anarcho-punk.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0JZp-jrotQC&pg=PA74 | title=International Encyclopedia of Political Science | isbn=9781412959636 | last1=Badie | first1=Bertrand | last2=Berg-Schlosser | first2=Dirk | last3=Morlino | first3=Leonardo | date=7 September 2011 }}{{cite web |url=https://diyconspiracy.net/history-anarcho-punk-france/ |title=Le DIY Ou La Mort: An Overview of Anarcho-Punk in France 1984–2006 |website=DIY Conspiracy |date=23 April 2025 |access-date=23 April 2025}}
Materials related to the band were donated to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in 2021, and an exhibition opened in Paris in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Colley |first=Glenn |date=2024-02-27 |title=Bérurier Noir {{!}} An exhibition at the BnF and two exclusive playlists! |url=https://whatthefrance.org/berurier-noir-an-exhibition-at-the-bnf-and-two-exclusive-playlists/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=What the France |language=en-US}}
As of 2024, lead singer Francois is a history lecturer in Lyon.{{Cite news |last=Oltermann |first=Philip |date=2024-06-28 |title=How an 80s punk lyric became the rallying cry of French protests against the far right |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jun/28/procherie-francois-guillemot-berurier-noir-1985-national-rally |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
Discography
= Studio albums =
- Macadam massacre (1984)
- Concerto pour détraqués (1985)
- Abracadaboum (1987)
- Souvent fauché, toujours marteau (1989)
- Invisible (2006)
= Live albums =
- Meilleurs extraits des deux concerts a Paris (1983)
- Viva Bertaga (1990)
- Carnaval des agités (1995)
- La Bataille de Pali-Kao (1998)
- Même pas mort (2003)
- L'Opéra des Loups + Chants des meutes (2005)
= Compilations =
- Enfoncez l'clown (2003)
= Singles & EP =
- Nada/Gloco (1983) (split EP with band Guernica, Bérurier Noir contribute four songs)
- Macadam massacre (1984)
- Nada 84 (1984)
- Nada Nada (1985) (stand-alone release of the Bérurier Noir side of the split single Nada/Gloco)
- Joyeux merdier (1985)
- L'Empereur Tomato Ketchup (1986)
- Ils veulent nous tuer (1988)
- Nuit Apache (1988)
- Split Bérurier Noir/Haine Brigade (1988) (split single with band Haine Brigade, Bérurier Noir contribute the song Makhnovtchina)
- Viêt Nam-Laos-Cambodge (1988)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110203051444/http://beruriernoir.fr/ Official band site]
- [http://www.fzm.fr/ Official site of label "Folklore de la zone mondiale"]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPIiAZ0pDIU/"Renard" - Live 1989]
- [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/b%C3%A9rurier-noir-mn0001847797/ Allmusic.com entry]
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Category:French punk rock groups
Category:Musical groups from Paris
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