“Sacre bleu! 1984 are French. Really? Coming on like Joy Division armed with a few B52s guitar licks these Strasbourg garcons want to rock like The Ramones.” (Artrocker, Feb. 2008)
1984 - 3 French guys and a whole generation of sound.
The title of their album, Open Jail, announce it, they are determined to leave the prisons of the present rock conformism.
No compromises, just sincere sounds during 42 minutes, martial, percussive, primal, dizzying, smooth, epic!
Etienne Nicolini, guitarist and singer, Bruno Pelagatti, bass player, and Thomas Figenwald, drummer, talk about a certain apathy to change things, about the growing fear of taking risks.
Supporting very quickly the Datsuns in their region, the band played then in Paris several times before to be found by the Londoner label Weekender Records that organized a gig for 1984 at the Weekender Club in Innsbrück. After the show, the label and the band decided to work together.
A great collaboration as the band's first single, Cache-Cache, has been released all over UK, Germany and Japan since February 2008.
According to Room Thirteen, “Cache Cache is a veritable musical maze filled with tricky guitar solos that leap out at you, skittering percussion that will lead you astray and rich, resplendent vocal cries.”
Discovered with this song by Blood Red Shoes, 1984 supported them during their European spring and fall tour and asserted themselves as a powerful and intense band on stage.
A great trajectory for an atypical trio that keeps on outlining a new type of hypnotic music and proves the Frogs can rock, too !
Last gigs :
11.03.2009 – Flèche d'or, Paris, France
25.03.2009 – Backstage, Paris, France
18.04.2009 – Alte Feuerwache, Mannheim, Germany
24.04.2009 – Club Drushba, Halle, Germany
25.04.2009 – Molotow, Hamburg, Germany
29.04.2009 – Atomic Cafe, München, Germany
30.04.2009 – Kleine Freiheit, Osnabrück, Germany
01.05.2009 – White Trash, Berlin, Germany
02.05.2009 – Sweat, Leipzig, Germany
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Your music makes me want to set the world on fire and bathe in the ashes of all the dead while drinking the blood of a thousand sacrificed virgins. ;] hails!
hey guys thanks for the add!! U have a very particular sound!! I like it so much, very good tracks and record!!! How do u feel about our songs?? Cheers from Italy!! Luca
heY 1984! Je suis tres content de jouer avec vous demain soir, il va y avoir de la bonnne zik à metz!!Merci d'avoir accepté notre invitation. bIZ aNtho....
Check out my new video for the single 'Slow Me Down', it's pretty different from your usual 'rap vid', as I try not to take myself too seriously! Hope you enjoy the mutiple costumes, this vid was a bag a fun to make!
Mercredi 20 mai sera une date à noter dans votre agenda car FIRE se représentera à la légendaire salle du GRILLEN de colmar. Au programme, du rock'n roll, de la bière, des gonzesses à poil, les effet de lumière à vous couper le souffle et un final monstrueux qui devra rester secret!
Alors ramenez votre gros cul qu'on puisse le botter!
I wish I could see you next week here in Berlin but unless you play at 1 p.m. I can't attend to your show. Will be in Copenhagen st this weekend. See you next time. Dörte
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