| Anarchic System | |
| Origin: | Lille, France |
| Label: | AZ/Delphine Records |
| Years Active: | 1972-1978 |
| Associated Acts: | Patrick Hernandez, Crazy Horse (French band) |
| Past Members: | Gilles Devos Jacques Deville Patrick Verette Christian Lerouge Michel Dhuy |
Anarchic System was a French pop group formed in the early 1970s.
The band's members were parts of other groups from the rock scene of northern France. They were in good friendship when the opportunity of recording the "Popcorn" cover was given to them by Paul de Senneville (of Delphine Records) in 1972. They were chosen because of Christian Lerouge's incredible ability in using a Minimoog. Commercial success (700,000 copies) gave the band an opportunity to release two other singles ("Carmen Brasilia" and "Royal Summer"), even before they were signed in 1973.
The band's songs are mostly attributed to electronic music due to the presence of a keyboard in "Popcorn", "Carmen Brasilia" and the long version of "Generation". However, other singles are influenced by rock genres. Their influence were Uriah Heep, Warhorse, Black Sabbath and such.
Their songs were written by Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint for the first singles (including "Generation"), then they changed to C. Gordanne, C. Van Loo and I. Wira for the following releases, only achieving to impose their own songs on the release "Goody Lady" in 1977.[1]
The musicians were involved in other line up :
Released by AZ Records but without intervention of the former members: