Bérurier Noir Explained

Bérurier Noir
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:	beruriernoir.fr
Current Members:	François Guillemot Loran Masto Laul

Bérurier Noir (in French pronounced as /beʁyʁje nwaʁ/) was a French punk rock band active from 1983 to 1989. The band reformed from 2003 to 2006.^[1] The band is associated with anarcho-punk.^[2]

Materials related to the band were donated to the Bibliotheque National du France in 2021, and an exhibition opened in Paris in 2024.^[3]

As of 2024, lead singer Francois is a history lecturer in Lyon.^[4]

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)

External links

• Official band site
• Official site of label "Folklore de la zone mondiale"
• - Live 1989
• Allmusic.com entry

Notes and References

1. News: Carpentier . Laurent . Bérurier noir squatte la BNF . Le Monde . 23 . 2022-03-11 . French . 0395-2037 . . Paris, France . mdy-all .
2. Book: International Encyclopedia of Political Science . 9781412959636 . Badie . Bertrand . Berg-Schlosser . Dirk . Morlino . Leonardo . 7 September 2011 .
3. Web site: Colley . Glenn . 2024-02-27 . Bérurier Noir An exhibition at the BnF and two exclusive playlists! . 2024-07-08 . What the France . en-US.
4. News: Oltermann . Philip . 2024-06-28 . How an 80s punk lyric became the rallying cry of French protests against the far right . 2024-07-08 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.