Elmer Food Beat Explained

Elmer Food Beat is a rock group from Nantes, France, formed in 1986.^[1] Their work is known for its raunchy lyrics.^[2] They were the 1991 Group of the Year for the Victoires de la Musique awards. They also co-created the annual Nantes music festival Les Rockeurs ont du cœur with their first manager, Stéphane Cluzeau.^[3]

Members

• Twistos – guitar, vocals
• Manou – vocals
• Grand Lolo – guitar, vocals (replaced Kelu in 2002)
• Vincent – drums
• Kalou – bass guitar

Discography

• Elmer Food Beat (Maxi 45T, 1988)
• 30 cm (1990)
• Je vais encore dormir seul ce soir (XIII Bis, 1991)
• La vie n'est pas une opérette (XIII Bis, 1992)
• La Copulation (XIII Bis, 1994)
• Heureux sur scène (1997)
• Gold (1998)
• Ze disque: 30 cm et plus (XIII Bis, 2000)
• L'essentiel (2000)
• Ze Best Of (2002) – CD+DVD
• 25 cm (2010) – 6-CD
• Merci les filles (XIII Bis, 2012)
• Les Rois du Bord de Mer (2013)

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Elmer Food Beat, un délire de branleurs", MetroNews . 2015-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160306234007/http://www.metronews.fr/video/elmer-food-beat-un-delire-de-branleurs/mies!de5rbIwjjz0is/ . 2016-03-06 . dead .
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=ug4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22elmer+food+beat%22&pg=PA52 Bouton, Remy, France: Industry faces new challenges, Billboard, April 4, 1998
3. Web site: Les Rockeurs ont du Coeur website history page . 2015-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150927121501/http://www.lesrockeurs.com/debut/ . 2015-09-27 . dead .