Elli et Jacno
Encyclopedia
Elli & Jacno was a French 1980s electro-pop group. They were quite successful in France and to some extent in Britain
, having been featured once on the front page of Melody Maker
magazine.
and Elli Medeiros
decided to start a music duo after leaving the punk
band The Stinky Toys
. Jacno composed and performed the music and Elli sang and wrote the lyrics. They released three albums together before splitting up and beginning solo careers. A compilation Symphonies de Poche was released by Virgin ten years later.
United Kingdom
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, having been featured once on the front page of Melody Maker
Melody Maker
Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
magazine.
History
Denis Quillard alias JacnoJacno
Jacno was a French musician.Born as Denis Quillard, he was a founding member of the first French punk band The Stinky Toys. In the early 1980s, after the group disbanded, he teamed up with former Stinky Toys singer Elli Medeiros to form the pop duo Elli et Jacno...
and Elli Medeiros
Elli Medeiros
Elli Medeiros is a singer and actress .- The Stinky Toys :Medeiros moved to Paris, France, at the age of 14, dropped out of high school a couple of years later and joined the punk band The Stinky Toys....
decided to start a music duo after leaving the punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band The Stinky Toys
Stinky toys
Stinky Toys were a punk band from Rennes, France which started in 1976 and featured Elli Medeiros , Denis Quilliard, alias Jacno, , Bruno Carone , Albin Dériat , and Hervé Zénouda ....
. Jacno composed and performed the music and Elli sang and wrote the lyrics. They released three albums together before splitting up and beginning solo careers. A compilation Symphonies de Poche was released by Virgin ten years later.
Discography
- Tout va sauter (1980, Vogue)
- Inédits 77-81 (1981, compilation, Vogue)
- Boomerang (1982, Celluloid)
- Les Nuits de la Pleine Lune (1984, CBS)
- Symphonies de Poche (1994, compilation, Virgin)