Apres Nous Le Deluge: The Nouvelle Vague Of Pop Francaise
Rob Chapman, MOJO, July 1998
"THERES NOTHING HAPPENING in England right now. Its like 1975. Deep Purple for me are like The Prodigy. Led Zeppelin are Chemical Brothers." Daniel Auxerre, head of Kung Fu Fighting records, is holding court in Rough Trades Paris shop: "I despise prog. Its coming back now and its scary. People come and ask me for Tangerine Dream and Tubular Bells. I say no! I dont want this shit in my shop. Never!"
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