"They were beautiful, they were young, they were fashionable. "
VARIATIONS "Nador" 1970
is writing the column on Little Bob Story, I rethought the Variations. Variations ... Or how to make Led Zeppelin to Chateauroux ... Something like that eventually. They were beautiful, they were young, they were fashionable. We talked about them in magazines like the band of the moment in France, the most rebellious, most rock'n'roll. And yet ... We forgot
especially since they were the first to attempt to implement a true rock sound in France, avoiding clichés and pop music of Otis Redding version occasions Eddy Mitchell and Nicoletta. And it probably 
also why they turned a lot in Holland and Denmark, where their first single "Mustang Sally" in 1968 had gone well. For now, the Variations were as good as the English-speaking groups, and was a first.
The band signed with Pathé-Marconi late 1968 and released three simple sounding, whose excellent "Come Along" and "What's Happening" in 1969. The end of the road is the first album, "Nador". Dice
the brutal "What A Mess Again, we understand that we are dealing with a group inspired by Zep and the Stones, but not only. There is a raging garage something both blues and punk that makes the whole property in time, and almost quirky, like the Flamin 'Groovies example. 
And then there is the charisma in music. Admittedly, Lebbe Jo on vocals, Mark on guitar Tobaly, Jacques "Petit Pois" Grande on bass and Jacky Bitton on drums owe their success to concerts in thunderous balls, MJC and Golf Drouot. Everything is linked
impeccably, with very heavy as "Waiting For The Pope", heavy as hell, the rocks "Generations" and "Free Me", but also influences arabisantes on "Nador". Because the four are from North Africa. They grow 
is this vein on "Moroccan Roll" in 1974, which is neither more nor less than the alloy of a group of hard-rock with an Arab orchestra or that Page and Plant will twenty years later. 
Meanwhile, this first disc is filled with such raw energy. I would strongly advise you cd version, which includes every single of 1969, is the quintessence of what rock'n'rollienne formidable quartet, who tried to defend a certain idea of rock in France, a proud and rebellious rock, worthy of English or American.
Waste of time, the disc is an oven. The group scum France during one and a half before fleeing the U.S.. They recorded "Take It Or Leave It" in 1973 as a producer with Don Nix, and turn in the company of Aerosmith, Blue Oyster Cult, or the Doobie Brothers. They sefont a reputation there, earning praise from the U.S. Billboard. 
But this will not prevent the group to return, the farting Jo Lebbe shot before fleeing in 1974. Music of Changes was so Americanized, and though very good, has become more professional.
"Nador" remains a work so seminal a French rock finally live up to the competition, flawless gem of a group that ran after chimeras, which seemed to have scratched.
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VARIATIONS "Nador" 1970
is writing the column on Little Bob Story, I rethought the Variations. Variations ... Or how to make Led Zeppelin to Chateauroux ... Something like that eventually. They were beautiful, they were young, they were fashionable. We talked about them in magazines like the band of the moment in France, the most rebellious, most rock'n'roll. And yet ... We forgot
especially since they were the first to attempt to implement a true rock sound in France, avoiding clichés and pop music of Otis Redding version occasions Eddy Mitchell and Nicoletta. And it probably also why they turned a lot in Holland and Denmark, where their first single "Mustang Sally" in 1968 had gone well. For now, the Variations were as good as the English-speaking groups, and was a first. The band signed with Pathé-Marconi late 1968 and released three simple sounding, whose excellent "Come Along" and "What's Happening" in 1969. The end of the road is the first album, "Nador". Dice the brutal "What A Mess Again, we understand that we are dealing with a group inspired by Zep and the Stones, but not only. There is a raging garage something both blues and punk that makes the whole property in time, and almost quirky, like the Flamin 'Groovies example. And then there is the charisma in music. Admittedly, Lebbe Jo on vocals, Mark on guitar Tobaly, Jacques "Petit Pois" Grande on bass and Jacky Bitton on drums owe their success to concerts in thunderous balls, MJC and Golf Drouot. Everything is linked impeccably, with very heavy as "Waiting For The Pope", heavy as hell, the rocks "Generations" and "Free Me", but also influences arabisantes on "Nador". Because the four are from North Africa. They grow is this vein on "Moroccan Roll" in 1974, which is neither more nor less than the alloy of a group of hard-rock with an Arab orchestra or that Page and Plant will twenty years later. Meanwhile, this first disc is filled with such raw energy. I would strongly advise you cd version, which includes every single of 1969, is the quintessence of what rock'n'rollienne formidable quartet, who tried to defend a certain idea of rock in France, a proud and rebellious rock, worthy of English or American. Waste of time, the disc is an oven. The group scum France during one and a half before fleeing the U.S.. They recorded "Take It Or Leave It" in 1973 as a producer with Don Nix, and turn in the company of Aerosmith, Blue Oyster Cult, or the Doobie Brothers. They sefont a reputation there, earning praise from the U.S. Billboard. But this will not prevent the group to return, the farting Jo Lebbe shot before fleeing in 1974. Music of Changes was so Americanized, and though very good, has become more professional. "Nador" remains a work so seminal a French rock finally live up to the competition, flawless gem of a group that ran after chimeras, which seemed to have scratched. all rights reserved 
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