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This is an extension to Sunday's entry about Hosono-tinged 80s Japanese pop; in a late comment, Mario Campos said I should have included Jun Togawa , the extraordinary, zany 80s diva who's like Catherine Ringer from Les Rita Mitsouko, Cindy Lauper, Nina Hagen, Hanayo and Bjork all rolled into one. Mario's right, but it's best to give Togawa an entry all to herself. She's covered so many styles, and...
It was expected. After the death of co-founder Fred Chichin last November, the remaining half of Les Rita Mitsouko, Catherine Ringer, has announced the end of one of France’s greatest musical acts of the past quarter century. She will continue to sing solo, but under her own name. In case you never heard of Les [...]
Incredibly weird and sexy 1985 video from French band Les Rita Mitsouko. Apparently this song was a huge hit in France. Fred Chichin (the guitarist) died last November -- I only just found that out today. I believe that Catherine Ringer won the 1985 International Pointy Boob award for this video.
On my fist visits to France in the early 90s, I made the discovery that there a whole French rock scene in existence - barely audible beyond Calais but well alive all the same. At the time, on hearing French bands I found the majority a tad outdated and fairly derivative and didn't feel too [...]
One of the greatest 80s pop bands, Les Rita Mitsouko, is no more. Founded in 1979, the French duo of Catherine Ringer and Frédéric Chichin remained active until very recently, and just released their 11th album Variéty in 2007. Sadly,...
Catherine Ringer and Fred Chichin of Les Rita Mutsouko. Fred died yesterday aged 53. You may never have heard of French band Les Rita Mutsouko, but France is pretty upset about the death of it's co-founder Fred Chichin. Fred Chichin, the guitarist who founded the popular French pop group duo Rita Mitsouko, died yesterday aged 53 of [...]
"Nous avons la tristesse de vous annoncer la disparition de Fred Chichin, des Rita Mitsouko, survenue ce matin, des suites d'un cancer fulgurant qui l'a emporté." (photo) For those whose French is even rustier than mine: Fred Chichin, co-founder and...
Fred Chichin, guitarist of the French pop duo Rita Mitsouko has died of cancer at the age of 53. The band had cancelled several shows after the guitarist fell ill two months ago.
