Patrick Eudeline is a legend here.
Since the seventies, he has lived all of the rock'n'roll way of life. You could tell it by the way he walk. Patrick Eudeline is still here in 2002 with 2 new books this year. The former Asphalt Jungle's singer, leader of french Punk-Rock with Metal Urbain, is our own Greil Marcus or Nick Toshes. He has the style and the rock culture to write about a time where rock music was a culture and not a way of selling jeans. In the spring of 2002 came his second novel "Dansons Sous Les Bombes" (Grasset) and this fall 2002 "Gonzo" (Denoël x-trême), which is a compilation of his writings from 1973 to 2001. Of course, the interview is in french so teach yourself some french lessons and enjoy it. "un grand bruit sexy construisant des mélodies par des jeunes gens proposant un romantisme, une attitude envers la vie, et un modèle humain. Voilà l'essence du rock perdu"...
"Townshend disait : les power-chords de guitare sont des promesses que personne ne peut tenir. et le punk-rock, c'était cela. des mots bien trop grands dont il ne reste rien qu'une odeur."...
"tous ces cris dans le désert, ces centaines de cris en chansons enregistrés, toutes ces gueules en peine montrées ? il a bien du se passer quelque chose. même si on ne l'a pas vu parce qu'on le vivait"- jean-pierre kalphon in Ecrits rock.
part1
patrick eudeline - julien - cd - (Patrick & myriam) - absolute records / tac poum systeme - everybody needs somebody to love - lp - (various -Ange, Abracadabra, Pulsar,Tac Poum Syteme, Les moonlights, Absinthe) - philips
part2
spencer davis group - I'm a man - cd - (I'm a man) - sundazed / jethro tull - cat's squirrell - lp - (this was) - chrysalis
part3
timi yuro - hurt - lp - (hurt) - instant / Martha reeves and the vandellas - heatwave - cd - (dancing in the streets) - charly
part4
Barry ryan - red man - lp - (paul & barry ryan best of ) - repertoire
part5
Patrick eudeline - la nuit (adamo cover) - hlm records