Téléphone

For other uses, see Telephone (disambiguation).

Téléphone
Téléphone in 2016
Background information
Origin	Paris
Genres	Rock
Years active	1976–1986 (Téléphone), 2015-2017 (Les Insus?)
Labels	EMI, Virgin Records
Past members	Jean-Louis Aubert Louis Bertignac Corine Marienneau Richard Kolinka
Website	www.telephonelegroupe.com

Téléphone was a French rock band formed in 1976 by Jean-Louis Aubert (singer/guitarist), Louis Bertignac (guitarist/singer), Corine Marienneau (bass/singer) and Richard Kolinka (drums).

Their first, self-titled album was released in 1977; by the end of the decade they were one of the biggest French rock bands around, opening shows for The Rolling Stones in Paris, Quebec, the United States and Japan. The band split in 1986 for personal reasons. They have sold around 10 million albums to date, a record still unbeaten for a French rock band.

Among their best-known songs are "Hygiaphone", "Métro c'est trop" ("Metro's Too Much"), "La bombe humaine" ("Human bomb"), "Argent trop cher" ("Money Too Expensive"), "Ça c'est vraiment toi" ("That Is So You"), "Cendrillon" ("Cinderella"), "New York avec toi" ("New York City With You") and "Un autre Monde" ("Another World").

Members

• Jean-Louis Aubert - guitar, piano, vocals
• Louis Bertignac - guitar, vocals
• Richard Kolinka - drums
• Corine Marienneau - bass, piano, chant

Reformation under the name "Les Insus" (2015-2017)

The band reunited briefly for a concert at the Point Éphémère on 11 September 2015 under the name "Les Insus" (insupportables, meaning insufferable. The elided name also suggests the word portable, meaning "cellphone" in French, thus implying an upgrade to modern times). Les Insus were composed of Aubert, Bertignac and Kolinka but with the bassist Corine Marienneau replaced on the bass guitar by Aleksander Angelov (hence the reason they were not able to use the name "Téléphone"). Another concert was given in Lille on September 15. Les Insus also gave a concert in Lyon, at Le Transbordeur, on 6 October 2015. On November 29, 2015, the new group announced a real tour in France (in which Corine Marienneau would not participate) for 2016. The tour was scheduled from 27 April to 11 November in several major cities and several festivals. On 12 November, they announced a tour of the festivals in summer 2017 and a final gig at the Stade de France on 15 September. The live album Les Insus Live was released on 8 September.

Discography

Studio albums

• Téléphone (1977) - peaked in FRA at #2
• Crache Ton Venin (1979) - peaked in FRA at #2
• Au Cœur de la Nuit (1980) - peaked in FA at #3
• Dure Limite (1982) - peaked in FRA at #1
• Un autre monde (1984), featuring John Entwistle of The Who - peaked in FRA at #2

Album "Un autre monde" won French awards "Victoire de la musique album rock" in 1985.

Live albums

• Le Live (1986) - "Au cœur de la nuit", "Fait divers", "Dure limite", "Un peu de ton amour", "La bombe humaine", "Cendrillon", "New York avec toi", "Electric Cité", "Le Taxi-las", "Juste un autre genre", "Ce que je veux", "Argent trop cher", "Ça (c'est vraiment toi)", "Un autre monde", "Hygiaphone", "Fleur de ma ville".
• Paris 81 (2000) - "Crache ton venin", "Faits divers", "Au cœur de la nuit", "Ploum ploum", "Fleur de ma ville", "Argent trop cher", "Ordinaire", "La bombe humaine", "Laisse Tomber", "Seul", "Téléphomme", "Hygiaphone", "Tu vas me manquer", "Le Silence".
• Les Insus Live (2017)

Compilation albums

• Au cœur de Téléphone (2015)

Singles

Year	Album	Peak positions			Certification
		FR
1982	"Ça (C'est vraiment toi)"	–
1984	"Un autre monde"	5
1984	"Le jour s'est levé"	4

• 2012: "Ça (C'est vraiment toi)" (re-release) - peaked in FRA at #133

External links

• Téléphone official site