Marc Zermati
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Marc Zermati (21 June 1945[1] – 13 June 2020) was a French producer and promoter of punk rock music, and businessman.
Life and career
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In 1972 he co-founded the Skydog record label, which issued its first release, the Flamin' Groovies' Grease 7" EP in May 1973, pre-dating Stiff Records by over 3 years, and formed the first independent shop distribution in France.[4] In August 1976, and again in 1977, Zermati organised the "first European punk rock festival" in the French town of Mont-de-Marsan.[3] He organised tours in France by bands including The Clash, Dr. Feelgood, The Heartbreakers, and Eddie and the Hot Rods, as well as concerts by the Ramones and Talking Heads.[2]
In 1976 he set up Bizarre Distribution with Larry Debay, an independent record distribution company in London that giving an outlet for new independent labels.
In the 1990s he set up a record label called "Kind of Groove" as a Skydog subsidiary label, presenting experimental, electronic and acid jazz music. Bands like the Japanese/French U.F.O., the German Marc Ashmann or the French/American CFM Band did several records on this label.
Zermati died on 13 June 2020 from a heart attack.[6]
Festival and tour organiser
- The Heartbreakers ('76)
- Eddie and the Hot Rods
- Chrissie Hynde
- The Clash
- Wilko Johnson
- Dogs
- Big Audio Dynamite
- The Damned
- Happy Mondays
- Mano Negra
- Daft Punk
- Air
- Atom Rhumba
Productions
- Motörhead
- New York Dolls
- Johnny Thunders
- Wayne Kramer
- MC5
- Flambeurs
- Bebe Buell.
- Iggy Pop
- Flamin' Groovies
- Kim Fowley
- 54 Nude Honeys
- Marc Ashmann
- Pimpi Aroyo/ City Zen
- United Future Organization
- CFM Band
- Bossa Nova Beatniks
References
- ^ a b "Marc Zermati expose ses trésors punk", Salon du Disque, 1 January 2009. Internet Archive Feb 20 2019
- ^ a b c Philippe Garnier, "Mort de Marc Zermati, Parrain du Punk", Libération, 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020
- ^ ISBN 978-0-470-28240-3.
- ^ "Motörhead - England". Discogs.
- ^ Dave Thompson, The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting, Backbeat Books, 2002
- ^ Barucq, Romain (14 June 2020). "Marc Zermati, un des créateurs des festivals punk de Mont-de-Marsan, est décédé". Sud Ouest. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
External links
- Marc Zermati discography at Discogs
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