Etron Fou Leloublan

Etron Fou Leloublan, also known as EFL, were a French avant-rock band founded in 1973 by actor and saxophonist Chris Chanet. They recorded five studio albums between 1976 and 1985, and released a live album, En Public Aux Etats-Unis d'Amerique recorded during a tour of the United States in 1979. Etron Fou Leloublan were best known as one of the five original Rock in Opposition (RIO) bands that performed at the first RIO festival in London in March 1978.

Etron Fou Leloublan's music has been described as a blend of punk rock, jazz, French music hall, comedy satire and "avant-garde mayhem". The band was well received in progressive rock and RIO circles: Last.fm wrote, "This incredible trio happily destroys all rock structures and performs a delirious music, full of humour and rhythm. [...] It is not surprising that Etron Fou Leloublan became the French representative in Chris Cutler's Rock In Opposition movement." ProgArchives summed them up: "All of EFL's albums are so off-the-wall their music is almost impossible to describe: pulsating staccato snaps of drum, bass, sax, keyboards, with vocals vicariously woven into odd, complex musical structures - all this performed with amazing precision."

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