Indochine is a French rock and new wave band formed in Paris in 1981. They became very successful in the Francophonie, Europe and Latin America in the 1980s, with songs like "L'Aventurier" and "Canary Bay".
Following the release of several critically acclaimed, but commercially unsuccessful, albums in the 1990s, the group returned to stardom with the release of Paradize in 2002. Indochine has sold over 10 million albums and singles, making them the best selling French band.
Members:
Nicola Sirkis (vocals, guitar, synthesizer and harmonica, from 1981 until present)
Marc Eliard (bass since 1992)
Boris Jardel (lead guitar since 1998)
oLi dE SaT (Olivier Gérard) (keyboards and rhythm guitar since 1999)
Ludwig Dahlberg (drums since 2015)
Past Members:
Stéphane Sirkis (guitar and keyboards from 1982 to 1999 → death)
Dominique Nicolas (guitar from 1981 until 1994)
Dimitri Bodiansky (saxophone from 1981 until 1988)
Arnaud Devos (drums from 1985 until 1986)
Diego Burgar (bass from 1988 until 1992)
Jean-My Truong (drums from 1988 until 1994)
Didier Petitbeure (timbarde in 2002)
Philippe Eidel (accordion in 1992)
Jean Pierre Pilot (keyboards from 1994 until 2001)
Alexandre Azaria (guitar from 1995 until 1997)
Monsieur Tox (guitar from 1996 until 1997)
Monsieur Yann (drums from 1996 until 1998)
Matthieu Rabaté (drums from 1999 until 2002)
Monsieur Frédéric (Frédéric Helbert) (keyboards from 2002 until 2004)
Mr Shoes (François Soulier) (drums from 2002 until 2015)
Mr Matu (Francois Matuszenski) (Keyboards from 2005 until 2015
From: Paris, France
Genre(s):
Rock,
new wave
Active From: 1981-present