ONE OF FRENCH ROCK'S MOST LEGENDARY BANDS In 16 years of incandescence (83-99), 8 albums and over 700 concerts, Les Thugs were among those who gave French rock its letters of nobility, superbly traversing all the trends of the 80s and 90s, always retaining a fierce identity and that distinctive sound, at the crossroads of garage-punk, hardcore, grunge and emopop (with a few homeopathic doses of new-wave, punkabilly, psyche or pop depending on the period...). Atomic bomb in the face', '747 on take-off', 'Hooray rock'n'roll', 'sonic maelstrom', 'choreography of tumult', the Thugs label has made a lasting impression with a series of wickedly compact, effective and melodic standards.Long regarded abroad as the only genuine French rock'n'roll band of international stature, praised late in life by the media, but not half-heartedly, the band remains a benchmark for the French rock'n'roll scene.