Tagada Jones

Presented by RAGE TOUR. For more than 20 years now, Tagada Jones has been touring national and international stages with its Punk-Hardcore. The band has travelled through 25 countries, produced 9 studio albums and worn out the boards more than 1800 times!

Undoubtedly one of the only French punk combos to export itself so widely while singing in its native language. Tagada is also a social conscience, a political commitment and, above all, a reference when it comes to independence. ) as the embodiment of French 'Do it yourself'.

While the combo started its career just over twenty years ago as a 100% punk-rock quartet, its music has undergone some changes, notably a more electro-punk orientation for a few years with the arrival of a fifth member on samples.

Today the band has returned to its first loves and continues to compose punk music faithful to its roots, even if the electro-industrial aspect has not entirely disappeared.

The group covers, more than ever, a musical spectrum ranging from English punk, from its origins to its Californian version of the 90s, passing through the hexagonal alternative of the 80s, or even metal and hardcore.

These influences have been perfectly digested to result in music that resembles nothing but Tagada Jones! While the music has evolved, it remains immediately recognisable, notably thanks to Niko's voice, his enraged singing and his militant lyrics.

These lyrics have also undergone a certain evolution but remain very largely focused on societal issues such as capitalism, globalisation, oppression, wars, racism, ecology, politics, religions, domestic violence or freedom in the broad sense of the term...

The themes remain serious, the vision terribly lucid, and the whole paints a p