François Hadji Lazaro
François Hadji-Lazaro was a leading figure in French rock in the 1980s, and was
behind the bands Pigalle, Les Garçons Bouchers and Los Carayos. Born in Paris on
June 22, 1956, he began playing folk with Pénélope before meeting Daniel
Hennion, with whom he formed the group Pigalle in 1982. By the time the first
album came out in 1987, the guitarist and singer, who plays some twenty string
instruments, had already set up the Boucherie Productions label and founded
another group, Les Garçons Bouchers, with more or less the same musicians. While
Pigalle favored songs with a Parisian,...
