Thierry Hazard whose real name is Thierry Gesteau is a French singer.

Biography

Hazard was born in Compiègne

Compiègne

Compiègne is a city in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Oise.The city is located along the Oise River...

, France

France

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, and grew up in Sèvres

Sèvres

Sèvres is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.The town is known for its porcelain manufacture, the Manufacture nationale de Sèvres, making the famous Sèvres porcelain, as well as being the location of the International Bureau of Weights...

. During the 1980s, he became the singer of the band GPS, an acronym of Garage Psychiatric Suburban. The group's guitarist, Tom "Backerfix" Darnal, is indeed became the Mano Negra

Mano Negra

Mano Negra was a music band in France, during 1987–1995, fronted by Manu Chao.The band, founded in 1987 by Chao, his brother Antoine, and his cousin Santiago Casariego in Paris, France, was very influential in Europe during the early 1990s. Although it reached mainstream success in countries...

's keyboard. Hazard released his first solo single "Poupée psychédélique" in 1988 but it passed unnoticed. Two years after, he released "Le Jerk" which became a huge hit in summer 1990 (#2 in France). His first solo album Pop music was released in 1990 and had a great success thanks to the two titles mentioned above ("Poupée psychédélique" was re-released at the end of 1990, reaching #2 in France), but also with other songs which were much aired on radio such as "Les Brouillards de Londres", "Un Jour c'est oui, un Jour c'est non" and "Les Temps sont durs". A cover of Michel Polnareff

Michel Polnareff

Michel Polnareff, born in Nérac on 3 July 1944, is a French singer-songwriter who was very popular from the mid-1960s until the early 1980s...

's song, "Tout, Tout, pour ma chérie", is also included on this album. In 1994, Hazard launched his second album entitled Où sont passés les Beatniks? with the singles "Julie est trop prude" and "Où sont passés les Beatniks?" but they didn't meet with success.

The rumour that he would go to Tahiti

Tahiti

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 and will be host at NRJ Tahiti is false, it is a homonym who is actually radio host in French Polynesia

French Polynesia

French Polynesia is an overseas country of the French Republic . It is made up of several groups of Polynesian islands, the most famous island being Tahiti in the Society Islands group, which is also the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the territory...

.

Songs not released as singles

• "Jusqu'à la fin de l'été"
• "Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard"
• "Goodbye Mary"
• "Sing Sing"
• "Rendez-vous à Katmandou"
• "Tout, Tout pour ma chérie"
• "Juste quelques mots"
• "Back in the Sixties"
• "Panique sur la plage"
• "Les Années pop"
• "21 Rue St-Martin"
• "Le Nirvana"
• "Le Vagabond"
• "Youri Gagarine"
• "L'Amour n'a pas voulu de moi"
• "Mon Ange gardien"

Singles

• "Poupée psychédélique" (1988)
• "Le Jerk
  Le Jerk
  "Le Jerk" is a 1990 song recorded by the French musician, songwriter and singer known under the pseudonym of Thierry Hazard. It is the first single from his debut album Pop Music and was one of the 1990 summer hits in France. It is also Hazard's signature song, although he has released other...
  
  " (1989) #2 in France
• "Poupée psychédélique" (1990) #2 in France
• "Les Brouillards de Londres" (1990) #5 in France
• "Un Jour c'est oui, un Jour c'est non" (1991) # 13 in France
• "Les Temps sont durs" (1991)
• "Julie est trop prude" (1994)
• "Où sont passés les beatniks ?" (1994)

Albums

Studio albums

• Pop Music (1990)
• Où sont passés les beatniks ? (1994)

Compilation

• Le Jerk (2000)

External links

• Thierry Hazard, on Bide et musique
• Thierry Hazard, on Myspace (fan site)