Gogol Premier

Jacques Dezandre, better known by his stage name Gogol Premier, is a French punk rock singer.
In the early 1980s, Gogol and his band "La Horde" first founded a punk group combining music and happenings, which propelled him into the premises of Hara Kiri under the eye of Professor Choron.
Later, the group was promoting alternative rock that advocated independence and self-production, giving more than 300 concerts throughout France and abroad. Gogol Premier produced a prolific amount of music accumulating larger sales of more than a dozen albums.

Group Influence

Gogol got noticed because of provocative lyrics such as "J’encule". His preferred themes are religion, like on his song "If God was not a Serious Topic"; and politics, like on songs such as "May 88". Gogol intends his concerts to be "anarcho-mystical happenings" where the public is invited to make any fantasies onstage between joy and madness become real.

Career

Gogol Premier, often called the Master or Papunk, performs on stage with different groups:

"La Horde" from 1982, it includes Patrice Diaw with the guitar, and Catherine Machete
Les Électrodes from 1984 with Martial on the drum, Jean-Paul Corréa with the guitar and Gangster with the drum.

The group which preceded Gogol Premier and the Horde was called 15/95. There is one single which came out in 1981 under the following label: Tumulte, autoproduction of print where Gogol premier is a drummer. The cover is drawn in black and white.
The first single of "La Horde" was released in November 1982 at New Rose. The group was composed by Gogol premier, Patrice Diaw, Denis Diaw and Richard Alexandre; the management was done by Anne-Marie Monville. The personal assistant from Gogol premier is Alain Couvé, from 1982 to January 1984.
On 19 December 2004, Gogol is on stage, giving a concert at "La Loco" in Paris. Since then, Gogol Premier is regularly showing up, with new musicians, including Michaël Zurita from Satan Jokers.
On 1 February 2007, Gogol write an open letter to Ségolène Royal.
In 2014, Gogol Premier plays at L'Olympia his last album, Kabaret Punk.

Discography

Summary

Title	Year	More Information
Vite avant la saisie	1982	This album had a first printing of copies on the label New Rose. In 1983, the CD is Reprinted adding "discouraged to sensitive peoples" on the cover.
Ce que je veux faire quand je serai grand	1983	Accord/Musidisc. Also released a single with the song and "La Bombe"
Hencor'pir	1983	Includes titles used on the soundtrack of the film Tchao Pantin.
Les affres de l'angoisse	1984	Avec les Mau-Maus
Les femmes de 40 ans / Bambula rock	1984	Single
Hencor'pir - Vite avant la saisie	1984	Version CD des deux premiers albums.
Fais pas le mâle Johnny / Interview	1985	Single
Travail, famille, patrie / La passion inhumaine de St Gol	1986	Single Accord/Musidisc.
Le retour de la Horde	1986	The song Mais qui va nous faire marrer is dedicated to Coluche.
Voila des paroles faciles à comprendre / Je bois et je suis le roi	1986	Single Accord/Musidisc.
Pénétrez	1986	-
La Suisse à genoux	1987	Double live Album
Ma vie est triste à mourir / Cent millions d'amis	1987	Single Musidisc without Pocket CD
Poète, prophète, barbare	1987	-
Ennemi public N°1	1989	-
Et si Dieu n'était pas un sujet sérieux / Croix des bois, crâne de fer, ah ! si tu tues, tu iras en enfer	1990	Accord/Musidisc. Many single of this album were played on the radio, which allows the group to broaden its audience beyond the alternative scene.
Les Années Kaos	1990	-
Sous les pavés... Le feu	1992	-
Apocalypse	1996
La planète des dingues	1996	-
Électrochoc	2000
Point G	2001	Live.
Cyber G1	2003
Gogol Premier fracasse la Tannerie	2004	Live.
Piraté !	2004	Live à L'Ouvre-boîte, Beauvais, recorded on 13 December 2003.
Chansons dangereuses	2005	CD + DVD
Dernière Croisade	2008	Tour recorded on a live album and a DVD-vidéo.
Kabaret Punk	2012

Public appearing

Gogol Premier and "La Horde" appear in the film Tchao Pantin directed by Claude Berri. Gogol plays his own role at the Gibus. The songs in the film came out on the album Hencor'Pir'.
Gogol Premier appeared in the talk show of Christophe Dechavanne Ciel mon mardi with Bérurier Noir and Les Garcons bouchers, in the program Ca se discute of Jean-Luc Delarue, as he was running for presidential elections and also appears on the Web-Tv alternative Addict-Tv where he presents his own show.