Manu Chao

Genres: Rock, Folk, Alternative Rock, Reggae

Manu Chao

Ranking

  • Rank: #346 of 411 bands on the BandRank leaderboard
  • ELO score: 958
  • Record: 1 win, 4 losses, 0 ties in head-to-head votes

Bio

Manu Chao is a French-Spanish musician. He sings in French, Spanish, English, Italian, Arabic, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese, Greek and occasionally in other languages. Chao began his musical career in Paris, busking and playing with groups such as Hot Pants and Los Carayos, which combined a variety of languages and musical styles. With friends and his brother Antoine Chao, he founded the band Mano Negra in 1987, achieving considerable success, particularly in Europe. He became a solo artist after its breakup in 1995 and since then has toured regularly with his live band, Radio Bemba Sound System.

Bio source: Wikipedia

Albums

  • Clandestino (1998)
  • ...Próxima estación... Esperanza (2001)
  • La radiolina (2007)

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