RIP François Hadji-Lazaro

 

Death of François Hadji-Lazaro, founder of the rock band Les Garçons Bouchers

The guitarist and singer, who had also founded the group Pigalle, died this Saturday at the age of 66. The cause of his death has not been made public.

Liberaton

February 26, 2023

 

François Hadji-Lazaro was a figure of alternative rock in France. The musician and singer died this Saturday, February 25 at the age of 66. At this stage, the cause of his death has not been made public. The announcement fell on Facebook, written by Stef Gotkovski, saxophonist and ex-member of the Boys Butchers, the group founded by François Hadji-Lazaro in the mid-1980s: "As ex-head of Propaganda of the Label Boucherie Productions, and incidentally false sax Nietzsche of the groups Garçons Bouchers and Pigalle, and especially as a long-time friend of the gentleman we called Gros François, I must announce with this post (it is Authentic) the death a little before midnight of François Hadji Lazaro or Attilazaro depending on the mood."

François Hadji-Lazaro, born in 1956 in Paris, is best known for founding Les Garçons Bouchers. With the Wampas or Bérurier noir, it was one of the flagship bands in the French alternative rock scene of the 80s. It was formed in 1986 under the leadership of François Hadji-Lazaro before being dissolved in 1997. François Hadji-Lazaro then pursued his solo career, directing the independent record company Boucherie Productions and performing children's songs.

HADJI-LAZARO, François

Born: 6/22/1956, Paris, Île-de-France, France

Died: 2/25/2023, Paris, Île-de-France, France

 

François Hadji-Lazaro’s western – actor:

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