Gogol Premier

Biography

Jacques Dezandre (born 10 August 1957, in Paris), 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 (a.k.a. Crawa) with the guitar, and Catherine Machete
Les Électrodes from 1984 with Martial on the drum (replaced during a tour by Cambouis; the actual drummer of La Souris Déglinguée), 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 1,000 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 (Patrick Mathé and Laurent Thévenon). The group was composed by Gogol premier (Jacques Dezandre), 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.

Public appearing

Gogol Premier and "La Horde" appear in the film Tchao Pantin directed by Claude Berri (you can also see Les Porte Mentaux in this film). 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.