Edith Nylon is a French rock band that was active from the end of the 1970s to the beginning of the 1980s and has had a revival in 2020 after a 40-year hiatus with new live shows and a new album "La Fin de la Vie Sauvage" released in 2021.
Part of the
Punk movement, Edith Nylon was a precursor to
new wave music
New wave is a loosely defined music genre that encompasses pop-oriented styles from the late 1970s and the 1980s. It was originally used as a catch-all for the various styles of music that emerged after punk rock, including punk itself. La ...
. Edith Nylon obtained a certain level of success in its time and even opened for
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For most of their history the line-up consisted of primary songwriter Sting (lead vocals, bass guitar), Andy Summers (guitar) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion). The Police ...
. The singer
Mylène Khaski has become a company director in
Asia
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.
Group members
*Mylène Khaski : vocals
*Christophe Boutin : guitars
*Zako Khaski : guitar, bass, background vocals
*Frédéric Noyé : synthesizers, piano, guitar
*Karl Mormet : guitars
*Albert Tauby : drums
Discography
* 1979 : Edith Nylon (CBS)
* 1980 : Quatre essais philosophiques (CBS)
* 1980 : Johnny Johnny (CBS)
* 1982 : Echo bravo (Chiswick)
References
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French punk rock groups
Musical groups from Paris
Chiswick Records artists