The guitarist of the french band Rita Mitsouko died of a sudden cancer yesterday. Fred was also the husband of the band's singer, Catherine Ringer.

The band was on tour. They played several dates without him (which must have been pretty weird for the fans, but officially he asked the band to go on) and finally cancelled their shows in France and Germany during the last 2 weeks.

Rita had a lot of hit singles in the 80ies and mid 90ies and played duets with artists like The Sparks and Serj Tankian, singer of System Of A Down.

RIP Fred...

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4 pages of reactions for the death of a horse, and nothing for Fred...
Ain't there anything wrong here ?

I knew the band wasn't well known outside of France, Belgium, Switzerland, and a bit in germany, but I didn't expect such a silence...

Sorry, Doc, never heard of the band... are you a big fan of theirs?

Not a big fan, but they were among the best french bands you could find.
I am surprised since I was thinking more french people would react here.
We only have few acts we can be proud of, and Les Rita Mitsouko definitely were one of those. Not really rocking, but great, original.

For those who don't know them at all :

Here's theit 1st hit :



Here's a recent live :


Fred Chichin is playing the acoustic guitar

They also had a few songs in english
"Singing in the shower" should be available easily on youtube

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"C'est comme ça"
I remember and liked that song a lot around 1987.




sad to hear he passed away.

rest in peace Fred Chichin

They also did Under My Thumb in may this year






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the no comprendo is a great album..

i thinks its even produced by tony visconti

Andy???

ANDY?

Shoop shoop shoop

Good club song

I remember hearing them at all the dance clubs here (Houston) back around '87 and '88.

RIP Fred
He was a real "character", "une gueule" with an attitude. He'll be missed.

Doc Wrote:
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> 4 pages of reactions for the death of a horse, and
> nothing for Fred...
> Ain't there anything wrong here ?


You have to bear in mind that horse worship is basically the state religion of the US now. Similar to India they've legislated their own version of the "sacred cow", and it's the horse.

RIP Fred Cichin.

Kick Jaggards Wrote:
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> Doc Wrote:
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> > 4 pages of reactions for the death of a horse,
> and
> > nothing for Fred...
> > Ain't there anything wrong here ?
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> You have to bear in mind that horse worship is
> basically the state religion of the US now.
> Similar to India they've legislated their own
> version of the "sacred cow", and it's the horse.
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> RIP Fred Cichin.


The U.S. is into horse worship? news to me, and who is Fred Cichin anyway? I've never heard of him so he can't be anyone special. Now I know all you Europeans will take this the wrong way.

What a cheesy and respectless remark, Dude^^

just because YOU haven't heard of him

BluzDude Wrote:
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> The U.S. is into horse worship? news to me,

Just an impression I got BluzDude from reading some posts on this page [www.iorr.org]

Two weeks ago I was looking forward to see them in Frankfurt...

I'm sad he passed away.

RIP Fred Chichin

Doesn't he play the guitar like Ronnie and look a bit like him and Keith?

Doc Wrote:
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best french bands

No disrespect meant, but that is an oxymoron if ever I heard one!