Yves Adrien is a writer and Dandy French, revealed by its articles in Rock & Folk with the beginning of the year Punk and its first book " Novövision" (Humanoïdes Associated). It signs its first proclamation in the R&F n° 72 of January 1973, heading " I sing the rock'n'roll électrique" (title inspired of I sing the body electric of Ray Bradbury 1970). Its heroes of then are not Genésis or Stones but the Stooges, The Flamin' Groovies, Kim Fowley or The New York Dolls. It expresses in its articles a fascination/veneration for those who were modern artists avant-gardists, innovators (even trash) in their time: David Bowie and Kraftwerk, precursors of New-Wave and the American avant-garde arty of the end of the 70 ' S (Talking Heads, James Chance, Lydia Buffet, Mars, DNA, No New York etc). Adrien impassioned by the Future inventing itself and that it sublimates in its articles hates what is franchouillard, retro, or " provincial". It tries to precede and contribute to launching new musical currents. Dice 1978, it magnifie the dark groups incipient from the afterpunk like the current Coldwave incarnated by Joy Division, but does not scorn to clear with the kind Disco, famous diskö.

He was not really journalist but rather a precursor of the chronicle rock'n'roll written like a test, like his fellow-member and friendly Alain Pacadis, a exercise of style which ensured its influence on the present generation. He is the inventor and the âpotre of the expression Novö . With the avant-garde of the writing rock'n'roll by its chronicles, it disappeared several years from the scene before reappearing in 2000 with a second (then a third) delivers published at Flammarion, and giving some rare talks to the press.

Quotations

Its works

• "F like Fantomisation" (News of Yves Adrien) Flammarion 2004

• " a 2001 apocalypse rock" Flammarion 2000
• " Novövision" (Speed 17/Les Humanoïdes Associated) 1980.

External bond

• a portrait of Yves Adrien