semi-comic sound-effects 70–71
Philippe’s Latin-style percussion 73
the line-up 76
first gig 76
contract signed 77–79
visit to Peru and Ecuador 82–87
Pigalle tour 91–92, 101, 286
only visit to America 92–95, 94
shift in mood 100
Caravannes Des Quartiers tour 101–2, 165, 294
Antoine, Jo and Daniel leave the band 118–19
last album 120–21, 130
last gig 131
all band members turn on Manu 138
Manu barred from using the band name 139, 147
South American bands inspired by 151
Best of Mano Negra album 186–87
democratic system 187, 235
Manu still upset about the split 308
“Manu Chao” 119, 206
Manwoz 287
Maradona, Diego 8, 133, 236, 278
Marcos, Subcomandante 113, 135–37, 153, 155, 156, 156, 157, 173, 280
Marcos González, Juan de 283
“Marea, La” 149
Mariam see Amadou & Mariam
Mariatchi bar, El, Barcelona 225, 226, 232, 233, 296, 298, 315
Mariatchi Boogie 225
Marismeños, Los 44
Maritza (waitress in Brixton) 302
Marlboro, DJ 163
Marley, Bob 11, 29, 48, 59, 184, 193, 194, 221, 278, 298, 301, 303, 307, 315
Marley, Rita 303
Marquee Club, London 90
Márquez, Gabriel García 22, 111, 114, 124, 131, 155, 250
Matadin, Silvano 103–4
Matrkos 255
“Mauvais Sang” 170
Mazaud, Phillip 130
Maze 29
“M’Bife” 210
“M’Bifé Blues” 211
“Me Gusta Tu” 165, 194, 198, 229, 276
“Me Llaman Calle” 8, 236, 261, 261, 269
Medellín, Colombia 128–29
Medellín, Mayor of, Colombia 117
Medina, Jamie James 238
“Memphis Tennessee” 27
Mendoza, Argentina 190
Ménilmontant, Paris 197, 291
“Mentira” 172
Mephisto 230
“Merry Blues” 204
Metal Urbain 35
Meteors, Les 54
Metronomy 293
Mexican Revolution (1910) 135
Mexico 117, 135, 141, 147–58, 270–84
Mexico City 112, 147–50, 188–89, 190, 282–84, 323
Meyres, Menno 301
“Mi Vida” 196
M.I.A. 163
Michoacán, Mexico 271
“Migra, La” 153
Miguel, Luis 254
Milanés, Pablo 22
“Minha Galera” 162
Ministry of Sound 1345
Miroterie, La 40
Mistico 149
Mitterrand, François 21, 37–38, 105
“Mme Oscar” 99
Moita, José 60, 61
Mola, General Emilio 205
Mon Grand Frère et un Rocker 56
Montage 317
Montmartre, Paris 51
Morales, Evo 280
Moreau, Marc-Antoine 210, 297, 299
Moreira, Paul 217
Morelenbaum, Jacques 304
Morelia, Mexico 277
Moreno González, Nazario 271
Morgan, Andy 90
Morocco 259
Morricone, Ennio 237
Morrissey 309
Mothers of the Disappeared 153
Moulin Rouge, Paris 51, 285
Movimientos 310
Mozambique 196
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 22
“Mr Bobby” 193, 194, 225, 229, 269, 276
MST (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra) 160, 161
MTV Brazil 161
Muguruza, Fermin 153, 204, 205
“Mundo Revés” 237–38
“My Favourite Things” 194
N
Nacha Pop 164
Nadal, Fidel 130, 131, 139, 153
Nadine 197
Nagem (a Sahrawi) 263
Nancy Jazz Pulsations 45
Nantes, France 110
Naples 143, 146
Narco Juniors 154
Natal, Fabrice 76–77
National Day Laborer’s Organizing Network 306
National Human Rights Commission 281
N’Dour, Youssou 179, 234
Négresses Vertes, Les 79, 119, 234, 290, 291
Negu Gorriak 153
Never Trust a Guy Who Having Been a Punk Is Now Playing Electro 206
New Morning 76
New Orleans 178, 231, 290
New Rose, Left Bank, Paris 40
New York City 94, 220, 238–39, 289
New York Dolls 57
Nîmes, France 197
Nine Inch Nails 230
Nirvana 49
Nixon, Richard 311
No! 151
No Country For Old Men (film) 259
Noches de Cabaret (film) 55
Noir Désir 207–8
NRJ 174
Nuena (a Sahrawi) 263
Núñez, Leonel 254
O
O Samba Poconé 161
Oaxaca, Mexico: teachers’ strike 262, 277
Obama, Barack 83, 213, 301
O’Dair, Marcus 308
Ogres de Barback, Les 300
“Oh! Carol” 41
Olivera, Alfredo 253, 255–56
Olvidados, Los (film) 44
Olympia music hall, Paris 81, 82, 96–98, 97
Omnes, Ronan 53
Onetti, Juan Carlos 22
open Market, near Les Halles, Paris 40
Orchestre Rouge 40
Ortega, Felisa (Manu’s maternal grandmother) 16, 16
Ortega, Felisa (Manu’s mother) 15, 23, 69, 77, 315
in a refugee camp in Roussillon region, France 16
a scientific researcher 19
sees Joint de Culasse play 29
attitude to studying 29
horrified at Manu’s career choice 30, 31
Manu’s promise 31, 42, 58
advises Manu 141
Ortega, Tomás (Manu’s maternal grandfather) 15–17, 16, 19, 205–6, 244, 257, 306
Os Diplomaticos 167, 176
“Oscar Tramor” 55–56
OTH 52
“Otro Mundo” 236
Ousco (friend of Sam) 251
“Out Of Time Man” 100, 149
Oxfam 303
P
P18 113
Paci, Roy 186, 200, 210
Paez, Fito 248
Palacio, Andy 247
Palais des Sports, Paris 36
Palestine 254, 310
Palm Pictures 184
“Papito” 196
Papuines, Los 69
Parabellum 40, 47, 49, 52, 54
Parachute 42, 49
Paris 285–91, 293–96
May 1968 riots 24, 37
in early 1980s 38
Parisian scene 46, 47, 50
becomes the capital of world music 50
Manu spends immediate post-Mano Negra weeks in 144
Manu returns 168–71
Manu’s need to escape from 185
Paris Barrocks Association 53–54
“Paris La Nuit” 98
Parsons, Gram 123
“Pas Allez De Toi” 88–89
Pasquier, Didier 57
Patchanka 56, 69–75, 88, 98
“Patchanka” 86, 88
Patchanka SARL 76, 77, 138
Paulo (filmmaker) 249, 256–57
Paz, Octavio 262
Peckham, London 310
Pelanconi, Mike ‘Prince Fatty’ 303
Pelé 278
Peña-Ruiz, Henri 29–30
Pépé 42
Pergolini, Mario 117
Perry, Lee 213
Persistent et Signent 54, 55
Peru 82–86, 198
Peymaud, Charles Ceccaldi 105
Phoenix, Arizona 306
Piaf, Edith 48, 52, 288
Piazzolla, Astor 245
Picasso, Pablo 72, 285, 289
Pigalle (band) 51, 52–53, 79
Pigalle, Paris 51, 89, 91–92, 101, 285–86, 287
Pinilla, Rojas 125
Pink Floyd 213
Pinto, Joséfa 167, 168, 176
Pinto, Nina 167
Pinto family 167
Piojos, Los 251
Piqueteros movement 248
Plant, Robert 213
Plastic Bertrand 28
Plastilina Mosh 137
Plaza de Toros tour 109
Pocho 9
Polisario Front 259, 260, 265, 266, 269
“Politic Amagni” 211
“Politik Kills” 211, 237, 276, 303
Pompidou, Georges 37
Pontecorvo, Gillo 269
Pop, Iggy 70, 93, 94, 102
“Por El Suelo” 157, 172–73, 189
“Porcherie” 81
Poveda, Miguel 43
Praia do Futuro, Brazil 317, 319
Prea, Brazil 321
Presley, Elvis 27, 29
Prévert, Jacques 289
Prieur, Jean-Yves (Kid Bravo or Kid Loco) 28, 52
“Primavera, La” (The Spring) 194, 195, 276
Princesas (film) 236, 261
Printemps de Bourges festival 56–57
Priscilian 166
“Promiscuity” 196
Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn 227–30, 228, 241
Próxima Estación: Mexico 283
Proxima Estacion - Esperanza 10, 134, 142, 149, 186, 192–200, 217, 223, 236, 237, 294, 303
“P’tit Jardin” 291
Pura Vada! 100, 101
Puta’s Fever 87–89, 89, 90, 91–92
Q
Querétaro, Mexico 279
R
Radio Bemba 10, 144, 145, 219, 221, 294, 295
the name 165, 257
band members 186, 188
Zócalo free concert 188–89, 282
and G8 summit 199
Volterra prison event 203–4, 203, 278
Radio Bemba Sound System 192
Radio Caracol 123
Radio Ciudad Havana 113
Radio Futura 164
Radio Latina 113
Radio Nova 51
Radiolina, La 8, 149, 211, 232–33, 235–38, 253, 257, 261, 287, 291, 293, 310
Rage Against The Machine 230
“Rainin’ In Paradize” 236, 248–49, 250, 253, 311
Ramírez, Tania 275
Ramírez, Trinidad (Trini) 281, 283, 284
Ramónes, The 64, 206
Ramos, Hortensia 283
Rapido (TV show) 57, 85
Rats, Les 49
Raw Power 93
“Rawhide” 54
“Realité, La” 210
Recife, Brazil 321
Red Devils 283
Red Warriors, The 53
Redding, Otis 29, 43, 44
Reed, Lou 48, 218
Reich, Steve 239, 289
“Reloj, El” 254
Renault, Jacques 187, 207, 208, 293
Renault, Louis 20
Renault plant, Paris 20, 26, 27
“Rendezvous, Le” 196
Repentistas 161
Rey Mysterioso, El 230
RFI 18, 22, 46, 300
Rhinehart, Luke 88
Ribadavia, Galicia, Spain 17
Rinnovamento Sindicale 199
Rio de Janeiro 115, 117, 140, 143, 158, 159, 160–63, 178, 231, 316
Rio Earth Summit 115
Rita Mitsouko, Les 187
River of Blood (film) 244
Rockin’ Las Americas (Hernández et al, eds) 117
“Rock’n’Roll Band” 88
Rodrigo D: No Futuro (film) 128
Rodríguez, Silvio 22, 117
“Roger Cageot” 92
“Roll Over Beethoven” 27, 41
Rolling Stones, The 28, 29, 97, 253
Romance 85 49
Ronaldo 229
“Ronde De Nuit” 70, 98
Rondelle 131
Roots Radio 7, 244, 249, 255
“Rosamaria” 58
Rousseau, Dominique 62
“Roxette” 33
Royal de Luxe 106–7, 108, 109, 110, 118, 123–24, 162
RTL 2 174
Rue des Caves hippy squat, Paris 25
Ruiz, Ulises 277
Run DMC 70, 71
S
Saavadra, Rafa 151
Sabato, Ernesto 245
“Safe European Home” 36
Sahara Film Festival 259, 265, 265, 266
Sahrawi refugee camps 220, 259, 262–69
Saint Germane-en-Laye, Paris 72
Saint Jean, General Ibérico 247
St Malo, Brittany 47–48
Salazar, Gianny 186
“Salga La Luna” 70
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil 115, 160
San Salvador Atenco, Mexico 280
San Telma, Buenos Aires, Argentina 7
Sánchez, Jorge 281
Sánchez de Fuentes, Eduardo 19
“Santa Maradona” 236
Santa Marta, Colombia 130, 131
Santa Teresa barrio, Rio de Janeiro 158, 159, 161, 162, 163
Santana 32
Santeria 114–15, 134, 158
Santiago de Cuba 113
Santo, El 230
Santos, Maria 302–7, 309, 315
Sartre, Jean-Paul 18
Satellites, Les 52, 67, 72, 79
Satie, Erik 289
Saura, Carlos 44, 168
Schubert, Franz 23
Die Winterreise 175
Schultz 47, 48, 49, 54
Second World War 38
Selarón, Jorge 162
“Sem Terra” 161
Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path)
guerrillas 84–85, 153
Senegal 177, 178, 179
“Senegal Fast Food” 210
“Señor Matanza” 134, 146, 147, 148
Sergeant García 176
Serrano, Irma 55
Sèvres, Paris 20–21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 32, 33, 35, 40, 41, 42, 67, 77, 171, 286, 291
Sex Pistols, The 28, 79, 90, 118, 146
Shea Stadium, New York 283
Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London 219, 220
Shoom!, London 144
Shore, Adam 230
Siberia 291
Sibérie M’Était Contée (book and CD) 237, 287–93, 288, 290
Sidi (a Sahrawi) 263, 264
“Sidi H’Bibi” 63, 89, 276
Skank 161
SMOD 212, 251, 297
“So Many Nites” 50, 50
Soft Machine 308
“Sol Y Luna” (Sun and Moon) 157
Sol y Sombre disco, Uruapan, Mexico 271
Solucion Mortal 152
Soro 209
Sorriso 158, 161
“Soul Fire” 213
Sound of Music, The 194
Southend, Essex 33
Soviet Union, collapse of 113
Soweto 153
“Spanish Bombs” 153
Spanish Civil War 16, 17
Stiff Little Fingers 33, 36, 68
Stingrays, Les 54
Stinky Toys, The 35
Stooges 32, 99
Strummer, Joe 36–37, 219, 220, 221, 298
Studio 54 239
Studio Campus rehearsal studios, Paris 63
Studio Darniens, Boulogne-Billancourt 41
Studio Do, Bordeaux 57
Studio Marcadet, Paris 88
Studio Mix’It 71, 82
Sub Pop 49
“Sueño De Solentitiname” 134, 135, 146
Super Boum Rock’n’Roll 41–42
Superchango 158, 160, 311–13, 311
Suquet, Pascal ‘Rascal’ 53
“Surri, Surri” 205
Szasz, Thomas 246–47, 25
4, 256
T
“Ta De Bobeira” 303, 307
Ta I Tola 212
Tacho, Comandante 156, 156
“Takin’ It Up” 68
Talking Heads 289
Tango House, Buenos Aires 244, 245, 247, 249, 251, 256, 257
Tapliaferro, Magda 18
“Taxi Bamako” 210
Teboul, Philippe 87, 94, 119, 210, 229, 275, 278–79, 284, 300, 306, 307, 308
in Les Casse Pieds 62–63, 64, 186
joins Mano Negra 72–73
pseudonym (Garbancito) 76
Cargo Tour 84, 133–34
on the Colombian train tour 134
“Teenage Depression” 35
Telephone 28
Television 289
Tepito, Mexico City 147–49
Têtes Raides, Les 174
Texcoco, Mexico 280–81
TF1 channel 100
Thomas (sound man) 77
Thoreau, Henry 304
Thugs, Les 49
Thunders, Johnny 57
Tiara, Camille T. 189–90
Tiberi, Jean 291
Tidjani Brotherhood 179
Tijuana, Mexico 150–58, 190, 232
Tijuana No! 137, 151, 153, 154
Tinariwen 211, 268
Tindouf, Algeria 259, 262
Toboada, Pepe 265–66
Todo Los Muertos 153
Tomatito 43
“Too Drunk To Fuck” 117
Touareg 268
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de 285
“Tour Le Monde Est Troublé” 209
“Il Faut Manger” 291
“Tous les soirs” 49
Town and Country club, London 90
Trans Musicales, Les 77
Transbordeur Festival, Lyons 103
Transgresores De La Ley 153
“Trapped By Love” 142, 196–97
“Travel Trouble” 153
Treize à Table (Thirteen at the Table) 146
Treviso Festival 199
Tribu radio station, Buenos Aires, La 246, 247, 251
Trintignant, Marie 208
“Tristeza Maleza” 237, 253
Troba Kung Fu, La 310
Tropicalia movement 117
Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) 153
“Tutti Frutti” 27
TV Ataca, La (TV show) 117
Tyler, Kieron 294
U
U2 11, 95
UNESCO 104
UNICEF 248
United Fruit Company 125
United Nations 115, 259
United States
Mano Negra in 92–95, 94, 151
La Ventura’s 2011 tour 306, 307
Universal 208
Urban Dance Squad 103
Uruguay 117, 191
Usine Pali-Kao 40
V
Valeria 152, 193–94
Vander, Christian 28
Vanity Fair Oscar Party 269
Varesi, Paulo 199
Veloso, Caetano 117
Venezuela 240–41
“Vent Nous Portera, Le” 207
“Ventura, La” 70
Ventura, La 306, 309
Véritable Histoire de France, La 108, 109
Vice Recordings 230
Vichy France 16, 38, 53–54
Vico, Giambattista 250
Victoire de la Musique, La 212–13
“Vida Me Da Palo, La” 135
“Vida Tómbola, La” 8, 236, 269, 303
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