THE HONEYMOON KILLERS
"LES TUEURS DE LA LUNE DE MIEL"
gets a vinyl reissue on March 25!

 

You can buy your copy here

 

This much sought-after album created quite a sensation in the early '80s, and got the band to become the darlings of the UK & German music press whilst appearing on mainstream pop shows on French TV. Fronted by the late Yvon Vromman, The Honeymoon Killers were a provocative band with a strong pop sensibility, and their delirious live shows gained them a following across Europe.

The Honeymoon Killers resulted from the fusion of Brussels primitivist band Les Tueurs de la lune de miel (Yvon Vromman, Gerald Fenerberg and  Jeanf Jones Jacob III) with Aksak Maboul's Marc Hollander and Vincent Kenis, soon joined by singer Véronique Vincent.

The band's music was often described as a blend of New York No Wave and French pop, with a pinch of Captain Beefheart and a serious dose of absurd humour. Alongside Vromman's relentless energy, incisive lyrics and compositions, and the inventive arrangements performed by a unique combination of players, one of the main charms of the Honeymoon Killers was the contrast between the onstage personas of the two vocalists, the beauty-and-the-beast-like duet of Véronique Vincent (aloof, cold and elegant) vs Yvon Vromman (chaotic, scruffy and extravagant).

The album contains seven songs written by Yvon Vromman and three irreverent cover versions. It is reissued with its original artwork, plus an insert with pictures and lyrics, as well as a digital download code for the album plus 8 bonus tracks (including the band's cult "Subtitled Remix EP", and live tracks recorded during a tour as Aksak Maboul in 1981).

 

 

Watch these previously-unreleased videos:

Fonce à Mort (Live at the Hacienda)
Frontman Yvon Vromman at his scathing, nasty, insane best, during a show at the legendary Manchester club, 1982.

J4  (Live in Cologne)
April 1982. Fearless and ready to conquer the world, The Honeymoon Killers embark on the release tour for their album.

Décollage (In the streets of Geneva)
Véronique Vincent and two other Honeymoon Killers lip-syncing their 2nd single in a single-shot sequence around the Swiss TV building, summer 1985

Route Nationale 7 (Silly TV Medley)
Les Tueurs de la Lune de Miel breaking every rule of proper TV lipsync in several different pop programs, as they perform their hit single... Don't miss Yvon Vromman (sometimes disguised as a road casualty) miming the solo on various objects...

Histoire à Suivre (Live at the Hacienda)
Another excerpt from the Manchester show