In the 80s, several squats linked to the punk movement emerged in the 20th.
Rémi Pépin – musician within the Parisian Punk group Guernica – remembers:
« Vilin Street, we didn't stay there long. And then we went to rue des Cascades. […] They let us organize concerts at free prices. And there was also the Pali-Kao factory. »
1984, the turn of the movement
At Jimmy, a bar located at 104 rue de Bagnolet, a group of friends decides to create an association that will allow alternative punk to continue its route: Paris-Bar-Rock.
-« We played there several times, first three with Manu [Chao] ET Schultz [du groupe Parabellum]. This is where we met Alain, the double bass player of the wampas “Says Antoine Chao, member of the Alternative Rock groups Los Carayos, Chihuahua and the Mano Negra.
In 1987, the association – renamed Barrocks – left its historic district and continued its route; First in the 14th arrondissement, then at Gibus (Paris 11th), and finally at Java (Paris 10th) where she continues to organize punk/rock concerts (…)
