This is the thread for YouTube videos of forgotten good bands from non-English speaking countries

Perhaps there's already a thread for these kind of stuff, but I haven't found one.
This was the only single of the first Hungarian ska/new wave band, Fórum. In the years of communism only the luckiest bands could make albums, this band unfortunately broke up after their only single (released in 1981). I like this song, and you will luckily don't understand the daft lyrics as well.

dope thread idea

Oh yeah, I am fucking DOWN with this shit. Thanks, Zeus.

Here's a band I have a particular affection for who I believe are mostly Polish, though I believe they had some members from elsewhere. They did some fantastic post-punk and punk kind of stuff back in the day. I loved the fact that they could do gothy stuff and punk stuff on the same albums! I think they are still going.

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Anyway I guess it's a little hard to tell from that, but they're called De Press.

This is probably not a very good band, but I remember that this video aired once in 120 minutes.
This a Mano Negra influenced band, Chihuahua, who were also french and singing in spanish

not a very good band??? that song is great

Really? I think it apes a little too much on Mano Negra's "Mala Vida" vid

aren't they both just ripping off the same weird madness-esque humor?

Embedding disabled on this sadly...

(maybe not!)

One of the better B-52s/90s-era ska ripoffs out there...

That Rheingold track is fantastic indeed. And this is good as well:

Lagartija Nick... Their first couple albums are terrific, but later ones get more generically rock than their early Spanish Swervedriver sound. Couldn't find a decent video from their early albums, so a shaky live one will have to do...

All those Rheingold tracks are great!

Mecano, from Spain. My favorite track from their early synthpop days. No video, unfortunately:

I don't know what Rheingold videos were posted fifteen years ago but which have now disappeared but here's a good one..,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZbfJiazdGc

I was surprised to find out that Jean-Michel Jarre's laser harp was actually invented by a chap called Bernard Szajner, who released his own music - I was struck by "Welcome to Death Row" from Some Deaths Take Forever, which is a concept album about the death penalty from 1980. The first track is annoying but perhaps that was the point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lL2ZUpxDN0

I learn that the death penalty wasn't abandoned in France until 1981, and the last person to be guillotined in France was executed as late as 1977. He was killed one day before the French release of Star Wars, so he... didn't get to see Star Wars. Apparently fifteen people were still on death row when capital punishment was abandoned, so they did get to see Star Wars.

Now I’m imagining all the prisoners on French Death Row being taken out for a day to see Star Wars at the local Gaumont or Pathé.