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{{Short description|French punk rock band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Bérurier Noir
| image             = 
| caption           = 
| image_size        = 
| alias             = {{flatlist|
* Les Béruriers
* Béru
* Les Bérus
* BxN}}
| origin            = [[Paris]]
| genre             = [[Alternative rock]], [[punk rock]], [[anarcho-punk]]
| years_active      = 1983–1989<br />2003–2006
| label             = Last Call, [[Wagram Music]]
| associated_acts   = [[Lucrate Milk]], [[Les Négresses Vertes]]
| website           = [https://beruriernoir.fr/ beruriernoir.fr]
| current_members   = François Guillemot<br />Loran<br />Masto<br />Laul
| past_members      = 
}}
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'''Bérurier Noir''' ({{IPA|fr|beʁyʁje nwaʁ}}) was a French [[punk rock]] band active from 1983 to 1989. The band reformed from 2003 to 2006.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Carpentier |first1=Laurent |title=Bérurier noir squatte la BNF |work=Le Monde |page=23 |date=2022-03-11 |language=French |issn=0395-2037 |id={{ProQuest|2637539331}} |location=Paris, France |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The band is associated with [[anarcho-punk]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0JZp-jrotQC&pg=PA74 | title=International Encyclopedia of Political Science | isbn=9781412959636 | last1=Badie | first1=Bertrand | last2=Berg-Schlosser | first2=Dirk | last3=Morlino | first3=Leonardo | date=7 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://diyconspiracy.net/history-anarcho-punk-france/ |title=Le DIY Ou La Mort: An Overview of Anarcho-Punk in France 1984–2006 |website=DIY Conspiracy |date=23 April 2025 |access-date=23 April 2025}}</ref>

Materials related to the band were donated to the [[Bibliothèque nationale de France|Bibliothèque Nationale de France]] in 2021, and an exhibition opened in Paris in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colley |first=Glenn |date=2024-02-27 |title=Bérurier Noir {{!}} An exhibition at the BnF and two exclusive playlists! |url=https://whatthefrance.org/berurier-noir-an-exhibition-at-the-bnf-and-two-exclusive-playlists/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=What the France |language=en-US}}</ref>

As of 2024, lead singer Francois is a history lecturer in Lyon.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Oltermann |first=Philip |date=2024-06-28 |title=How an 80s punk lyric became the rallying cry of French protests against the far right |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jun/28/procherie-francois-guillemot-berurier-noir-1985-national-rally |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

== Discography ==
=== Studio albums ===
* ''Macadam massacre'' (1984)
* ''Concerto pour détraqués'' (1985)
* ''Abracadaboum'' (1987)	
* ''Souvent fauché, toujours marteau'' (1989)
* ''Invisible'' (2006)

=== Live albums ===
* ''Meilleurs extraits des deux concerts a Paris'' (1983)
* ''Viva Bertaga'' (1990)
* ''Carnaval des agités'' (1995)
* ''La Bataille de Pali-Kao'' (1998)
* ''Même pas mort'' (2003)
* ''L'Opéra des Loups + Chants des meutes'' (2005)

=== Compilations ===
* ''Enfoncez l'clown'' (2003)

=== Singles & EP ===
* ''Nada/Gloco'' (1983) (split EP with band Guernica, Bérurier Noir contribute four songs)
* ''Macadam massacre'' (1984)
* ''Nada 84'' (1984)
* ''Nada Nada'' (1985) (stand-alone release of the Bérurier Noir side of the split single ''Nada/Gloco'')
* ''Joyeux merdier'' (1985)
* ''L'Empereur Tomato Ketchup'' (1986)
* ''Ils veulent nous tuer'' (1988)	
* ''Nuit Apache'' (1988)	
* ''Split Bérurier Noir/Haine Brigade'' (1988) (split single with band Haine Brigade, Bérurier Noir contribute the song ''Makhnovtchina'')	
* ''Viêt Nam-Laos-Cambodge'' (1988)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110203051444/http://beruriernoir.fr/ Official band site]
*[http://www.fzm.fr/ Official site of label "Folklore de la zone mondiale"]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPIiAZ0pDIU/"Renard" - Live 1989]
*[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/b%C3%A9rurier-noir-mn0001847797/ Allmusic.com entry]

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[[Category:French punk rock groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Paris]]
[[Category:Anarcho-punk groups]]

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