Manu Chao
France
Born: 21 June 1961
Genres: Latin, International, Pop/Rock
Styles: Rock en Español, Foreign Language Rock, Latin America, Latin America, Foreign Language Rock, Worldbeat, French Pop
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Manu Chao helped begin the Latin alternative movement way back in the '80s -- although it had no name then -- and in his later work he cut a cross-cultural swath across styles and geographic boundaries. Chao was born on June 26, 1961, in Paris to Spanish parents -- his father, Ramon Chao, a respected writer, comes from Galicia, his mother Bilbao. Growing up bilingual, he was also influenced by the punk scene across the English Channel that happened while he was still in his teens. As a teen he played in bands, including a rockabilly outfit call...
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