Cortège

French street punk band formed in 1996. The band broke up temporarily in 1999 after their first release and then reformed in 2002. Rough translation of name is 'funeral procession.' After the band reformed in 2002 they no longer wanted to be limited by punk on large levels and began by diversifying their sound to a mid-tempo street punk with obvious reggae and Oi! influences seen in their 2003 release of Young Soul Rebel, and in the 2004 release of their first full length album.