Zampano

Zampano was a French band formed in Paris in the late 1970s by Jean-Marie Philip (known as Pili) on vocals and guitar, Richard Thevenet on drums, and later joined by bassist Christophe Guyot. They released their first album in 1979 and put out several more through the 1980s and into the mid-1990s, including "Les Flammes de L'Enfer" in 1982 and "Les Vacances de M. Dufour" in 1994.

In 1980, they released "(Ils ont pris l'avion pour) Ibiza," which became their most recognizable song. It's a pop track with a dreamy, nostalgic quality that caught on with listeners. Other songs like "Amère découverte" and "Du pain et des jeux" show a similar style, melodic, introspective, with Pili's distinctive vocals over arrangements that blend pop and rock.

The band defended it as artistic expression. They kept making music through the '80s, with albums like "Tam-Tam" in 1983 and "Le Jour des Saucisses" in 1986, before their final release in 1994.