Niagara

french

There are at least seven artists using the name Niagara: 1. A French duo active from the early 1980s until the early 1990s 2. A Portuguese electronic trio releasing on the Lisbon labels Príncipe and Ascender. 3. A German jazz/funk-percussion group active in the early 1970s 4. A Ukrainian group 5. A Spanish hard rock band 6. The pseudonym of Lynn Rovner, who was the lead singer in the 1970s experimental band Destroy All Monsters. 7. An Italian progressive rock band 1. The French Niagara, who emerged from the thriving pop'n'rock scene in Rennes (France) in the early 80s, went on to become one of the best-selling duos of the decade. However, after years of chart hits and successful international tours, the duo finally went their separate ways in 1993. Muriel and Daniel have both launched solo projects, but these have failed to live up to the success of the Niagara years. In the early 80s Rennes, a lively student town in Brittany, was the scene of a veritable music revolution. In 1982 Muriel met Daniel Chenevez, a talented young amateur musician who, after a brief spell studying sociology, had also launched a serious music career. Chenevez, who played guitar and keyboards, also kept up with all the latest music technology, experimenting with synthesisers and videos right from the beginning of his career. Daniel and Muriel went on to start a relationship and would later get married, Muriel taking the name Muriel Moreno. Around the same time the pair decided to become musical ...