In the morning of Europe 1, Didier Wampas looks back on his years in the RATP, at the time he chained tours while being an electrician for the Paris public transport authority. A daily newspaper that has kept his feet on the ground, he says. The Wampas leader also says he is "in solidarity" with the strike movement.

INTERVIEW

The general public knows Didier Wampas for his energy within the Wampas rock band. But few people know that when he did not scour the studios and scenes of France, Didier Chappedelaine (his real name) was an electrician at the RATP. A 30-year career with the public transport company, which he left in 2012 to retire.

"With music, we are a bit out of the world"

"I keep a very good memory of my years there," says Didier Wampas at the microphone of Europe 1. The artist lived in two worlds, as he describes himself. This daily electrician at the RATP allowed him to keep his feet on the ground, according to him. "In music, it's a bit like with politicians, everyone is closed in his little environment," says the singer. "The danger with music is getting lost: we're a little out of the world, we do not stick to reality, but here I could play the rockstar in the evening and the next morning, 'go to work,' says the artist.

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Didier Wampas retired in 2012 at the age of 50. At the microphone of Europe 1, it tells the difficult schedules in 3x8, the work one weekend out of two, as well as at Christmas and the New year. Today, he says he is united with the employees mobilized against the pension reform, wanted by the government of Édouard Philippe. "I am supportive, the opposite would be hypocritical," he says.