More than 40 years after "It plane for me", Plastic Bertrand returns with "Human experience", a tenth album which seduced the critics.
Guest of "Media Culture" Friday, the singer evokes at the microphone of Philippe Vandel how he decided, thanks to his children, to get back in hand after his years of excess.
INTERVIEW
Plastic Bertrand is back with a new album,
The Human Experience.
His tenth album since
It hovers for me
in 1977 and his worldwide success.
Guest of
Culture Médias
on
Friday
, the singer looks back on the difficult period of excess of all kinds that followed his success.
It was with a click, triggered by his children, that he made the decision to go up the slope.
Because Plastic Bertrand describes his youth (he was 23 when his hit was released) as "total rock'n'roll", drugs and prostitutes included.
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The Belgian punk icon, recognized by David Bowie and taken over by Sonic Youth, then began a descent into hell.
Excesses transform it, until it weighs more than 100 kilos.
His family life suffers and his two children lose interest in him completely.
"They thought I was ugly and really not interesting," Plastic Bertrand recalls.
"Without them, I wouldn't be here"
Until they stumbled upon their father's VHS tapes in concert, singing and jumping like crazy.
"They liked that", explains the singer.
“At that point, I had like a flash and I wanted to stop all this bullshit. I didn't want to miss the lives of my children and miss out on who they were going to become. They are the ones who made me. really saved. I wouldn't be here today otherwise. "
Today, out of excess, Plastic Bertrand is still with the same woman and attaches particular importance to his family.
“It’s my engine,” he says.