Highlights: Frank Darcel, founder of the Rennes rock group Marquis de Sade, has died at the age of 65. His body was found on a beach in Galicia, northwest Spain, on Thursday. On Instagram, singer Pascal Obispo paid tribute to the musician, also alluding to the death of singer Philippe Pascal in September 2019. Frank Darcel accompanied Étienne Daho on his first album in 1981 and even produced it in its early days. He defined the sound of the new group wave, notably contemporary with Joy Division.

The musician and writer Frank Darcel, founder of the Rennes rock group Marquis de Sade, has died at the age of 65. His body was found on a beach in Galicia, northwest Spain, on Thursday.…

France: guitarist Frank Darcel, founder of the rock group Marquis de Sade, has died

The musician and writer Frank Darcel, founder of the Rennes rock group Marquis de Sade, has died at the age of 65.

His body was found Thursday on a beach in Galicia, in northwest Spain.

This is what we learned this Saturday, March 16.

Guitarist Frank Darcel was the founder of the Rennes rock group, Marquis de Sade.

AFP - DAMIEN MEYER

By: RFI Follow

According to Galician emergency services, the body of the 65-year-old guitarist was discovered on Thursday midday by walkers on rocks on Los Castros beach, in the town of Ribadeo.

It was “

in an easily accessible location, right next to the stairs leading to the beach

,” they detail in a press release.

Contacted by AFP, a spokesperson for the Guardia Civil confirmed that the body found was that of Frank Darcel.

He did not specify the cause of his death, which remains under investigation.

On Instagram, singer Pascal Obispo paid tribute on Saturday to the musician, with whom he collaborated on several occasions.

“And now Frank... Infinite sadness

,” he wrote under a black and white photo of the guitarist, also alluding to the death of singer Philippe Pascal in September 2019.

“

My dear Frank, my friend

”, reacted, also on Instagram, the singer Étienne Daho, close to Frank Darcel.

“

Thousands of memories flood in and words cannot come to me to express this emptiness.
Thank you for being in my life and changing it forever.

» Frank Darcel accompanied Étienne Daho on his first album in 1981 and even produced it in its early days.

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Born in Côtes-d'Armor in 1958, this son of a doctor founded the rock group Marquis de Sade, in which he was soon joined by singer Philippe Pascal.

The group had been the spearhead of the rock scene in Rennes, at the turn of the 1970s and 1980s. Never too much on the same wavelength as his enemy brother, Philippe Pascal, the guitarist had defined the sound of the new group wave, notably contemporary with Joy Division.

Marquis de Sade reformed

in 2018 and returned to the stage.

Since the sudden death of Philippe Pascal, the group had continued under the name Marquis.

Frank Darcel has also worked with many French musicians, including Alan Stivell.

He also became known for his novels, his writings on rock in Brittany, and his convictions in favor of Breton autonomy.

France: guitarist Frank Darcel, founder of the rock group Marquis de Sade, has died

France: guitarist Frank Darcel, founder of the rock group Marquis de Sade, has died

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