Kent

The frontman from the pioneering French new wave band Starshooter ahead of getting into a solo career in the first ’80s, Kent, often credited as Kent Cokenstock, is really a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter whose career spans several decades, through the ’70s in to the following century. Delivered Hervé Despesse on March 31, 1957, in Lyon, France, he founded Starshooter in 1975. Made up of Jello (electric guitar), Mickey Treat (bass), and Phil Pressing (drums), furthermore to himself (known after that as Kent Hutchinson) on vocals and electric guitar, the music group made its industrial recording debut on the height from the punk motion in 1977 using the 7″ one “Pin-Up Blonde” on EMI. They produced their full-length debut the next year using the eponymous record Starshooter and have scored a hit one with “Betsy Party.” Before splitting up in 1982, the music group released three extra albums, Setting (1979), Chez Les Autres… (1980), and Pas Fatigué (1981). In colaboration with Starshooter’s previous label (CBS Disques) and manufacturer (Michel Zacha), Kent produced his solo record debut in 1982 with Amours Propres and released a few non-album singles, “Tiny Tinto” and “Tout Petit Doute,” in 1983 and 1984 (all this output later put together in the 2004 remastered model of Amours Propres). Kent resurfaced in 1985 in the label Barclay using the mini-album Emballao, accompanied by the full-length record Cosimo Liparti in 1987. His documenting output accelerated within the ’90s as he released a fresh full-length record release each year or two: À Nos Amours (1990), Tous les Hommes (1991), D’un Autre Occident (1993), Kent en Scène (1995), Nouba (1996), Métropolitain (1998), and Enfin Seuls! (1999). Kent’s reputation peaked mid-decade, after French pop vocalist Enzo Enzo’s strike documenting of his tune “Juste Quelqu’un de Bien” earned the 1994 Victoires de la Musique prize for Best Tune of the entire year. After the switch of the hundred years, Kent remained energetic and continuing to garner important acclaim using the albums Cyclone (2000), Je Ne Suis Qu’une Chanson (2002), Bienvenue au Membership (2005), L’Homme de Mars (2008), and Panorama (2009).