Little Bob Story

Little Bob Story were a French rock group from Le Havre, formed in 1971.^[1]

Little Bob Story
Background information
Origin	France
Genres	Rock
Years active	1975-1989
Members	Little Bob (vocals), Guy-Georges Gremy (guitar), Barbe Noire (bass), Mino Quertier (drums)
Website	www.littlebob.fr

Biography

Little Bob Story were initially made up of Little Bob (Roberto Piazza) on vocals,^[2] Guy-Georges Gremy (guitar), Barbe Noire (bass) and Mino Quertier (drums). They were managed by Roberto's brother and occasionally had tours booked by booking agent Christian Brunet who also booked Musicorama at the Olympia.^[3]

Little Bob Story, played rock and roll music similar to pub rock, and were one of the few French groups to get some recognition in the United Kingdom.^[4] In 1976 they signed with Chiswick Records and took advantage of the explosion of punk rock.^[5] They were the only French act included on the New Wave compilation album, which was released in the UK in 1977.^[6][7] They played the Mont-de-Marsan punk festival in both 1976 and 1977^[8] but were unable to replicate their UK success in France and disbanded in virtual anonymity in 1989.^[9]

From 1989 onwards, Roberto Piazza has performed under the name Little Bob.

Discography

Studio albums

Little Bob Story^[10][5][11]

• 1976 : High Time (Arcane/Eurodisc/WEA 87 076-913 076)
• 1977 : Living In The Fast Lane (Crypto/RCA ZAL 6429)
• 1977 : Off The Rails (Chiswick WIG 6)
• 1978 : Come See Me (RCA)
• 1980 : Light of My Town (RCA)
• 1982 : Vacant Heart (RCA)
• 1984 : Too Young To Love Me (Pathé Marconi EMI)
• 1987 : Ringolevio (Accord/Musidisc)

Little Bob

• 1989 : Rendez-Vous In Angel City
• 1991 : Alive Or Nothing
• 1993 : Lost Territories
• 1997 : Blue Stories
• 1999 : One Story Volume 1
• 2000 : One Story Volume 2
• 2002 : Libero
• 2003 : Rock On Riff On Roll On Move On, LIVE 2003 (double cd)
• 2005 : The Gift (2 cd : cd1 : Still Burning, cd2 : My Flaming Roots)
• 2007 : Live In The Dockland (1 cd and 1 dvd)
• 2009 : Time To Blast

Live albums

• 1979 : Live (RCA)
• 1985 : Wanderers, Followers, Lovers (Accord/Musidisc)
• 1991 : Alive Or Nothing
• 2003 : Rock On Riff On Roll On Move On Live 2003 (double cd)
• 2007 : Live in the Dockland (1 cd and 1 dvd)

Compilations

• 1977 : Little Bob Story (1975-1976) (Crypto/RCA ZAL 6415)

Singles

• 1975 : "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"/"I Don't Know" (Arcane/Eurodisc/WEA 12 827-911 001)
• 1975 : "Let Me In"/"Like Rock'n'Roll" (Arcane/Eurodisc/WEA 12 842-911 018)
• 1976 : "I'm Crying"/"I Need Money"/"Baby Don't Cry" (Chiswick SW7)
• 1977 : "All or Nothing"/"Hot'N'Sweaty" (Mercury (UK) 6007 141)
• 1978 : "Seaside Bar Song"/"Italian Nights" (RCA Victor PB 8291)
• 1979 : "Lucille"/"High Time" (RCA Victor DB 8477)
• 1980 : "Bus Stop"/"Switchblade Julie" (RCA PB 8562)
• 1982 : "Mad Dog"/"Moving Slowly In the Dark" (RCA DB 8866)
• 1984 : "Too Young to Love Me"/"Hurt So Badly" (Pathé Marconi EMI 1728247)
• 1986 : "Cover Girl"/"Shooga Shooga" (Accord 135142)
• 1987 : "Hush"/"Motorcycle Boy" (Accord 135163)
• 1988 : "Crosses On The Hill"/"No More Words" (Accord 102177)
• 1988 : "Tell Everybody the Truth"/"Kick Out the Jams" (Accord 100697)

Films

• 2011 : Roberto Piazza plays himself in Le Havre by Aki Kaurismäki^[12]
• 2015 : Rockin' Class Hero,^[13] documentary on Little Bob (52 min), by Gilbert Carsoux and Laurent Jézéquel. Zaradoc Films Distribution.^[14]

References

1. Dalmaz, Véronique (12 October 2020). "Rencontre au Havre avec Little Bob, le rockeur infatigable qui sort un nouvel album à 75 ans" [Meeting Little Bob in Le Havre, the indefatigable rocker who has released a new album at 75 years of age]. France Info (in French). Retrieved 23 December 2020.
2. Le Touzet, Jean-Louis (21 December 2005). "Plus que perfecto" [More than perfect]. Libération (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2020.
3. Anderson, Derek (13 October 2015). "Little Bob Story-Off the Rails and Live '78". DereksMusicBlog.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
4. Larrède, Christian. "Little Bob Story Biography". Music Story (in French). Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
5. Robbins, Ira. "Little Bob Story". Trouser Press. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
6. Beckitt, Jonathan (7 January 2019). "The Story of Little Bob". Floating World Records. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
7. New Wave at Discogs
8. Lewino, Par Frédéric (17 August 2016). Avoid using this link to Le Point website, it caused a shutdown of programs on October 11, 2021 "Le 17 août 1976, Mont-de-Marsan accueille le premier festival punk du monde. 40 ans déjà ! Fuck !" [On August 17, 1976, Mont-de-Marsan hosted the world's first punk festival. 40 years already! Fuck!]. Le Point (in French). Retrieved 22 December 2020. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
9. "Little Bob Story". rockmadeinfrance.com (in French). 3 September 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
10. "Little Bob Story". Nostalgia Central. 12 April 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
11. Little Bob Story at AllMusic
12. Little Bob Story at IMDb
13. Dallongeville, Patrick (1 May 2018). "Little Bob Rockin' Class Hero". Paris Move (in French). Retrieved 23 December 2020.
14. "Little Bob, Rockin' Class Hero". rdm-video.fr (in French). 1 June 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2020.