Arnold Turboust

Arnold Turboust was born in 1959 in Saint-Sever (Calvados) and spent his youth in Saint-Lô, in Normandy. He took his first steps in the world of French rock in 1980 with the band Marquis de Sade, contributing keyboard parts to their first album Danzig Twist. He then became part of the local Nantes band Private Jokes in 1981. In 1982, he met singer-songwriter Étienne Daho and the two men began a fruitful collaboration that would last into the 90s and beyond. Their first single together was Le Grand Sommeil, followed by the album La Notte, La Notte in 1984. In 1985 came the huge success Tombé pour la France, followed in 1986 by the classic pop album Satori. It was also the year that Arnold achieved his own success with