Parabellum (French band)

The name of the band is based on the Latin quotation "Si vis pacem parabellum" ("If you want peace, prepare for war") that Géant-Vert has printed on his T-shirt.

In 1984, the group released their first EP "Nous sommes gouvernés par des imbéciles" ("We are governed by fools") (where Riton replaced Roland on bass).

Most of the band's songs have been written by Géant-Vert, with incisive style, dark humor and a sense of shock-formula as evidenced by this cover note: "Parabellum est au rock, ce qu'une braguette coincée est à une envie de pisser"("Parabellum is to rock, what a stuck fly is to a need to piss").

In 1997, Parabellum decided to reform for a unique concert in Marmande, in front of 7000 people that gave rise to a live album: Post-Mortem.

Parabellum is considered one of the leading groups of the French punk rock scene because of its longevity, the caustic, claimant, anarchist and humorous character of its texts mocking politics and society ("Anarchy in Chiraquie", "Osmose 99", Welcome to Paradise" ...).

Schultz is known to have been in parallel with Parabellum, guitarist of Los Carayos, a band formed by François Hadji-Lazaro, Manu Chao and Alain Wampas.