Patrick Roy (politician)

Patrick Roy (August 30, 1957 – May 3, 2011) was a French politician, a member of the National Assembly.

He represented the 19th constituency of the Nord département,[1] and was a member of the French Socialist Party (PSF).

He was known for the colorful clothes he wore at the National Assembly and his love of heavy metal music, a musical style he defended on various occasions during the debates concerning the Hadopi law or the controversy about the Hellfest festival.

On 5 June 2010, he joined the French metal band Mass Hysteria on stage during the Metallurgicales festival in Denain.

[3][4] In February 2011 he announced that he would come back to the National Assembly on March 15 and he did it, thanking the other congresswomen and congressmen for their support.