Lizzy Mercier Descloux

Biography

Lizzy Mercier Descloux (1956 - 2004) was a French singer, songwriter and guitarist, born in Paris and raised in Lyon. A fixture of the Paris punk scene and then of New York no wave, she recorded with *Rosa Yemen* before her solo debut 'Press Color' (1979) on #ZE Records#. 'Mambo Nassau' (1981) and 'Zulu Rock' (1984) fused funk, disco and African music, and she later recorded with *Chet Baker* on 'One for the Soul' (1986). She died in Corsica in 2004.