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Marc Zermati (21 June 1945
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> "Marc Zermati expose ses trésors punk", Salon du Disque, 1 January 2009. Internet Archive Feb 20 2019 – 13 June 2020) was a French people producer and promoter of punk rock music, and businessman.
In 1972 he co-founded the Skydog Records record label, which issued its first release, the Flamin' Groovies' Grease 7" Extended play in May 1973, pre-dating Stiff Records by over 3 years, and formed the first independent shop distribution in France. In August 1976, and again in 1977, Zermati organised the "first European punk rock festival" in the French town of Mont-de-Marsan. He organised tours in France by bands including The Clash, Dr. Feelgood, The Heartbreakers, and Eddie and the Hot Rods, as well as concerts by the Ramones and Talking Heads.
In 1976 he set up Bizarre Distribution with Larry Debay, an independent record distribution company in London that giving an outlet for new independent labels. Dave Thompson, The Music Lover's Guide to Record Collecting, Backbeat Books, 2002 His Skydog label issued records by The Damned, Motörhead, MC5, Iggy and the Stooges and dozens of others. He also managed bands including the Lou's and Stinky Toys, and organised international tours by Les Dogs and Flamin' Groovies.
In the 1990s he set up a record label called "Kind of Groove" as a Skydog subsidiary label, presenting experimental, electronic and acid jazz music. Bands like the Japanese/French U.F.O., the German Marc Ashmann or the French/American CFM Band did several records on this label.
Zermati died on 13 June 2020 from a heart attack.
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