Formed originally in 2007, the band went through several line‑up and name changes before settling on its current formation: Nonna (Vocals, Guitar), Thomas (Guitar, Backing Vocals), Lisa (Drums, Backing Vocals) and Manu (Bass, Backing Vocals).

First of all, why “1984”, beyond the usual “it sounds cool” that applies to 80% of Rock bands? Well, 84 is a pivotal year for them. Quite simply: “84 is the eighties, the golden age of the musical movements that shaped us; it’s also the Cold War.” But above all, it’s a direct reference to George Orwell, because you can’t write without reading, and when you pick an Anglo‑Saxon reference, there are two R’s: one for Rock and one for Roman (novel)! That’s for the intellectuals — now let’s talk music!

After several line‑up changes around the Nonna‑Manu core, the band set out to conquer Rock stages and labels with guitars, rebellion, and British influences, all delivered with a French accent raw enough to inject the necessary violence into their punchy rock. Violence is at the heart of their music: with lyrics dealing with fears, frustrations, and failures, 1984 spits its feedback at the cold side of life without ever wallowing in it. And if the two original wounded souls never stopped pushing forward, it’s simply because a war never ends as long as there are tools to fight it: “today, when Nonna holds his guitar, it’s not an instrument — it’s a weapon.” A weapon to compose, a weapon to create; everything becomes an excuse to fuel the rage that drives them.

As for style, Punk‑Rock gathers as many ingredients as it has subgenres, but 1984 proudly claims its English influences: The Clash, Business, Stiff Little Fingers, etc. Musical references, but also visual ones — anything in the Punk universe that can inspire the protest they fiercely defend. Everything is a pretext to create, and “the thing is to create in order to exist.” And existing is what they do best: on stage, the band openly displays the ferocity of their musical approach. “The stage is essential, because it allows us to play our music in interaction with the audience, to give of ourselves, of our bodies, and to confront the world.” Because wounded souls mean introspection and reflection — and it is these reflections that Nineteen Eighty Four delivers on stage.

1984: French kids in the land of English Punk — or how to offer nineteen eighty‑four different ways to wage war with music!