The Bonaparte's

The Bonaparte's were a French rock group formed in 1984. Singing in English, they drew on the English post-punk scene, with The Cure and Siouxsie Sioux among their influences, and are now filed under cold wave and post-punk. The Bonaparte's line-up was Ruben Azca (vocals, guitar), Gilles Prad (drums) and Pix (bass). Their mini-album Shiny Battles (1985) opens with The Battle of Iena and Waterloo's Front. The album Welcome to the Isle of Dogs followed in 1986, with Lol Tolhurst of The Cure on keyboards. Rotorelief has reissued both, adding six extra tracks to Shiny Battles.