Arno (singer)
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"Putain, putain, c'est vachement bien, nous sommes quand même tous des Européens."--"Putain putain" (1983) by TC Matic |
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Arno (1949 – 2022) was a Belgian singer known for such songs as "Oh La La La" (1981), "Willie Willie " (1981) and "Putain putain" (1983). He was the frontman of TC Matic, one of the best-known Belgian bands of the 1980s. After the band split in 1986 he enjoyed a solo career.
For TC Matic, he wrote or co-wrote all the band's material, much of it together with guitarist and producer Jean-Marie Aerts.
In the Belgian film Camping Cosmos he played the homosexual lifeguard Harry who does not pay attention to Lolo Ferrari who is incarnating a caricature of Pamela Anderson.
The album Charlatan was recorded and mixed by Holger Czukay and Jean-Marie Aerts.
Filmography
- 1987: Skin (by Guido Henderickx) as Chico
- 1996: Camping Cosmos (by Jan Bucquoy) as Himself
- 1997: Alors voilà (by Michel Piccoli) as Himself
- 1999: Surveiller les tortues (Short, by Inès Rabadan) as André
- 2006: Komma (by Martine Doyen) as Peter De Wit / Lars Ericsson
- 2007: Ex Drummer (by Koen Mortier)
- 2007: Parade nuptiale (by Emma Perret)
- 2007: I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (by Samuel Benchetrit) as Himself
- 2009: Petites vacances à Knokke-le-Zoute (TV Movie, by Yves Matthey) as Maurice
- 2014: Le goût des myrtilles (by Thomas De Thier) as Eric Dessart
- 2015: Prejudice (by Antoine Cuypers) as Alain (final film role)
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