Punish Yourself is a French electronic rock band best known for their stage theatrics and innovative style of industrial

Industrial music

Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...

/punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 music. They describe their style as "Fluo Cyber Punk".

Current members

• VX 69
  VX 69
  VX 69 is a French singer who is best known as a founding member of the bands Punish Yourself, 1969 Was Fine and Cheerleader 69.-Punish Yourself:Studio albums* 1998: Feuer Tanz System...
  
   (sometimes "vx" or "vx Cheerleader 69") (born Vincent Villalon) : Vocals
• Miss Z (born Sandrine Caracci) : Guitar
  Guitar
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  , Vocals
• P.RLOX (born Pierre-Laurent Clément) : Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• X.av (born Xavier Guionie) : Drums
• Klodia : Dance
  Dance
  Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
  
  , Pyrotechny

Past members

• Holivier Menini : Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Georges Garza : Drums
• Magali Arino : Vocals
• Séverine Naudi : Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Frankie Lacosta : Bass
• PFX68 : Bass
• Stéphane Vanstaen : Percussions
• Gilles Alogues : Keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Bud Silva : Drums
• Olga, Dollga : Dance
  Dance
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Discography

Studio albums

• 1998: Feuer Tanz System
• 2001: Disco Flesh: Warp 99
• 2004: Sexplosive Locomotive
• 2008: Gore Baby Gore
• 2007: Cult Movie (CD/DVD)
• 2009: Pink Panther Party
• 2010: Punish Yourself VS Sonic Area : Phenomedia

Live albums

• 2003: Behind The City Lights

Compilation

• 2005: Crypt 1996-2002

Demos

• 1994: First Demo Tape
• 1995: Second Demo Tape

Note

In 2004, pornographic actress Coralie Trinh Thi

Coralie Trinh Thi

Coralie Trinh Thi is a French author and former pornographic actress known for her acting, writing and for directing the film Baise-moi . She received a Hot d'Or Honorary Award in 2009....

 wrote a comic about them called Deep Inside Punish Yourself. In the same year, PY composed the song Holy Trinh Thi in reference to her.

TV apparitions

• Tracks on Arte
  Arte
  Arte is a Franco-German TV network. It is a European culture channel and aims to promote quality programming especially in areas of culture and the arts...
  
   Channel, a documentary about new punk bands
• On Ne Peut Pas Plaire À Tout Le Monde on France 2
  France 2
  France 2 is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4, France 5 and France Ô...
  
  , a talk-show/reportage about satanism
  Satanism
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   in the rock
  Rock music
  Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
  
   and metal
  Heavy metal music
  Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
  
  music.