You know Lotus, it just seem to be a human tragedy, and the fact he is famous makes the news. I regret to have written "junkies" above, drug addiction would have been better...
To sum up if your french is not that good, in France, they started to use him as a symbol of violence against woman, which was soooo stupid. His girlfriend had lots of relationship problems before him. Sadly, those two personalities combined was the fuel for disaster, and sadly, Marie Trintignant was the victim (and clearly her and only her, not him), but it was not just violence against women, but a combination of both people with a LOT of anger and despair, that ended up in a tragic accident. Sadly again, those things happens, and he went to jail and was clearly morally annihilated by his act.
After jail, he went back with his former wife (who supported him all along the trial and the sentence), which end up committing suicide in their house while their kid was at home... it was really harder to still have sympathy ... even if in her suicide letter she don't mention Cantat, but say that another member of the band was awful to her...
Then the guitar player of Noir Desir went berserk about Cantat being not remorseful and acting as a victim, to what the drummer said it wasn't true, and the band exploded while preparing a new album (what was really true is not relevant, we're not in their heads).
Then Detroit, and the press was following Cantat everywhere, and feminist were protesting in front of venues or town hall, making lots of gigs canceled. Then Cantat started to be more and more seclusive, and was seing conspiracy everywhere ... the rare interviews he accepted were ... disturbing I would say. Then he made his solo effort, and was to play in some festivals, but again, feminists started protesting and most were canceled. Like often in this moments, there was no place for discussion, or explanation of any kind, the feminists accusing immediately anyone who was trying to speak calmly about this stuff ofbeing a potential woman murderer (damn I hate so much most of the -ist -ism ... no possible discussion with those).
Since then, there's no news of him that I'm aware of. I don't follow the gossip press, I don't go on purpose to find dirt on either of the protagonists, and I have to say that in general it's a subject I avoid. There was no intention at ALL from me to make a gossip post, or to start a guilty/not guilty thread. I was just trying to explain what I know of a tragedy that cost the life of a great actress, and stopped one of the most amazing french band (one of the 3 most influential I would say, with Telephone (that I don't like that much) and Berurier Noir (that I LOVE
).
that said, for those of you who don't know Noir Desir, go check it, and if you find a live video, that's a great way to see how amazing performers they were ! (seen them for the first time a few days before the release of the first album, january 1989, two years before my 1st NMA gig
).
