Camera Silens

French punk band

Camera Silens was a French punk band from Bordeaux active between 1981 and 1988.^[1]^[2]

Their singer and bassist, Gilles Bertin took part in a bank robbery in Toulouse on 27 April 1988, where nearly 12 million francs were stolen. Gilles Bertin went on the run for 28 years before handing himself in to police.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Profile". Discogs. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ Sarah Mandois (8 July 2014). "Camera Silens a fait la gloire de Bordeaux et du punk français des années 80" (in French). Noisey. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ "The punk who returned from the dead - and handed himself in". BBC News. 6 June 2018. Archived from the original on 6 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
^ Jean-Manuel Escarnot (23 November 2016). "Fin de cavale d'un punk qui voulait "vivre à fond"" (in French). Libération. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.