Villette in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Helno

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 1, 2024

1. Helno Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Ici habitait
Noël Rota dit Helno
(1963-1993)
Auteur-Interprète
de rock français

Voilà l'Été

(English translation:)
Here lived Noël Rota (1963-1993) - aka Helno - Singer-Author of French rock.

Voilà l'Été

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. A significant historical date for this entry is January 22, 1993.

Location. 48° 53.237′ N, 2° 23.07′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Villette. It is on Rue de l'Ourcq, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 13 Rue de l'Ourcq, Paris, Île-de-France 75019, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony

and also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Square Serge Reggiani (1929) (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Regis Pallut

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(approx. 0.4 kilometers away); École Rue Jomard Deported Jewish Students Memorial (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Marie Curie (approx. half a kilometer away); Serge Grivillers (approx. half a kilometer away); École Élémentaire Barbanègre Deported Jewish Students Memorial (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Square Marcel-Mouloudji (1986) (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); École Maternelle Armand Carrel Deported Jewish Student Memorial (approx. 0.8 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . .
1. Helno (Wikipedia). Excerpt:

Noël Rota (December 25, 1963 – January 22, 1993), better known by his stage name Helno, was a French singer and member of the alternative rock bands Lucrate Milk, Bérurier Noir, and Les Négresses Vertes.

He started his musical career in the early 1980s as a member of Lucrate Milk (1981-1984), then Bérurier Noir, singing backup vocals on some tracks on stage.

In 1987, he founded his own group, Les Négresses Vertes. The group enjoyed success, playing at the Olympia and abroad, particularly in England, along with Los Angeles, Beirut and Tokyo.

He said: "I have lots of friends
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 1, 2024

2. Helno Marker - wide view
The marker is visible here mounted to a cement column just to the right of the gate.
who have committed suicide. I can name a bunch of people we have known at the Halles and are gone. Like in my neighbourhood; childhood friends, I haven't got a lot left. AIDS, suicides, overdoses... This is what you have when you lift the curtain of a small town, quiet. I often think that if hell exists, it is here on Earth. We're right into it. Every human being has the sensitivity to want to fuck up."

Rota died at age 29 on January 21, 1993. He died from a heroin overdose and was found in his mother's apartment, three hours after participating in the recording of the show Taratata. He was buried in the Cimetière Parisien de Pantin.

(Submitted on November 2, 2024.)

2. Les Négresses Vertes - Voilà l'été (Live 1988) (YouTube, 4:06). Performance of the song referenced on the marker. (Submitted on November 2, 2024.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 2, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 417 times since then and 113 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 2, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 2. submitted on November 2, 2024.