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in the US. The group undertook national tours in France in the 1990s.

Discography (Assassin)

* 1991 : "Note mon nom sur ta liste" (Maxi) * 1993 : "Le futur que nous reserve-t-il?" (album) (Assassin Productions/Delabel) * 1993 : "Non à cette éducation" (EP) * 1995 : "L'homicide volontaire" (album) (Assassin Productions/Delabel), re-released on Virgin France

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Allmusic.com * 1995 : "L'odyssée suit son cours" (maxi) * 1996 : "Shoota Babylone" (maxi) * 1996 : "Écrire contre l'oubli" (EP), re-released on

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from lescharts.com, accessed July 5, 2007 * 1996 : "Underground Connexion" (maxi) * 1998 : "Wake up" (maxi) * 2000 : "Touche d'espoir" (album) (Assassin Productions/Delabel), re-released on Virgin France; #11 France * 2001 : "Perspective" (maxi) * 2002 : "Assassin live" (album live à l'Olympia), re-released on EMI; #12 France * 2004 : "Perles rares ( 1989 - 2002 ) (Livin'Astro), re-released on EMI * 2004 : "Le futur, que nous reserve-t-il?"(Réédition) (Livin'Astro), re-released on EMI * 2005 : "Touche d'espoir" (Edition 2005) (Livin'Astro) * 2005 : "Note mon nom sur ta liste" (Réédition) (Livin'Astro) * 2006 : "Académie Mythique" (Best of CD & DVD) (Livin' Astro), re-released on EMI

Discography (Rockin' Squat)

* 2002 : "Illegal mixtapes" (Street album) (Assassin Productions) * 2003 : "Illegal mixtapes 2" (Street album) (Livin'Astro) * 2004 : "Libre vs démocratie fasciste" (EP) (Livin'Astro) * 2007 : "Too hot for TV" (EP) (Livin'Astro) * 2008 : "Confessions d'un enfant du siècle Vol 1" (Album) (Livin'Astro) * 2009 : "Confessions d'un enfant du siècle Vol 2" (Album) (Livin'Astro) * 2010 : "Olympia 2009" (Album Live) (Livin'Astro) * 2010 : "Confessions d'un enfant du siècle Vol 3" (Album) (Livin'Astro) * 2011 : "US Alien Chapter one" (Compilation) (Livin'Astro)

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