Servo

Servo is a French punk group based in Montpellier and active since 1997. The band comes out of the 1990s hardcore scene and develops a style that mixes pop punk and hardcore with a noisy, playful approach. Its music is described as drawing on rock ’n’ roll energy, with lyrics and performance shaped by a subversive, hard-edged use of language.

Background and sound

The group is a trio and is described as evolving across four albums. It works with a mix of punk, hardcore, pop punk, and rock ’n’ roll influences, while also being associated with psychedelic and alternative rock. The band is noted for intense live performances and for pushing against divisions and stereotypes in its subject matter and presentation.

Place in the punk scene

Servo is identified as part of the French punk movement of the 2010s, while remaining active from the late 1990s onward. The group is also linked in the broader tag set to New Zealand, psychedelic, alternative rock, and punk-rock, though its origin is Montpellier in France.