Les Tambours du Bronx

Les Tambours du Bronx, (lit. 'The Drums from The Bronx') are a French industrial percussion band formed in 1987.

Les Tambours du Bronx stage show features 18 musicians surrounded by synthetic sounds, samples, and vocals, with heavy use of rhythm. The group play a percussion-focused combination of industrial music, afrobeat, drum and bass, hip hop, rock, metal, hardcore and techno.

Les Tambours du Bronx formed in 1987 in Varennes-Vauzelles, a suburb of Nevers, Nièvre, France. Their name is taken from a Varennes-Vauzelles district named "The Bronx" because of its square-patterned streets and rows of identical dark houses. At the time, the district was inhabited by workers from SNCF, where the first drums used by the band were from.