Effective period / Period of releases: 1975 - 1989

Members: Gilbert Gandil, Victor Bosch, Jacques Roman, Philippe Roman, Michel Masson, Roland Richard (3), Louis Paralis

French progressive rock band from Lyon whose influences include Pink Floyd, King Crimson and classical composers such as Gustav Mahler. Pulsar is the first French band to have signed with an English label Kingdom Records. The band recorded and published their first album Pollen in 1974. In 1975, Philippe Roman left the band. The following year, the group released their next albums The Strands Of The Future and Halloween, with new bassist Michel Masson. In the early 1980s, together with director Bruno Carlucci, Pulsar adapted a short story by Austrian novelist Peter Handke in musical theatre: Bienvenue Au Conseil D'Administration (1981). The band reconvened in 1989, releasing Görlitz. Pulsar reformed one last time in 2006, issueing Memory Ashes, produced by Cypress Music. Since then they continued with the new band project Siiilk.

From 1974 to 1989, their albums were released by CBS. Later, they were released by Musea, a French label which had bought the distribution rights.
In 2008, Goldmine Magazine listed Halloween among the top 25 albums of progressive rock.

LINE-UP

(1971–1973) - documented in 1972 on: Groovy Pop Session
Jacques Roman – organ
Victor Bosch – drums
Gilbert Gandil – guitar, vocals
Philippe Roman – bass, vocals, composition

(1974) - documented on "Pollen"
Jacques Roman – organ, piano, synthesizer
Victor Bosch – drums, percussion
Gilbert Gandil – guitars, lead vocals
Roland Richard – flute, string ensemble
Philippe Roman – bass, vocals

(1975–1980)
Jacques Roman – synthesizer, keyboards, Mellotron
Victor Bosch – drums, percussion
Gilbert Gandil – guitars, lead vocals
Roland Richard – flute, string ensemble
Michel Masson – bass (1977)

(1981+)
Jacques Roman – keyboards, synthesizer
Victor Bosch – drums, percussion
Gilbert Gandil – guitar, lead vocals
Roland Richard – flute, saxophone, piano
Louis Paralis – bass (1989)