Simon Delacroix (born 18 April 1982), better known by his stage name the Toxic Avenger, is a French DJ, songwriter, and record producer. Delacroix's stage name is a tribute to the cult B-movie of the same name.
Biography Simon Delacroix was born on 18 April 1982 in France. His first success was "Super Heroes" that resulted in a contract with Iheartcomix record label. He is known for his album Angst released on Roy Music label on 16 May 2011. He also released the music video directed by Wahib for the title track "Angst". He also released a number of EPs, and has had various collaborations with a number of artists including Canadian act Chromeo, Robert Bruce of the UK act South CentralShockya: The Toxic Avenger is the Newest DJ in Town in "Never Stop" featuring Bruce and music video directed by Antoine Wagner. He also collaborated with French rapper Orelsan, particularly in his 2010 EP N'importe comment.
He performed under a mask up until his 2009 EP Toxic Is Dead, in 2009, symbolizing the death of the personality he'd donned in the group Ed Wood Is Dead.
He was also subject of a documentary SuperHero 2.0 broadcast on French music station M6.
In 2013, his song "Angst:two" appeared in Nissan Qashqai commercial, and in 2020, his song "Kids" has featured in a Yves Saint Laurent commercial.
Discography
Albums 2009: Scion CD Sampler Volume 26: The Toxic Avenger (Scion AV) 2011: Angst (Roy Music) (charted at #194 in SNEP French Albums Chart)LesCharts.com The Toxic Avenger page 2013: Romance and Cigarettes 2016: Ξ (Roy Music) 2019: Globes (Roy Music) 2020: Midnight Resistance (Enchanté Records) 2022: Yes Future (Enchanté Records) 2025: Inframonde (Enchanté Records)
EPs and singles 2007: "Superheroes" (Iheartcomix Records) 2008: "Bad Girls Need Love Too" (Boxon Records) 2009: "Toxic is Dead" (Iheartcomix Records) 2010: "N'importe Comment" (with Orelsan) (Roy Music) 2010: "Angst:One" (Roy Music) 2011: "Never Stop" (feat. Robert Bruce) (Roy Music) 2011: "Alien Summer" (feat. Annie) (Little Owl Musical Recordings) 2012: 3/2/1 EP (Roy Music) 2012: "To the Sun" (feat. Tulip) (Roy Music) 2013: "Angst:Two" (Roy Music) 2015: "Over Me" (Roy Music) 2016: "Globe Vol.1" (Roy Music) 2017: "Globe Vol.2" (Roy Music) 2017: "Globe Vol.3" (Roy Music) 2018: "I" (Roy Music) 2018: "II" (Roy Music) 2019: "Black" (Enchanté Records) 2019: "Modular Session #1" (Enchanté Records) 2020: "Home Call (From Road 96)" (G4F Records, DigixArt, Enchanté Records) 2021: "Shifted" (Enchanté Records) 2021: "The Toxic Avenger Remixes" (Grá Mór Phonic Records) 2022: "All My Heros" (Dancing Dead) 2022: "Breach" (Ubisoft Music) 2022: "Du haut du 33e étage" (Tricatel) 2022: "Carbon Toxique" (Enchanté Records) 2024: "Missions" (Enchanté Records)
Remixes YearArtistTitle2007Ballet Imperial"Superhuman"Blur"Song 2" (The Toxic Avenger & Trash Yourself Remix)Dragonette"Take It Like a Man"Fredzefred"All the Motherfuckers"John Bourke"What Is Love"Le Castle Vania"Tigertron"ManroX"This Manrox" (The Toxic Avenger Yeah Yeah Remix)Snowden"Kill the Power"The Black Milk"Kissin"The Secret Handshake"Too Young"Tommie Sunshine"Dance Among the Ruins"2008Art Whiplash"Party, Sex & Bullshit"Aux Raus"Wire"Fckn Crew"Carnage"Health"Glitter Pills"Hermanos Inglesos"Komodo"Holiday for Strings"Two of You"Ladytron"Ghosts"Late of the Pier"Space and the Woods"Neon Stereo vs. Marcie"Fuck Me Baby"Playdoe"It's That Beat"Pomomofo"Island"Roger Sanchez"Another Chance"Saint Pauli"I Need Rhythm"Sexual Earthquake In Kobe"Love With"The Beach Boys"Wouldn't It Be Nice" (Chépuky feat. Toxic Avenger Remix)The Fire and Reason"NME" (The Fire and Reason vs. The Toxic Avenger - "NME V2 TXC")The Frail"Who Am I?" (The Frail vs. The Toxic Avenger - "The Lights")Tom Deluxx"Assboxer"Vegastar"Mode Arcade"2009Bonjour Afrique"Heavy"Bring Me the Horizon"Death Breath"D-Bag feat. Naan"Up to the Boy"Family Force 5"Fever"HeartsRevolution"Switchblade"Man & Man"Les Grandes Vacances"PacoVolume"CookieMachine"Q.G."Reign In Blood"Sefyu"Molotov 4"Sonny"Mora" (Mora vs. The Toxic Avenger)Teen Heat"Prep the Patient"The Sterehoes"Juliette N'est Pas Morte"The Whip"Muzzle No. 1"2010Benny Benassi"Spaceship"Cocoon"Tell Me The"Cyberpunkers"Check This Out"Kings of Leon"Sex On Fire"Make the Girl Dance"Baby Baby Baby"Make the Girl Dance"Kill Me"RohFF"94"Underoath"In Division"2011Age of Consent"The Beach"Dax Riders feat. Yann Destal"Raspberry Disco"SomethingALaMode"Show Me"South Central"The Day I Die"Teenage Bad Girl"Tonton Funk"The Toxic Avenger"Alien Summer" (The Toxic Avenger Self Remix)Twin Twin"ZXR"Velvet Code"Say You Love Me"2012DiscoMirage"Triangles"Morbid Angel"10 More Dead"2013Clarke"Refuse Resist"Demon"Luanda City Beats"Raydio"More Than One Way to Love a Woman"Family Force 5"Can You Feel It"2014The Toxic Avenger"Speed"2019Magic Sword"The Curse"
Other Part of the soundtrack for Furi My Only Chance Make This Right For Road 96 Home Call Hit the Road Keep Moving Forward Petrias Road Ultimatum A New Life And for Cairn Rise (feat. Gildaa) In My Gut (feat. Glidaa & Martin Stig Andersen) Only The Mountain (from Cairn) Up To Me (feat. Gildaa & Martin Stig Andersen) Part of a Whole (feat. Gildaa)
References
External links Official website Discogs