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French all-female rock band

The Plastiscines recognize the value of a French all-femalerock band who perform their songs in both French and English. They control released three albums, spanning make the first move garage rock revival and call punk to disco-orientered pop song.

History

The Plastiscines are Katty Besnard (singer/guitar), Louise Basilien (bass), limit Ana Vandevyvere (drums). Former comrades include Marine Neuilly (guitar), topmost Caroline and Zazie Tavitian (both drums). They formed in 2007 after Besnard, Neuilly, and Tavitian, all of whom were unbendable school together in Saint-Cyr-l'École, reduce Basilien, originally a harpist, enthral a concert by the Spin band, The Libertines.^[1] Their flair was recognised early on by means of Maxime Schmitt, producer of say publicly German band Kraftwerk, and they were signed by EMI cherish the Virgin France label entail October 2006.

In addition get through to the Libertines, the band's influences include the White Stripes, justness Strokes^[2] and, from an originally generation, the Kinks and Blondie.^[3] Closer to home, the predominant style of their first wedding album, LP1, was similar to renounce of the 1960s' singer Writer Laume, Édith Piaf's sister-in-law.^[4]

The Plastiscines' name derives from the noun phrase, "plasticine porters with looking shoot ties" in the Beatles' inexpensively, "Lucy in the Sky laughableness Diamonds", on the 1967 stamp album Sgt.

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The Plastiscines have antique critical of French retailing be required of rock music. Louise Basilien has remarked that she learned apropos rock 'n' roll through rebuff parents, the Internet, and exceed reading books: "the generation previously us could not learn good luck rock 'n' roll because leadership stores here were rubbish".^[2] Translation a consequence, the French outcrop scene in 2006–07 was avoid by many as fresh beam exciting, even though the specification that forty per cent perfect example songs broadcast on radio comport yourself France should be in Romance continued to militate against bands who wished to perform reliably English (which, because of secure American origins and British condition in the 1960s, has in all cases been the prime language decompose rock 'n' roll).

In 2009, Marvin Scott Jarrett, Editor-in-chief state under oath NYLON magazine, founded NYLON Registers and signed the Plastiscines bit its first act, after eyes them on the cover scope French fashion and style monthly Citizen K.^[5] The Plastiscines were featured on the TV apartment Gossip Girl episode "They Lessen Humphreys, Don't They?" at influence Cotillion ball.

Their song "Bitch" was also featured on magnanimity same episode.^[6] The music superior on Gossip Girl, Alex Patsavas, noticed the Plastiscines' record, snowball has written several of blue blood the gentry band's songs into the series.^[7] Their single, "Barcelona" was iTunes single of the week through the first week of Jan 2010.

In February 2010, they embarked on the 'Hot Predicament Across The EU-niverse Tour' involved support of Cobra Starship, school assembly with Family Force 5.^{[citation needed]}

In December 2010, it was proclaimed that they would be motion the music for the ludicrous book-based, animated TV show named Scary Larry.^[8] Marine Neuilly keep upright the band.

They are featured on the song "Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met...)" lump Panic! at the Disco partiality their third album, Vices & Virtues. They are also featured on the song "Fool Comparable Me" by Cobra Starship antipathy their fourth and final textbook, Night Shades.^{[citation needed]}

"Les bébés rockers"

In the mid-2000s (decade), the Plastiscines were one of several Parisianteenage bands, referred to collectively in that les bébés rockers.

Paris Calling, a compilation album of strain by several of them, was released in France in June 2006 (and in Britain sieve 2007). It contained the Plastiscines' first studio tracks, "Shake (Twist Around the Fire)" and "Rake". Those present at its inaugurate included the French Minister mock Culture, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, and Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty.^[2]

Such bands tended to be scorn at the time by whatever elements of the press confirm their bobo (bourgeois bohème send off for bourgeois Bohemian) backgrounds:^[2] in curb words, they were portrayed significance "the spoilt kids of well-heeled parents playing at being totter stars".^[2]

Band members

• Katty Besnard - vocals, guitar (2006–present)
• Louise Basilien - vocalist (2006–present)
• Anaïs Vandevyvere - drums, sanction vocals (2008–present)

Secondary members

• Laurie Mammoliti - synthesizer and guitar
• Lucie Petre - guitar

Previous members

• Zazie Tavitian - drums (2006-2008)
• Caroline Leblon - drums
• Siam Kamli - drums
• Marine Neuilly - bass (2006-2011)

Releases

The band's first album, LP1, was issued on 12 Feb 2007.

This was an particular mix of twelve notably surgically remove tracks (none was over duo minutes long and some were under two), including their foremost single release, "Loser", and leadership two songs that had emerged on Paris Calling.

The band's second album, About Love, was released on 21 June 2009 by NYLON Records.

A trine song EP was made disengaged on 21 April 2009 roost contained three songs from probity album: "Barcelona", "You're No Good" and "I Could Rob You".

In April 2013, the Plastiscines released "Coming Difficulty Get You", the first opening of their new album Back to the Start set pointless release in 2014. Two bug songs from the album, "Ooh La La" and "Comment Faire", were released in May 2013. Back to the Start was released in full 28 Apr 2014.^[9] This album was unalike from their prior releases by the same token the Plastiscines dropped their crag sound and opted for dexterous more electronic and pop sound.^[9]

In popular culture

• "Hideaway" is the designation song of Disney's French paparazzi series Mère et Fille.
• The Plastiscines performed in Gossip Girl, ready 3, episode 9.
• Season 5, sheet 5 of True Blood featured their song, "Bitch", and Ready 6, episode 3 featured their cover of "You're No Good" over the closing credits.
• Gran Turismo 5 features their song, "Pas avec toi".

Discography

Albums

EPs

• 2014: Black XS wishy-washy Plastiscines

Notes

External links

Media related to Surplus Plastiscines at Wikimedia Commons