Angus Jung wrote:

SecondEdition wrote:Seriously, though, what rock bands have the French produced that are at all worth listening to?

Metal Urbain.

for shure.
the plasticines do, too. (???)

thoose fond of dinosaur junior or the posies should try this french band : http://www.myspace.com/jultheband
they actually do rock.

for noisy noisy froggies, check this collective :
http://gael.moissonnier.free.fr/zero/
clara clara and riff hunter are worth a listening

It seems that their silly name didn´t help them to get to play with Shellac in Strasbourg.

Matthias wrote:It seems that their silly name didn´t help them to get to play with Shellac in Strasbourg.

Was it Zone libre in Strasbourg too?

I disliked them in Paris.

Gatechien
Sincabeza
Honey for Petzi (swiss french)

all very worth a listen

Sly Bug wrote:Was it Zone libre in Strasbourg too?

I disliked them in Paris.

Yes, they played. I was a little bit late and saw the last song or two. It was okay but not too exciting.

simmo wrote:Gatechien
Sincabeza
Honey for Petzi (swiss french)

all very worth a listen

I add Virago and Tantrum.

BadComrade wrote:No kidding.

Why they'd wanna name themselves after some no-name multi-instrumentalist is beyond me...

http://albinimusic.com/

This guy is awesome! His dynamics control is sublime, and dude can really swing a waltz.

marigold wrote:hey men.
if you correctly check their myspace you can see that:
"If you do not speak french, "enregistre par steve albini" means “Recorded by Steve Albini”... but we are not. It's just our name."

http://www.myspace.com/enregistreparstevealbini

And? What's your point?

diabologum. french rock at it's best.

aussitot mort are pretty good, too.