Les Fatals Picards
Les Fatals Picard is a company incorporated in 2000, French rock band, who represented her native country at the Euro Vision Song Contest 2007 (ESC ) in Helsinki.
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Band History
Establishment and initial success
The group was founded in early 2000 in Paris in the garage of the singer and songwriter Ivan Callot. He made with students from Picardy, who studied in the French capital, music together, whereupon also the band name Les Fatals Picard ( German: " The Fatal Picards ") refers. There was self-produced the album Amiens c'est aussi le tien, before tax reasons in September 2000, the guitarist and former electrician Laurent Honel, the singer Regis Rodrigues, Gilles Di Giovanni (drums) and Eric Charpentier (bass ) Les fatals Picards added met. The five of you took in 2001 on the album Turnip Mary. Rodrigues, Di Giovanni and Charpentier soon left the formation and from September 2001 made Callot and Honel as a singer and guitarist on alone.
In September 2002, they won the drummer Jean -Marc Sauvagnargues which amplifies organized concerts and it turned out a little by success. 2003 was produced by the record label Adone the album Droit de véto. Callot went over to guitar, Laurent moved to bass. End of 2004, with guitarist Olivier Delafosse, aka " Oldelaf " Adone and the fourth album Picardia Independenza (2005) added. At the same time came Paul Léger added to the song, which established itself as the lead singer of Les Fatals Picard's next Callot. He is currently the only native of Picardy and comes from Saint- Maximin, in the département of Oise. As the fifth and so far last member they won the bassist Yves Giroud. 2006, the Group Warner Music was contracted.
In 2007, Ivan Callot, Laurent Honel, Jean -Marc Sauvagnargues, Paul Léger and Yves Giroud Album Pamplemousse mécanique on. To date, Les Fatals Picard's have played over 400 concerts in front of more than 150,000 people and sells over 30,000 albums. Often, the group assumes in their self-written texts in a humorous way serious issues, which also includes the use of puns. The songs are well decorated with a Picard accent and are by many French artists, among others, Boby Lapointe, Marcel et son orchester or Les Vrp inspired. As Les Vrp Les Picard Fatals be assigned to the genre of satirical rock, with influences from punk, pop and ska.
Participation in the Euro Vision Song Contest
On 6 March 2007 Les Fatals Picard took the title L' amour à la française in French preselection for the 52 Euro Vision Song Contest in Helsinki, Finland, Et si on gagnait? (Eng. " And when you shall gain ?"), part. There they were able to gain the majority of the audience calls and the favor of the jury and prevailed against nine other candidates. With the song L' amour à la française, the band parodied typical France clichés of foreign tourists. The text is in " franglais " - held partly in French and partly in English and corresponding accent. The producer of the French ESC preliminary decision, Pierre- Antoine Boucly hoped entitled the " variety and richness " of the French music scene show after gentle ballads represented France in recent years without success at the Euro Vision Song Contest. "We hope the rather old-fashioned and dusty image that adheres to the competition, to let through the presentation of a new style chosen for the selection of candidates Tricolore behind us," said Boucly.
After winning the French decider Les Fatals Picard completed, among other concerts in Israel and Malta. The French contribution was automatically qualified for the final of the Euro Vision Song Contest on May 12 in Helsinki. Being dressed for her performance by the famous fashion designer Jean -Paul Gaultier, the band came in the victory of the Serbian Marija Šerifović not have a 22 square.
Disposal of Ivan Callot
End of 2007, leaving the band's founder, Ivan Callot, the band. The remaining four members will continue to occur as Les Fatals Picard, while Ivan Callot picked up his solo project " Ivan avec un i" in attack.
Discography
Albums
- 2000: c'est aussi le tien Amiens
- 2001: Turnip Maria
- 2003: Droit de véto
- 2005: Picardia Independenza
- 2007: Pamplemousse mécanique
- 2008: Public
- 2009: Le sens de la gravité
- 2013: 7eme ciel