After their first 1999 self-titled album, their subsequent album L’homme à tue-tête released in May 2001 gained them media acclaim and public popularity. By the time their 2004 album Des singes et les moutons enhanced their repertoire, they were selling out venues such as La Cigale and touring internationally. Songs from their latest album Les Promesses were featured in their first concert at the oldest music hall in Paris, the Olympia, where they played to a full house on May 16, 2006.
The band acknowledges influences from traditional French music and Irish music, rock, klezmer, and many styles that are considered dance hall music, such as gypsy jazz, tango, waltz. Music critics and fans admire their ability to mix these different styles into an exuberant, cohesive whole.Contents [hide] 1 Background 2 Group members 3 Discography 4 External links
[edit] Background
Christophe Bastien
Band members have described themselves as originally being an Irish folk group combining with a rock band. Simon Mimoun and Olivier Sulpice met Christophe Bastien and Cédric “Momo” Ermolieff in high school. Simon met Fred Trisson at university, and Fred introduced the band to his childhood friend Romain Sassigneux. They began performing together in bars and on the street and with groups such as Garçons Bouchers and Les Ogres de Barback under the name Debout Sur Le Zinc as of 1996. William Lotvi joined as their bass player in 1998.
The idea for the name Debout Sur Le Zinc, literally “standing on the zinc,” originally came after a concert in which Christophe, guitarist/singer was standing on the bar counter playing the accordion. The discovery that the bar or zinc--the material bar countertops were once made of--used to serve as a stage for people to recite poems, sing or make political speeches, and the expression also being in a poem by Jacques Prévert further reinforced the name.
[edit] Group members
Olivier Sulpice Christophe Bastien: guitar, vocals Cédric (Momo) Ermolieff: drums, percussion, xylophone, backup vocals William Lovti: double bass, bass Simon Mimoun: vocals, violin, trumpet Romain Sassigneux: clarinet, vocals, guitar Olivier Sulpice: banjo, mandola, backup vocals Fred Trisson/Triska: accordion
[edit] Discography Debout Sur Le Zinc : First Album (October 1999) La Pantomime La Valse Misère Dialogue De Sourds Emilie Au Comptoir L'abbé Chamel Le Grand Chemin Yvonne ? Ma Petite Chérie L'ambition La Jeunesse L'Homme à Tue-Tête : Second Album (May 2001) Plein Comme Une Barrique L'homme à Tue-tête Les Manigances Les Petites Envies De Meurtre 2 X Oui - Intro 2 X Oui Le Roi Du Monde Dans Le Métro Désert Slawek Me Laissez Pas Seul La Rengaine Ton Petit Cirque Un Jour De Moins Où Est L'histoire Les Sens Interdits Des Singes et Des Moutons : Third Album (May 2004) Les Moutons Le Bleu Du Miroir Elle M'ennuie Chut... Elle Les Mots D'amour Comme Un Ange Si L'idée Nous Enchante Les Voisins Les Angles Marée Noire Hop Là! Les Promesses : Fourth Album (April 2006) Des Larmes Sur Ma Manche Rester Debout Un Jour Ou L'autre Comme S'il En Pleuvait Te Promettre La Lune Les Tontons Fallait Pas La Déclaration La Lettre Perdue Mieux Que Rien De Fil En Aiguilles Un Défaut De Toi Anita La Pantomime 2
