The Plastiscines are a French all-female rock band who perform their songs in both French and English . They have released three albums, spanning from garage rock revival and pop punk to disco -orientered pop music .
16-531: The Plastiscines are Katty Besnard (singer/guitar), Louise Basilien (bass), and Ana Vandevyvere (drums). Former members include Marine Neuilly (guitar), and Caroline and Zazie Tavitian (both drums). They formed in 2007 after Besnard, Neuilly, and Tavitian, all of whom were at school together in Saint-Cyr-l'École , met Basilien, originally a harpist, at a concert by the English band, The Libertines . Their talent
32-528: A research Institute in aerodynamics created in 1911. The Centre aquatique de St-Cyr has the swimming facilities in the town. This Yvelines geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . LP1 (Plastiscines album) LP1 is the debut studio album by French rock band the Plastiscines . It was released on 12 February 2007 by Virgin France . The album includes
48-596: Is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 21.4 km (13.3 mi) from the centre of Paris . It used to host the training school for officers of the French army, the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM), which was relocated to Coëtquidan in 1945. The old buildings of the ESM are now used by the lycée militaire de Saint-Cyr (military high school of Saint-Cyr). Inhabitants are called Saint-Cyriens (uppercase, with students or graduates from
64-406: Is long established and lies on the edge of the commune. It is used by light aircraft flown by private pilot owners and by members of aero clubs. It is operated for public use by Aéroports de Paris . King Louis XIV of France , at the request of Madame de Maintenon , founded Maison royale de Saint-Louis , an institute for poor young ladies. It later became a military hospital. Napoleon founded
80-547: The 1960s' singer Christie Laume , Édith Piaf 's sister-in-law. The Plastiscines' name derives from the phrase, " plasticine porters with looking glass ties" in the Beatles ' song, " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ", on the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band . The Plastiscines have been critical of French retailing of rock music . Louise Basilien has remarked that she learned about rock 'n' roll through her parents,
96-664: The 1960s, has always been the prime language of rock 'n' roll). In 2009, Marvin Scott Jarrett, Editor-in-chief of NYLON magazine, founded NYLON Records and signed the Plastiscines as its first act, after seeing them on the cover of French fashion and style magazine Citizen K. The Plastiscines were featured on the TV series Gossip Girl episode "They Shoot Humphreys, Don't They?" at the Cotillion ball. Their song "Bitch"
112-523: The Internet, and by reading books: "the generation before us could not learn about rock 'n' roll because the stores here were rubbish". As a consequence, the French rock scene in 2006–07 was seen by many as fresh and exciting, even though the requirement that forty per cent of songs broadcast on radio in France should be in French continued to militate against bands who wished to perform in English (which, because of its American origins and British dominance in
128-567: The album, "Ooh La La" and "Comment Faire", were released in May 2013. Back to the Start was released in full 28 April 2014. This album was different from their prior releases as the Plastiscines dropped their rock sound and opted for a more electronic and pop sound. [REDACTED] Media related to Les Plastiscines at Wikimedia Commons Saint-Cyr-l%27%C3%89cole Saint-Cyr-l'École ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ siʁ lekɔl] )
144-761: The mid-2000s (decade), the Plastiscines were one of several Parisian teenage bands, referred to collectively as les bébés rockers . Paris Calling , a compilation album of music by several of them, was released in France in June 2006 (and in Britain in 2007). It contained the Plastiscines' first studio tracks, "Shake (Twist Around the Fire)" and "Rake". Those present at its launch included the French Minister of Culture, Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres , and Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty . Such bands tended to be scorned at
160-534: The military academy for infantry and cavalry officers in 1808. The tomb of Madame de Maintenon lies in the Chapel. Schools in the city include: Preschools: Elementary schools: There is one junior high school, Collège Jean Racine . Senior high schools/sixth form colleges: Bibliothèque Albert Camus , which opened on 14 November 2013, is the community library. The town also has the Institut aérotechnique ,
176-527: The school called saint-cyriens with lowercase). Saint-Cyr lies in the arrondissement of Versailles , west of the Park of Versailles. It is named after St. Cyricus . Saint-Cyr-l'École is served by Saint-Cyr station , which is an interchange station on Paris RER line C , on the Transilien Line U suburban rail line, and on the Transilien Line N suburban rail line. Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole airfield
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#1732791761745192-453: The time by some elements of the press for their bobo ( bourgeois bohème or bourgeois Bohemian ) backgrounds: in other words, they were portrayed as "the spoilt kids of rich parents playing at being rock stars". The band's first album, LP1 , was issued on 12 February 2007. This was an eclectic mix of twelve notably short tracks (none was over three minutes long and some were under two), including their first single release, "Loser", and
208-455: The two songs that had appeared on Paris Calling . The band's second album, About Love , was released on 21 June 2009 by NYLON Records. A three song EP was made available on 21 April 2009 and contained three songs from the album: "Barcelona", "You're No Good" and "I Could Rob You". In April 2013, the Plastiscines released "Coming To Get You", the first preview of their new album Back to the Start set for release in 2014. Two other songs from
224-449: Was also featured on the same episode. The music supervisor on Gossip Girl , Alex Patsavas, noticed the Plastiscines' record, and has written several of the band's songs into the series. Their single, "Barcelona" was iTunes single of the week during the first week of January 2010. In February 2010, they embarked on the 'Hot Mess Across The EU-niverse Tour' in support of Cobra Starship , along with Family Force 5 . In December 2010, it
240-467: Was announced that they would be producing the music for the comic book-based, animated TV show titled Scary Larry . Marine Neuilly left the band. They are featured on the song "Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met...)" by Panic! at the Disco on their third album, Vices & Virtues . They are also featured on the song "Fool Like Me" by Cobra Starship on their fourth and final album, Night Shades . In
256-803: Was recognised early on by Maxime Schmitt, producer of the German band Kraftwerk , and they were signed by EMI for the Virgin France label in October 2006. In addition to the Libertines, the band's influences include the White Stripes , the Strokes and, from an earlier generation, the Kinks and Blondie . Closer to home, the prevailing style of their first album, LP1 , was similar to that of
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