A serious problem with French culture

[anarky]

The French are assholes. They don't bathe, they're jerks, their food is overrated, they drink pissy wine instead of beer or real liquor, and their women don't shave their pits. They have done some good, like the kissing method, Laetitia Casta, the chocolate eclair, and the French maid outfit (all of which would be quite nice together), but there's a HUGE problem with their culture.

Name a French rock band.

Okay, I'll count pop, disco, blues, even techno. You still can't name anything, can you?

The closest there's ever been was Django Reinhart, who was technically Belgian and played killer jazz guitar, but died in 1953. Even the most generous estimate for the birth of rock is 1951 with "Rocket 88," just two years before he died, and he retired that year, anyway.

Honest. I can name a rock band (or at least a pop band) from just about every other country on earth, minus a few that have strict laws against secular music (like Iran), or I at least have heard of groups even if I don't know them well enough to just rattle off their names. I even know of Vietnamese and Cambodian rock groups. But I even went so far as to look up French rock, and didn't recognize any of the very few names that popped up.

Look at the rest of the European Union. Everyone has at least one band or performer. U2, the Beatles, the Scorpions, Drain STH, etc. Okay, maybe not Portugal. But they're Spain's armpit, anyway, so they don't count.

But, dammit, France is considered to be one of the eight most important countries on earth. They should be able come up with just one fucking rock band.

[Ran]

It's not that I didn't trust you, but I had to consult Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_rock
This list might as well be [s]blanc[/s] blank. I've never heard of any of them.

Look at the rest of the European Union. Everyone has at least one band or performer. U2, the Beatles, the Scorpions, Drain STH, etc. Okay, maybe not Portugal. But they're Spain's armpit, anyway, so they don't count.

By the way, I think the guitar player from Extreme is of Portugese. That "Fly like a bird" Nelly Frutado (sp?) might be of Portuguese decent also. (thank you MTV Europe)

[Ran]

double post, Grimlock. Only because I can't find the delete button, but you can suck it anyway.

[RoIIo Tomassi]

France also doesn't extradite pedophile abusists. Increasing their non-rocking douchebaggery by a factor of 1000.

[vynsane]

haha frenchyou suk

[Diabolical]

Remember Freedom Fries?

That was gay.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

Remember Freedom Fries?

That was gay.

Ah, President Bush. I remember the good old days . . .

Don't let the door hit you on the way out, you old bag of shit.

[mabudon]

There were lots of really good death/speed/thrash metal bands out of Montreal in the 80's. Voivod and Dissection come to mind.

I don't know what you guys will think of this- personally it's not like my fave genre, but it's really slick, these are the guys who hosted us up in Quebec

Their songs are all socio-political and kinda angry, but also really funny

http://www.myspace.com/oparleur

They're only now starting to really get shit together tho, but they actually might "be" something

[anarky]

But they're French-Canadian. French-Canadian is Canadian and not French.

I mentioned this in passing to Mrs A last night and she had a good point. English has somewhat become a universal language. Bands in countries where people commonly learn English do better worldwide. The people in France are too snobbish to learn a second language. Or to extradite convicted pedophiles or make their otherwise hot women bathe and shave their armpits.

[Double_G]

I can name one: a band called Trust, but that's only because "Antisocial" is on Guitar Hero.

[Double_G]

Grimlock listens to Michael Bolton.

So since I named one, do I win something?

[RoIIo Tomassi]

Only everyones mocking you because you know the name of a French rock band, fag.