Debout Sur Le Zinc Biography - Sweetslyrics

After their first 1999 self-titled album, their subsequent album L<#8217;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 <#8220;Momo<#8221; 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 <#8220;standing on the zinc,<#8221; 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