Les Fatals Picards

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Les Fatals Picards
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Les Fatals Picards
Background information
OriginFrance
Genres Rock, punk, pop, ska
Years active1998 – present
Labels Warner Bros. Records
MembersLaurent Honel
Jean-Marc Sauvagnargues
Paul Léger
Yves Giraud
Past membersIvan Callot
Regis Rodrigues
Gilles Di Giovanni
Eric Charpentier
Olivier Delafosse
Jonathan Bénisty
Website www.fatalspicards.com

Les Fatals Picards is a French rock/punk band, founded in 1996.

Contents

The Fatals Picards (meaning "the fatal [men] from Picardy") are best known to general audiences because they represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "L'Amour à la française" (Eng: "Love, French Style"), after winning the national selection. [1]

Characteristics

The lyrics of the Fatals Picards are often of a parodic or humoristic character, though some songs, more particularly in the recent years, are more of a militant left-wing kind.

Some of their songs are satiric:

Musical influences range from straight rock to punk, chanson, etc.

Eurovision 2007

Eurovision 2007 in front Leadsinger Paul Leger, behind bass guitarist Yves Giraud ESC 2007 France - Fatals Picards - L'amour a la francaise.jpg
Eurovision 2007 in front Leadsinger Paul Léger, behind bass guitarist Yves Giraud

Les Fatals Picards represented France in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, Finland with the bilingual French/English song "L'Amour à la française" (meaning "Love - the French way"). They finished 22nd overall in 24 finalists.

Band members

Former member

Discography

Earlier materials
Charting studio albums
YearAlbumPeak positionsCertification
FRA
[2] [3]
2007Pamplemousse Mécanique24
2009Le sens de la gravité17
2011Coming out32
2013Septième ciel28
2016Fatals Picards Country Club11
2019Espèces Menacées
2022Le Syndrome de Göteborg
Live albums
YearAlbumPeak positionsCertification
FRA
[2]
2008Public60
2011Fatals s/ scène52
201514.11.14

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References

  1. Libération: Les Fatals Picards défendront la France à L'Eurovision (in French)
  2. 1 2 "Les Fatals Picards discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  3. "Fatals Picards discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

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Preceded by France in the Eurovision Song Contest
2007
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