Le Volume Était Au Maximum is a francophone

Francophone

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 pop punk

Pop punk

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 band

Musical ensemble

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 from Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, formed in 2000. Their musical style is inspired by the Ramones

Ramones

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, Screeching Weasel

Screeching Weasel

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, and The Queers

The Queers

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History

The leader of the one-man band project, Johnny Love, recorded and produced himself every records of LVEAM, playing all instruments, and releasing via PAF! Records, his own label. Besides the complete albums, discography (see lower) contain an imposing list of EPs.

Miscellaneous

• The song " Geneviève Néron " is devoted to the actress of the same name. This last mentioned in the TV show "Tout le monde en parle"
• The song " Nadine va se marier ", of the album Radio Maximum, appeared in the "Les Invincibles" TV show in March 2007 in the episode 21.
• The song " Les Princesses ", of the album Radio Maximum, appeared in the "Tout sur moi" TV show March 2008 in the episode 10.
• The song Teenages Gluesniffers ", of the album Radio Maximum, appeared in April 2009 in the "Mange ta ville" TV show.

Current members

• Johnny Love - lead vocals, guitar
  Guitar
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  , keyboards, drum machines, (2000)

Albums

• Conneries (2001)
• Le Volume Était Au Maximum (2003)
• Fille de l'espace (2004)
• La mise à terre (2004)
• Radio Maximum (2005)
• Fille de l'espace 2006 (2006)
• Les Vacances (2008)
• Les Vacances coffret de luxe édition collectionneur (2008)

EPs

• Conneries (2000)
• Conneries II (2002)
• Conneries II (1-13) (2002)
• Âme sœur (2003)
• Superbelle (2003)
• Filles de l'espace (2003)
• Geneviève Néron (2004)
• Uranie (2004)
• Electrolove (2004)
• Jeune professionnelle (2004)
• Les princesses (version fan club, 2005)
• Les princesses (2005)
• Tu es belle (2005)
• Nadine ne m'aime pas (2005)
• Amanda (2008)
• Sur Mon Cœur(2008)
• Petit Ange (2008)
• Une Petite Fille Comme Toi (2008)
• Rouli-Roulant (2008)
• Petite Merveille (2008)
• Michel Louvain (2008)
• Nadine À La Plage (2008)
• Elle Ne Reviendra Pas (2008)

Compilations

• Pop Montreal 2005 (2005)
• Québec Emergent (2006)
• Punk Rawk Explosion #31 (2006)
• Voir: La Releve Musicale 2006-2026 (2006)
• Noise & Friendz (2006)
• Bubblegum Attack #1 (2006)
• Montreal Noise and Friendz (2006)
• Where The Fun Never Sets (2007)
• God save The Queers (Japon) (2007)
• A Tribute To The Groovy Ghoulies (2008)
• Let's Go Ghoulie! (2008)

Music videos

• Teenage Gluesniffers (2006)
• Les Princesses (2006)
• Nadine va se marier(2007)
• Amanda (2008)
• Une petite fille comme toi (2009)
• L'ete dernier (2009)

External links

• Official site of Le Volume Était Au Maximum
• Discography of LVEAM
• LVEAM on Myspace