Les Sales Majestés
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History and line-up
Les Sales Majestés's members first met in the late 80s and released several early EPs and singles, though their first full album, Bienvenue, was not recorded until 1995. The band line-up was as follows: Arnaud (vocalsSinging
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
), Mathias, replaced by Guillaume in 1998 (drums
Drum kit
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), Yves (lead guitar
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
), Vlad (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) and Yann (rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
). The band released two more full albums and an EP by 2000.
Music
Les Sales Majestés sing about the political and social issues dominant in FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The band has songs about the church, the French elite, the unemployed, the Front National
Front National
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, and the politicians in power.
Discography
- Bienvenue (1995)
- No Problemo (1997)
- Dernier Combat (1998)
- Y'a pas d'amour (2000)
- Bordel In Live (2001)
- Best-of 1992-2002 (2002)
- Week-end sauvage (CD/DVD live) (2008)
- Sois pauvre et tais-toi ! (2010)