Louise Attaque
| Louise Attaque | |
|---|---|
 Lead sangster an guitarist Gaëtan Roussel at a Louise attaque concert in 2023 | |
| Background information | |
| Oreigin | Paris, Fraunce |
| Genres | French rock Airt rock Fowk rock |
| Years active | 1994–2001 unoffeecial fower-yeir hiatus 2005–2007 2007-present |
| Labels | Atmosphériques (Warldwide) Ki/oon Music Inc. (Japan) |
| Wabsteid | Offeecial wabsteid |
| Members | Gaëtan Roussel (vocals, guitar) Arnaud Samuel (violin) Robin Feix (bass guitar) Alexandre Margraff (drums) |
Louise Attaque (French pronunciation: [lwiz atak] is a French chanson/fowk rock baund foondit in 1994. Mony o the group's albums wis produced bi Gordon Gano, lead sangster o Violent Femmes, a baund that Louise Attaque aften cites as an influence an fur that's thair ain baund is cried. The baund is signed tae the Atmosphériques record label.
History
[eedit | edit soorce]Caravage (1990-1994)
[eedit | edit soorce]Lead sangster an guitarist Gaëtan Roussel an bassist Robin Feix met in heich schuil in Montargis. Thay flittit tae Paris efter graduation whaur thay met drummer Alexandre Margraff an formit a rock baund cried Caravage (efter the Italian painter Caravaggio). Efter briefly hirin a lead guitarist, the baund met violinist Arnaud Samuel whiles recordin in a Parisian studio.[1]
Louise Attaque's success (1997-2001)
[eedit | edit soorce]Louise Attaque wis formit in 1994. The name means "Louise Attacks" in French an refers tae Louise Michel, a 19t century anarchist, an tae the American rock baund Violent Femmes (that loosely owersets frae French as "violent wumman"). The leader o Violent Femmes, Gordon Gano, produced Louise Attaque's sel-titled debut album.[2]
Louise Attaque wis lowsed in Aprile 1997 tae a positive creetical repone. In maugre o low initial radio airplay, the reputation o the group spreid rapidly, garnerin pairticulair praise fur its innovative violin-based fowk/rock compositions an witty leerics. Louise Attaque selt 2.5 million unit in Fraunce, a record fur a French rock album.
It teuk awmaist three yeirs until Louise Attaque's second album Comme On A Dit wis lowsed (in Januar 2000), again produced bi Gordon Gano. The album selt 700,000 unit in Fraunce. In 2001, efter tourin fur five month an appearin at mony rock fests, the baund split up, explainin that thay wur temporarily oot o inspiration an tired o the hype an pressur surrondin them.
Frae separation tae reunion (2001-2005)
[eedit | edit soorce]Louise Attaque split intae twa different groups in 2001. Sangster Gaëtan Roussel an violinist Arnaud Samuel formit Tarmac, whiles bassist Robin Feix an drummer Alexandre Margraff formit Ali Dragon. The goal o Tarmac wis tae explore the starker soonds o acoustic instruments, whiles Ali Dragon produced unnergrund experimental muisic featurin jam sessions (maistly electro an hip hop).
The fower memmers o the group reunitit in 2003. Efter recordin fur a few weeks in the Electric Lady Studios in New York, thair thrid album, À Plus Tard Crocodile, wis lowsed in September 2005. The teetle references the rock an roll sang "See You Later, Alligator". À Plus Tard Crocodile wis received as a depairture frae Louise Attaque's aulder wirks, wi lichter an mair sindry content.
Uissage in media
[eedit | edit soorce]Louise Attaque are mentioned in À plus !, a German leid schuil beuk teachin French. Durin the "Ceevilisation" pairt o the beuk, thay are descrieved as "a rock baund whilk is weel-kent bi French teens [...]".
In 2021, the sang J't'emmène au vent is uised in No Time to Die in the apenin scene whilk is listened bi the yung Madeleine on her walkman.
Awairds
[eedit | edit soorce]- 1999: Victoire de la Musique in the category Baund o the Yeir.
- 2001: Victoire de la Musique in the category "Rock Album o the Yeir" fur the album Comme on a dit.
- 2006: Victoire de la Musique in the category "Pop/rock Album o the Yeir" fur the album À Plus Tard Crocodile.
Discography
[eedit | edit soorce]Albums
[eedit | edit soorce]| Yeir | Album | Peak poseetions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [3] |
BEL (Wa) [4] |
SWI [5] | |||
| 1997 | Louise Attaque | 1 | 4 | – | |
| 2000 | Comme on a dit | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 2005 | À plus tard crocodile | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2016 | Anomalie | 3 | 4 | 8 |
|
| 2022 | Planète Terre | 4[7] | 9 | 22 | |
Compilation albums
| Yeir | Album | Peak poseetions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [3] |
BEL (Wa) [4] |
SWI | ||
| 2011 | Du monde tout autour | 6 | 4 | 91 |
Singles
[eedit | edit soorce]| Yeir | Single | Peak poseetions | Certifications | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [3] |
BEL (Wa) [8] | ||||
| 1998 | "Ton invitation" | 10 | 14 | Louise Attaque | |
| 2006 | "Depuis toujours" | 41 | – | À plus tard crocodile | |
| 2011 | "J't'emmène au vent" | 72[9] | – |
|
Du monde tout autour |
| 2015 | "Anomalie" | 111 | – | Anomalie | |
References
[eedit | edit soorce]- ↑ "Arnaud Samuel : le violon dingue de Louise Attaque". France Musique (in French). 2 Mey 2022. Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
- ↑ "Gordon Gano (Violent Femmes) - Les attrape-coeurs | Les Inrocks". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 6 Apryle 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Tal discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived frae the original on 1 Juin 2013. Retrieved 13 Apryle 2012.
- 1 2 Ultratop.be/fr/ – Louise Attaque albums discography
- ↑ "Discographie Louise Attaque". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- 1 2 3 "French certifications" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
- ↑ "Top Singles (Week 51, 2022)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ↑ Ultratop.be/fr/ – Louise Attaque singles discography
- ↑ "Top Singles (Week 33, 2023)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
