Rock & Roll

They have the sound, they have the attitude, and they certainly have the name. Still it's impossible not to be baffled by the arrogance of a band that nonchalantly declares, "We are Rock&Roll!"The king cobras of French rock new wave are damn right to be cocky. In less than a year these four refined hooligans have become the darlings of the music and fashion worlds alike. As V man describes so eloquently. "imagine the Ramones dressed by Beau Brummel in a dandyish blur of black leather, velvet and sweat." Their sylish silhouettes pervade the most cutting-edge fashion magazines from Dazed and Confused to Crash, Self-Service, Madame Figaro, Mixted and Elle and Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld even made them his muse, going as far as to photograph their album cover. And the music? Well if this is anything of an indication, the French sister magazine of Rolling Stone, Inrockuptibles, elected them best new band of 2006 out of a pool of 7000 contestants.

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