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Dept. of culture

french kiss

August 22, 2007  9:44 am

Secondsex

The French just can’t seem to keep their hands off the property of their friends across the Channel—or should we say La Manche? First William the Conqueror, a.k.a. the Duke of Normandy, stole the English throne back in 1066, and now the French are nicking from another London institution: the Libertines. Scruffy Parisian boys (and a few ladies) are worshipping at the trilby of Pete Doherty, borrowing liberally from his former band’s loose garage-punk style. Here, a field guide to the Paris scene and its Libertine ties.

Parisians: Four guys in leather jackets of the sort Libertines singer/guitarist Carl Barat has been known to favor

Sounds like the Libertines meets: Early Strokes

Bonus points: They credit meeting the Libertines on a Paris rue with jump-starting their career.

Brooklyn: Three T-shirt-clad boys with great shaggy bangs, plus cutie-pie bassist Jane Lane

Sounds like the Libertines meets: The (International) Noise Conspiracy. Perfect for dancing Ann-Margret, kitty-cat style in a smoky club (because, bien sûr, you can still smoke in Paris).

The Plastiscines: Four Birkin-beautiful teenage girls who snarl like pros

Sounds like the Libertines meets: Sahara Hot Nights—hip-swiveling guitars and garage-punk beats

Bonus points: The other three members allegedly met bassist Louise Basilien at a Libertines show.

Second Sex: Four impossibly pretty boys with New Romantic hairdos (above)

Sounds like the Libertines meets: Sixties garage-rock pioneers the Sonics. Retro in the best way.

Bonus points: Cheekbones as sharp as Kate Moss’ circa 1993

Les Droogs: Four black-clad rock ‘n’ roll guys who all share the surname Droogs, à la the Ramones

Sounds like the Libertines meets: The Cramps. Sinister, sexy, and weird.

The Hellboys: Four dudes in swinger lounge suits and slicked-back hair that make them look incongruously rockabilly

Sounds like the Libertines meets: The seventies L.A. punk of the Germs and the fifties bad-boy rock ‘n’ roll of Jerry Lee Lewis


—Shelly Ridenour


Photo: Second Sex

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