Louis Lingg and the Bombs are goddamn punk-rock-garage-pop-anarcho saviours of the 2 and half minute pop song. The bombs they throw are musical, they come from Paris (they could only come from Paris!) and they’ll grab you and demand your instant attention. Their sound is a mix of ultra-political anarchic punk rock and fizzing children’s nursery rhyme riot-pop. Laced with so much energy and a whole sonic attack of chaos and fizzy energy, they throw a crazy live party. They could start a riot in a phone box and regularly blow up little bars with pop Molotovs and bang bang boom boom punk rock energy!
The group is named after Louis Lingg, the famous Chicago anarchist who died trying to escape death row in 1887 after the first May Day prote...

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Louis Lingg and the Bombs are goddamn punk-rock-garage-pop-anarcho saviours of the 2 and half minute pop song. The bombs they throw are musical, they come from Paris (they could only come from Paris!) and they’ll grab you and demand your instant attention. Their sound is a mix of ultra-political anarchic punk rock and fizzing children’s nursery rhyme riot-pop. Laced with so much energy and a whole sonic attack of chaos and fizzy energy, they throw a crazy live party. They could start a riot in a phone box and regularly blow up little bars with pop Molotovs and bang bang boom boom punk rock energy!
The group is named after Louis Lingg, the famous Chicago anarchist who died trying to escape death row in 1887 after the first May Day protests. Some of their songs are ultra-political anarchic punk rock and some are children’s nursery rhyme riot-pop. ALL of their songs are full of fun-fun-fun pop hooks!
Their music is 100% DIY and is mostly recorded in their bedrooms. Made with cheap instruments and broken computers, their records sound great.
Homemade DIY music doesn’t mean sub-standard. Their sound is a manic, punk rock explosion - a poppy riot starter since 2006!
Stalwarts of the Creative Commons music scene, they’ve had well over a million listens of their songs thanks to this way of distributing music!
The history and discography:
They finished their first 7 track CD EP in December 2006. (www.indiz.fr/louislinggandthebombs) they played lots of concerts all over Paris and France with loads of rocking bands, national and international.
In September 2007, they released the single Princess Mononoke in the UK on ORG Records http://www.organart.demon.co.uk/singlesclub.htm
They had radio play on many French radio stations as well as stations in Spain, Belgium, New York, USA, Canada, Venezuela, Indonesia, Mexico and XFM and Resonance FM in the UK. And many others continue to play their stuff. Cool!
In November 2007, they recorded 2 new songs for a 7-inch single that unfortunately never came out, Chomsky changed my life and Madonna is a corporate whore. Available free at http://www.jamendo.com/fr/album/17335
In December 2007, their song, Chomsky changed my life, was on the PPP Zine / Generation Extreme compilation (France). http://generation-extreme.com/PPP/compil.html
In January 2008, Chomsky Changed My Life was featured on the first Ferme de la Justice compilation (France) alongside great bands like I Love UFO. www.myspace.com/lafermedelajustice
Their song, Conspiracy, is on volume nine of the Netbloc compilations released by Blocsonic (USA). http://blocsonic.com/releases/show/netbloc-volume-9-lofi-adventures-on-planet-rheton
Also in 2008 they were featured 3 times on Dark Radio’s Free Music Charts in Germany after having 30,000 downloads of their music… alongside Nine Inch Nails if you can believe it!
In March 2009, a live version of their song, Going Nowhere Fast, was featured on the Postghost live compilation along with some of the best live bands in France. www.myspace.com/postghostrecordings
In May 2009, they finished their new, full length album (18 songs!), Lullabies for Mutant Monkeys. Mastered in Brooklyn, NY by Jon Cohrs from Spleenless mastering. (Everything else done by them though!)
In October 2009, our song, La Menteuse, was featured on the ...Quite Useless Creative Commons Sampler alongside some great bands like Bomb the Music Industry! released by Heart Star Industries.
November 2009, their vinyl EP, Louis Lingg hates your laws comes out on Damaged Goods Records (www.damagedgoods.co.uk/). Legendary label of The Buzzcocks, Helen Love, Atari Teenage Riot, Asian Dub Foundation, Holly Golightly and many others! It’s cool and very rare that punk from France can get global exposure like this! They played concerts in London and Liverpool.
In September 2010 they released a vinyl 7 inch (the “Anarchist ‘til death” EP) with Close Up Records http://www.closeupprod.fr/products-louislinggENG.html from Paris.
In January 2011, their song, Louis Lingg, Anarchist was featured on the first ça Douille! CD compilation (France).
Both these 7 inches were reviewed in Maximum Rock’n’Roll and were in the top ten recommendations for the month twice.

Their song, Louis Lingg, Anarchist was on the Ca Douille! Compilation. Released in Nice by Imobile Prod.
The played the Elysée Monmartre in front on 600 people supporting The Stiff Little Fingers.
Their song, Zapatista was featured on a compilation for the EZLN revolutionary army of Mexico. Alongside Brujera and Mano Chao. http://nosolodepunkviveelhombre.blogspot.com/2011/04/va-abajo-y-la-izkierda-esta-el-korazon.html
Also in 2011 their song, Going Nowhere Fast on the second Ferme de la Justice 12 inch vinyl compilation.
In 2011 their song R.E.V.O.L.T. was featured on the Psychomotel CD compilation (UK).
In 2012 Their song, Going Nowhere Fast is featured on the German compilation, Fucking the Nation Everyday Volume 3. A compilation for the best international punk bands in the world today. Featuring only 3 bands from France! http://ftned.punkrockers-radio.de/vol3
Also in 2012 their back catalogue was released in Indonesia on the Stoneage records (http://www.stoneagerecords.co.cc/2012/04/sar070louis-lingg-and-bombs-conspiracy.html) and in Mexico on Nacion Libre Records. http://www.nacion-libre.net/netlabel
Their song, R.E.V.O.L.T. is featured on the Destruyendo la Industria Musical compilation release by Naçion Libre in Mexico.
Their song, Destroy Civilisation was released on Netbloc’s compilation of the best music available in the world in the Creative Commons scene. A serious honour (they’ve worked with Public Enemy): http://blocsonic.com/releases/show/netbloc-vol-39-antididonai
In 2012 their album, Alphabet for a Revolution came out on 30 Hour Drive records (France) and AF Music (Germany) http://www.af-music.de/en/releases/afm180-louis-lingg-and-the-bombs-alphabet-of-a-revolution/, Magnatune (USA) and Nacion Libre (Mexico).
Early in 2013, they will release a 5 song EP, Bring on the End of Civilisation. It was recorded in 3 days with Manu Giuot (who’s recorded Mick Jagger, Eurythmics, Sid Vicious). The EP was mixed by Steve Kravac (who’s mixed Less Than Jake, Blink 182, Total Chaos, 7 Seconds).

Their music has been used by film makers for film trailers, fashion videos, extreme sports, 2 animated films, kung fu film documentaries, computer game demos, car pimping films and more.... People seem to like using Louis Lingg and the Bombs’ music for their videos!


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