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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Les Respectables
| image = Spectacle Les Respectables Vaudreuil-Dorion.jpeg
| alt =
| caption = Live concert at Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Canada.
| image_size =
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| background = group_or_band
| alias =
| origin = [[MontrealQuebec City]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]
| genre = [[rock music|Rock]]
| years_active = {{start date|1991}}–present<!--{{end date|YYYY}} -->
| label = Passeport<br/>[[Universal Music Canada|Universal]] (2008-present)
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|therespectableswww.respectables.ca}}
| current_members = Sébastien Plante (lead vocals)<br/>PascalStéphane Dussault (bass)<br/>Stéphane Beaudin (drums)<br/>Jean-Sebastien Chouinard aka "Johnny Flash" (lead Dufourguitar)
| past_members = Pascal Dufour
}}
'''Les Respectables''' is a Canadian rock band that was founded in [[MontrealQuebec City]] in 1991.
 
==Biography==
 
===Origin===
Following a long journey to the United States (US), guitarist and singer, Sébastien Plante, recontacted Pascal Dufour in their home province of [[Quebec]]. Dufour had been Plante's decade-long partner in the band, "Moonlight Drive". Following a meeting, the former band members decided to contact Moonlight Drive's bassist, Stéphane Dussault, with the intention of forming a [[rock music]] group. Joined by drummer Stéphane Beaudin, the four young musicians subsequently commenced [[Rehearsal|rehearsing]] as a band.
 
In the summer of 1991, the four Quebecians borrowed from a [[Rolling Stones]] song to conceive the band name, Les Respectables, and also proceeded to begin playing live performances. Performing in local bars, the rock group played original compositions that had been co-written by Sébastien Plante and Pascal Dufour. After several months, approximately twenty new songs had been added to the band's [[Musical repertoire|repertoire]] and Les Respectables considered itself a fully-fledged musical outfit.
 
The four musicians consolidated their cohesion as a group during the live performances undertaken during [[Touring_(band)#Concert_tour|touring]] and the Les Respectables identity consequently formed.
 
===1992-1998===
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===1999===
In 1999, the band released its first album with the PassportRecord Records [[Record label|label]], : Les Disques Passeport, ''$ = happiness'' (also known by its French title, "''$ = bonheur''"). The first [[Single (music)|single]] release from the album, "L'homme 7 Up", gained the band a considerable level of attention and the [[7 Up]] company eventually purchased the [[Music publisher (popular music)|rights]] to the song for advertising purposes. Subsequent single releases, "Amalgame", "Plaisir" and "Holà décadence" received heavy [[Rotation (music)|rotation]] on commercial radio that carried over into the next decade. The band then completed a tour of Quebec and a thirdsixth single release, "L'argent fait le bonheur" (Money Is Happiness"), reached the top placement in the music [[Record chart|charts]]{{clarify|date=May 2012}} and remained in this position for over two months.
 
===2000-2006===
In this time period the band received various awards and tackled the production of a fourth album, ''Quadrosonic'', produced in collaboration with none other than [[Gordie Johnson]], former member of the Canadian band [[Big Sugar (band)|Big Sugar]]. In January 2003, opening for the Rolling Stones at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Les Respectables played a well-received set.
 
===2007===
On May 23, 2007, the band celebrated 15 years with the release of the DVD, ''Les Respectables 15th Anniversary, Live at the Bell Center''. Over 5,000 copies were sold. Les RepectablesRespectables played on stage at the Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier Center of Arts, along with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, while providing another memorable performance.
 
===2008-2009===
The group continued to go on tour in Quebec. In 2009 ''The greatGreat Sweet Mama'', the band’sband's new album, was produced and co-written by [[Gordie Johnson]], ''"Big Sugar’s''Sugar"’s former front man. It was their first English album in 10ten years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/bins/ncc_web_content_page.asp?cid%3D16297-16298-22876-105645%26lang%3D1%26bhcp%3D1 |accessdate=June 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611020032/http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/bins/ncc_web_content_page.asp?cid=16297-16298-22876-105645&lang=1&bhcp=1 |archivedate=June 11, 2011 }}</ref> Keyboardist, [[Ian McLagan]] ([[The Rolling Stones]], [[The Faces]]), also lent his talent on a fewseveral songs. ''The Great Sweet Mama'' was recorded in part at [[Willie Nelson]]’s Pedernales Studios in [[Texas]], US, and Mixart Studios in [[Montreal]].<ref>http://7jours.canoe.ca/musique/nouvelles/2009/04/27/9271266.html</ref>
 
==Discography==
 
===Albums===
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| September, 1999
| ''$ = bonheur''
| Les Disques Passeport
| Passport Records
|-
| January 1, 2002
| ''QuadroSonic''
| Les Disques Passeport
| Passport Records
|-
| 2005
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* "Sugar" feat. [[Gordie Johnson]] – 2009
* "Sweet Mama" - 2009
* "Cette fille" - 2014
 
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.therespectables.ca The Respectables myspace]
* [https://www.respectables.ca/ The Respectables] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311202846/https://www.respectables.ca/ |date=2018-03-11 }}
 
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[[Category:Musical groups established in 1991]]
[[Category:Musical groups from MontrealQuebec City]] <!-- Myspace says Montreal -->
[[Category:Canadian rock music groups]]
[[Category:1991 establishments in Quebec]]
 
[[fr:Les Respectables]]
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