Biography
French garage rock revival quartet the Plastiscines formed in 2004 around teenage friends Katty Besnard (guitar/vocals), Marine Neuilly (guitar), Louise Basilien (bass guitar), and Zazie Tavitian (drums). Named after a line in the Beatles' classic "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" ("plasticine porters with looking glass ties"), the band also cites the Kinks, the White Stripes, the Strokes, Blondie, and the Libertines as influences. The group was signed to EMI/Virgin France in 2006. Their major-label debut, LP1, arrived in the summer of 2007. The band's sophomre effort, About Love, was released in 2009.
