History Music / CoeurMachant

* [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly Neoclassical Ambient Psychedelic Folk Hauntology]]

“If you look up curmudgeon in Samuel Johnson’s 1755 Dictionary of the English Language, you will find the following in parentheses before the definition: “It is a vitious manner of pronouncing coeur mechant, Fr. an unknown correspondent.” Coeur means ‘heart’, and mechant means ‘bad’. Dr. Johnson had apparently lost track of who had given him this etymology, and the “Fr.” stands for ‘from’. However, a man named John Ash published a New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language in 1775 [[IThoughtItMeant in which he took]] Dr. Johnson’s “Fr.” to mean ‘French’ and, knowing no French, provided the etymology “from Fr. coeur ‘unknown’, mechant ‘correspondent’.” An embarrassing lexicographical moment.”"

* ConceptAlbum- ''Magenein'', somewhere between TheLostRoom and DungeonPunk

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* Sampling- Especially prominent on the [[ABootStompingAHumanFaceForever STOMPING]] soundtrack- every track, in fact, making it a mass ShoutOut to various movies. A porn sample is also used to great effect on the GenderFlip song "I've Been Your Dog".

* ''Soundtrack from [[ABootStompingAHumanFaceForever 10 A BOOT STOMPING 20 A HUMAN FACE 30 GOTO 10]]'' (2010)

* HellIsThatNoise- Some of Bollock's vocalisations certainly qualify, as well as the band's more ambient pieces

"The name of the band is perhaps the most persistent puzzle for many. It is taken from an Art Nouveau poster series that Gulbranson started in 2007, the phrases being taken from a book on lexicology, and actually misspelled. As found in the book, the French means [[AGoodNameForARockBand “biting heart.”]] The original phrase coeur mechant has a curious history, according to the Maven’s WOTD on the Random House web site:

* CreatorCouples- Averted and [[http://crappyindiemusic.blogspot.com/2009/12/hey-ladies.html lampshaded.]]