# What bands in your country would be (more) internationally well-known if they sang in English?

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**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-in-your-country-would-be-more-internationally-well-known-if-they-sang-in-english/532036/21 "2010-03-19T19:17:14Z")

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Noir Désir is probably the greatest French alternative rock band. Just listen to the hypnotic riff of [Tostaky (Le Continent)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ_Bxt4Z57Y). They also mixed French and English, like in [Aux Sombres Héros de l’Amer](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfQz-9olu_g) and [Lost](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF8kJvgp0_Q&feature=related).

Singer Bertrand Cantat - a ‘perfect’ liberal - was not quite the greatest guy on Earth though, as in 2003 in he beat up to death his actress girlfriend in some Lithuanian hotel.

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