After… Read Full Bio ↴Superbus is a five-piece French power pop band formed in 1999.
After a trip to the USA in 1999, Jennifer Ayache went looking for musicians to make a group. She met Michel Giovannetti, a guitarist, and François Even, a bassist, who already knew each other from another group, and formed a new band. They started out as a three-piece before 2 other members joined. Those two were later replaced by Guillaume Rousé (on drums), and Patrice Focone (on guitar). Rousé quit the band in 2005 and was replaced by Greg Jacks, drummer of the band No One Is Innocent.
The band got their name from the Latin word "superbus", meaning proud, supposedly when lead singer Jennifer Ayache stumbled upon that word while browsing a Latin dictionary.
Superbus' style is reminiscent of a vast array of bands, from No Doubt to Weezer, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Sublime.
In 2002, Superbus released their debut album, "Aéromusical".
The track "Tchi-cum-bah" was the demo which caught the interest of David Salsedo, allowing Superbus to make a full album.
The band's second album, "Pop'n'Gum", released in 2004, was produced by David Salsedo from Silmarils.
The track of the same name as the album was featured in a commercial for the Malabar chewing gum.
In 2005 they won the Best French Act award at the MTV Europe Music Awards. Superbus also made a debut in Guitar Hero III with their song Radio Song, featured as an unlockable bonus song. According to the Sikoras, Superbus are the founders of 'girl noise garage rock', a genre involving garage rock mixed with girl noise.
In 2006 the band released their third album "Wow" which reached number 6 on french album charts.
A year later Superbus released their first dvd Superbus Live A Paris which features videos from a year and a half of touring.
In 2009, Superbus released their fourth album "Lova Lova". The reissue of the album included a cover of Blondie's "Heart of Glass", which was originally a bonus track for the 2006 album "Wow".
In 2010, Superbus released their first best-of compilation album, "Happy Busday", which had "Mes défauts" as the lead single of the album, while also including 3 tracks (On s'aime, Eddy, Téléphonie) which are made for the album.
In 2012, Superbus released their fifth album "Sunset". The album's recording took in place in Los Angeles.
The album's lead single was "All Alone" , a video was released for it in June 3.
The album included a cover of The Buggles' hit song Video Killed The Radio Star.
After Sunset's tours are finished, the band members did different projects. The lead singer, Jennifer Ayache went on her solo project and made her first solo album +001, bassist François Even started the band Mr. Freak, drummer Greg Jacks reformed his former band, The Dukes.
In 2016, Superbus recorded their sixth album "Sixtape". The album's name is a reference to the album's number.
The album had three singles: "Strong & Beautiful" and "On the River", and "4 tourments". Tracks "Strong & Beautiful" and "On the River" also have a piano-driven acoustic version.
In January 2020, the band released a new single named "Silencio", this single is released under the label Verycords, a division of Warner Music France. Silencio became the lead-off track on their EP XX released Mar 6, 2020.
A La Chaîne
Superbus Lyrics
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Les souris ne font que des clics
T'apprends plus l'anglais à l'école
Et on a plus vraiment d'idoles
Alors on publie, on achète
On tag, on download, on accepte
Juste le doigt sur le clic
Rien de nouveau à l'école
Alors on veut devenir l'idole
Et on oublie, on delete
On poke, on add et on accepte
Et
Y a plus d'antennes
Mais des amis à la chaîne
Un verre à l'ancienne
Et des amis à la chaîne
Les alliés aliènent
Et des prisons dans la plaine
Pas plus de peine
Mais des amis à la chaîne
Tout le monde se fout de nos histoires
On finira bien par le voir
Toutes nos pensées sur la Toile
Il faudra bien qu'on s'en parle
Mais en attendant, on accepte
On s'add on download, on s'embête
Et
Y a plus d'antennes
Mais des amis à la chaîne
Un verre à l'ancienne
Et des amis à la chaîne
Les alliés aliènent
Et des prisons dans la plaine
Pas plus de peine
Mais des amis à la chaîne
On s'enchaîne, comme tout le monde et comme les autres
On s'enchaîne, comme tout le monde et comme les autres
On s'enchaîne, comme tout le monde et comme les autres
On s'enchaîne, comme tout le monde et comme les autres
Comme tout le monde et comme les autres
Comme tout le monde et comme les autres
Y a plus d'antennes
Mais des amis à la chaîne
Un verre à l'ancienne
Et des amis à la chaîne
Les alliés aliènent
Et des prisons dans la plaine
Pas plus de peine
Mais des amis à la chaîne
Tu tu, tutulu
Mais des amis à la chaîne
Tu tu, tutulu
Mais des amis à la chaîne
Tu tu, tutulu
Mais des amis à la chaîne
Tu tu, tutulu
Mais des amis à la chaîne
The lyrics of "A La Chaîne" by Superbus capture the feeling of disconnection and apathy that can be experienced in a world dominated by technology and social media. The opening lines express a sense of disillusionment with music and art, suggesting that people are more interested in clicking and scrolling than engaging with the creative work of others. The next lines highlight a similar lack of interest in education and role models. Instead, people are focused on sharing, consuming, and validating each other's online content, often at the expense of deeper connections and meaningful relationships.
The refrain of the song emphasizes the idea of "friends on a chain," suggesting that social media has created a superficial form of connection that is more about quantity than quality. The repetition of the phrase "comme tout le monde et comme les autres" (like everyone else) further underscores the idea that social media has led to conformity and a lack of individuality or genuine human interaction. The song doesn't offer any easy answers or solutions to these issues, but the final lines do suggest that it's important to recognize the limitations of social media and to strive for more authentic forms of communication and connection.
Line by Line Meaning
Tout le monde se fout de la musique
No one cares about music anymore
Les souris ne font que des clics
We spend our time clicking on things
T'apprends plus l'anglais à l'école
We don't even learn English at school anymore
Et on a plus vraiment d'idoles
We don't have any real idols anymore
Alors on publie, on achète
So we just keep publishing and buying things
On tag, on download, on accepte
Tagging, downloading and accepting everything
Le monde est léthargique
The world is lethargic
Juste le doigt sur le clic
Just clicking our fingers
Rien de nouveau à l'école
Nothing new happening at school
Alors on veut devenir l'idole
So we all want to become famous
Et on oublie, on delete
But we forget and delete everything
On poke, on add et on accepte
We just keep poking, adding and accepting everything
Y a plus d'antennes
There are no more antennas (referring to radio stations)
Mais des amis à la chaîne
Just friends on social media
Un verre à l'ancienne
Drinking the old-fashioned way
Les alliés aliènent
Allies are alienating
Et des prisons dans la plaine
Prisons in the plain (referring to being trapped by technology)
Pas plus de peine
No more punishment
Tout le monde se fout de nos histoires
No one cares about our stories
On finira bien par le voir
We'll eventually see that
Toutes nos pensées sur la Toile
All of our thoughts are on the internet
Il faudra bien qu'on s'en parle
We'll have to talk about it eventually
On s'add on download, on s'embête
We keep adding and downloading things and getting bored
On s'enchaîne, comme tout le monde et comme les autres
We're all chained together like everyone else
Tu tu, tutulu
Scat sounds
Mais des amis à la chaîne
Just friends on social media
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Arturo Ruiz Molina
Superbus is gonna be my favourite band forever, I'm looking forward to the day I can see them performing at France or wherever. I don't understand why they're not known in other countries. At least Spain is close to France, so I could go there and see them.
Mrs 74
Superbus !!! Retour en force !! <3 Bravo ! Super nouvel album sans aucun défauts !! ☺ Continuez comme ça, vous séduisez tout le monde, ados, adulte, personne agées...
Jonkiyu !
Ahh je suis vraiment fan de Superbus. <3 Même si le style a un peu changé, on reconnait bien leur genre *__* Ils dégagent toujours cette ambiance qui leur est propre <3 !
Dream Rebellion
Magnifique !! Superbus arrive encore à surprendre même après 5 albums ! Le meilleure groupe pop-rock francais.
Lisa LP
Superbus ♥ Un groupe fantastique !
LittleGreatPomme
L'album promet d'être une tuerie comme les autres.. :)
Bianca California
They're music is so amazing! It makes me want to learn French so bad! I love this band.
Diamante Dea
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Abby Bay
J'adore ! J'ai hâte de me procurer l'album *-*
Mlle Mélanie
Franchement je trouve ça fou parce que il y à 6 ans j'était vraiment super super fan de Surperbus et aujourd'hui 6 ans plus tard je les aimes toujours :)