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first photographic image of a ba nd to be published on the World Wide Web in 1992. From left to right: Angela Hig ney, Michele de Gennaro, Colette Marx-Neilsen, Lynn Veronneau. Les Horribles Cernettes (French pronunciation: ?[lez??ibl? s???'n?t], "The Horri ble CERN Girls") is an all-female parody pop group, self-labelled "the one and o nly High Energy Rock Band", founded by employees of CERN which performs at CERN and other HEP related events. Their musical style is often described as doo-wop. The initials of their name, LHC, are the same as those of the Large Hadron Coll ider which was later built at CERN.[1][2][3] Their humorous songs are freely available on their website. Contents [hide] 1 History 2 Titles 3 See also 4 References 5 External links History[edit] Les Horribles Cernettes was founded in 1990 by Michele de Gennaro, a graphic des igner at CERN, whose romantic relationship with a physicist was made difficult b y his numerous shifts. She attracted attention by stepping on stage during the C ERN Hardronic Festival,[4] singing "Collider", a melancholy song about the lonel y nights endured by the girlfriend of a high energy physicist (excerpt): I gave you a golden ring to show you my love You went to stick it in a printed circuit To fix a voltage leak in your collector You plug my feelings into your detector You never spend your nights with me You don't go out with other girls either You only love your collider Your collider. The group was subsequently formed with the help of Silvano de Gennaro, an analys t in the Computer Science department at CERN, who wrote additional songs. The fa me of Les Horribles Cernettes grew and they were invited to international Physic s conferences and The World'92 Expo in Seville, as well as celebrations such as Georges Charpak's Nobel Prize party. They received press coverage from numerous newspapers, including The New York Times, The Herald Tribune, La Tribune de Genve , and the CERN Courier.[5] The band's lineup has changed over time, but they wer e performing under the same name until 21 July 2012, when the band had its final performance, which was at CERN's Hardronic Festival in Switzerland.[6][7] Silvano de Gennaro has said that Les Cernettes were the subject of the first pho to of a band on the Web:[8] "Back in 1992, after their show at the CERN Hardronic Festival, my colleague Tim Berners-Lee asked me for a few scanned photos of "the CERN girls" to publish th em on some sort of information system he had just invented, called the "World Wi de Web". I had only a vague idea of what that was, but I scanned some photos on my Mac and FTPed them to Tim's now famous "info.cern.ch". How was I to know that I was passing a historical milestone, as the one above was the first picture of a band ever to be clicked on in a web browser!" Silvano had taken the picture above on July 18, 1992.[9] The band went into hiatus when Silvano and Michele moved away from the CERN area and officially disbanded in late July 2012, after performing at the CERN Hardro nic Festival on the 21st. Titles[edit] See links for lyrics and media:

Liquid Nitrogen [1] Daddy's Lab [2] My Sweetheart is a Nobel Prize [3] Surfing on the Web [4] Antiworld [5] Collider [6] Strong Interaction [7] Computer Games [8] Microwave Love [9] New 2007 songs presented for the first time in the CERN 2007 Hardronic festival: Big Bang Mr. Higgs Every Proton of You [10] See also[edit] "Large Hadron Rap" by Katherine McAlpine Filk music References[edit] Jump up ^ James Gillies (1998-11-03). "Making a song and dance about physics". C ERN Courier (CERN). Retrieved 2010-09-24. Jump up ^ Malcolm W Brown (1998-12-29). "Physicists Discover Another Unifying Fo rce: Doo-Wop". New York Times (New York, USA). Retrieved 2010-09-21. Jump up ^ Heather McCabe (February 10, 1999). "Grrl Geeks Rock Out". Wired News (New York, USA). Retrieved 2010-09-21. Jump up ^ CERN Hardronic Festival Jump up ^ Press Info: Press Features Les Horribles Cernettes Jump up ^ A Real Smash Hit! Jump up ^ This is it! Les Horribles Cernettes Jump up ^ Silvano de Gennaro. "LHC: The First Band on the Web". CERN MusiClub. C ERN. Retrieved 2010-09-24. Jump up ^ How the first photo was posted on the Web 20 years ago, Andrew Hough, The Telegraph, 11 July 2012 External links[edit] Les Horribles Cernettes Home Page Cernettes Band Profile on YouTube The CERN MusiClub Heather McCabe (1999-02-09). "Grrl Geeks Rock Out". Wired magazine. James Gillies, CERN (1998-11-03). "Making a song and dance about physics". Cern Courier. Band history and evolut