| Les Horribles Cernettes | |
|---|---|
 This picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was the first photographic image of a band published on the World Wide Web in 1992. From left to right: Angela Higney, Michele de Gennaro, Colette Marx-Neilsen, Lynn Veronneau. | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1990–2012, 2017, 2020 |
| Past members | Angela Higney Michele de Gennaro Colette Marx-Neilsen Lynn Veronneau |
| Website | https://cernettes.wixsite.com/cernettes |
Les Horribles Cernettes (French pronunciation: [le.z‿ɔʁiblə sɛʁnɛt], "The Horrible CERN Girls") was an all-female parody pop group, self-labelled "the one and only High Energy Rock Band", which was founded by employees of CERN and performed at CERN and other HEP-related events. Their main claim to fame is that a photograph of them was one of the earliest photographic images shared on the World Wide Web.[1]
Their musical style is often described as doo-wop. The initials of their name, LHC, are the same as those of the Large Hadron Collider, which was later built at CERN.[2][3][4] Their humorous songs are freely available on their website.
- ^ "Crossdressing, Compression and Colliders: The First Photo on the Web | Motherboard". 2012-12-05. Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
- ^ James Gillies (1998-11-03). "Making a song and dance about physics". CERN Courier. CERN. Retrieved 2010-09-24.
- ^ Malcolm W Brown (1998-12-29). "Physicists Discover Another Unifying Force: Doo-Wop" (PDF). The New York Times. New York, USA. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
- ^ McCabe, Heather (9 February 1999). "Grrl Geeks Rock Out". Wired. Retrieved 31 December 2015.