Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle has immortalized him, "La Marseillaise", was composed at Strasbourg, where Rouget de Lisle was garrisoned in April 1792. France had just declared war on Austria, and the mayor of Strasbourg, baron Philippe-Frédéric de Dietrich, held a dinner for the officers of the garrison, at which he lamented that France had no national anthem. Rouget de Lisle returned to his quarters and wrote the words in a fit of patriotic excitement. The piece was at first called "Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin" ("War Song for the Army of the Rhine") and only received its name of "Marseillaise" from its
Paul De Lisle Lisle was also deputised as temporary vocalist after Harwell was taken ill mid-show at a concert in Urbana, Illinois on 27 August 2016. Paul De Lisle Paul Gerald De Lisle (born June 13, 1963) is the bassist and one of two constant members of the pop rock band Smash Mouth since their formation in 1994, the other being vocalist Steve Harwell. De Lisle was born in Exeter, Ontario, Canada. He has been with the band for their whole career thus far. Aside from Smash Mouth, De Lisle is also an avid surfer, which may be an influence on surf sounds