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I
must
have
had MUSIC in my veins
before I can
remember but
first picked up the
GUITAR when
already 16 years
old
nevertheless.
Not seriously yet, but
my unconditional love
for the instrument was born!
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Because
everyone wanted to be a guitarist
in the early 80's
my first real band
effort was
as a
bass player
for a
local cover band called
LEDGE (1983
- 1984).
I really needed to hit that stage....
On the process I deeply felt
the need to be
a guitar
player
though....
The very first
attempt
to write my own material as
a guitarist
was in the late
80's with a band called
VERSAILLES
(1987-1989).
During the years (1990 -
1994) that
followed a
versatility
and diversity of
bands
and projects
became subject to
my inexhaustible lust for musical
growth.
One of those was a
Rock Cover
Band
called
LEGAL NOISE
(1991 - 1992).
In 1994
I
joined
and
developed
a Hard Rock
Band
called
MISCHIEF
(1994-2002).
MISCHIEF
was a promising act
on a creative musical
level.
A demo tape called Energy was released in 1995 and a CD
called
VISIONS in 1998.
All of MISCHIEF's material was
played and recorded live in the
studio. Different views
on the
band's ambition as
well
as
musical
direction
made me
ultimately
leave
the band in 2002.
Late 2003 I joined
HIGHWAY CHILE.
The band, revitalized in the beginning of the new millennium,
wanted keep on going and also write some new material.
A
brand new full
length album
called
KEEPER OF THE
EARTH
was released
worldwide through
MAUSOLEUM
RECORDS
in 2008.
Next to
HIGHWAY CHILE
I began to
play
with the, in 2006 founded, high energy
Hard Rock Cover Band
HEADS DOWN
(2006-2010).
I also
started to
participate
in various other musical projects
like, for
instance,
DUST
(2007)
which was a
One-Off
Cover
Project
initiated to support
TALISMAN (feat.
Jeff Scott Soto)on their goodbye tour.
I
played in
Holland's first Metal band
PICTURE
for a year
(2010-2011)
and joined a
newly founded
Ronnie James
DIO
Tribute
Band
called
DEO
early 2011.
DEO was
the main live outfit in those
days but next to DEO I did a lot of other
musical projects like for instance:
ROXX DOWN Hard Rock Covers
(2012 - 2013)
AEROFORCE
ONE (2012-2013) Aerosmith Tribute
(2013)
A TRIBUTE TO
MONSTERS OF ROCK Rock Covers
(2014)
I also participated in
DEATHRIDERS Anthrax songs
(2014
and 2016) with original Anthrax singer Neil
Turbin.
Some shows were done in 2016 with a Deep Purple
Tribute
Band called
PURPLE SHADE
and
an Alice
Cooper
Tribute
Band
called
COOPER'S NIGHTMARE.
I
also
did various
guest
appearances
with Dutch Metal
Pioneers
MARTYR
(2016-2018)
and
FRIENDS
OF
ROCK
(2016 and 2019).
I began to play with
a
new Ronnie James DIO
Tribute Band
THE
DUTCH DISCIPLES
in 2017
so
consequently left
DEO early
2018.
A
brand new Prog Melodic
Project
called
AUGUST
LIFE
came
to life
and late
August 2018
the
debut
and concept album
NEW ETERNITY
sees the light of
day.
New
Eternity is released on vinyl through
NO DUST
RECORDS early 2019.
As
of April
2019 AUGUST
LIFE transforms from project to
a real band
and starts to do live shows.
May 2020,
after almost 17 years, I
decided to
LEAVE HIGHWAY CHILE.
As a
sign of life,
live shows were on hold
because of a certain "pandemic",
AUGUST LIFE releases a
Mini Album called
THE BROKEN HOURGLASS
in 2021.
Being a BIG fan of the Oliva brothers since the very
early beginning
a
new Tribute band/project sees the light of
day
by
the end of 2021...
We are talking about a
Savatage Tribute
Band
called
SAVATAR.
As of June 2023 I play in the legendary
Dutch Hard Rock
band
VENGEANCE to
do shows
to honor the 40th Anniversary
of the band and who
knows what lies beyond...
In 2025 a new band project
starts. it's called
SAïNT HêLENS and will be a
Melodic yet Heavy Rocking outfit. The plan is
to
create new exciting material that will suit
on any
great festival and more.
AUGUST LIFE
releases their brilliant second full lenght
called
PASSAGE OF TIME on the 29th of August
2025 procuced by
MARKUS TESKE.
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As my journey has
just begun... this will
be continued...
Cheerz,
© 1998 -2025
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