Because
everyone wanted to be a guitarist
in the early 80's
my first
live band
effort was
as a
bass player
for a Rock 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...
In the late
80's
I initiated a band
called
VERSAILLES
-Melodic Hard Rock
(1987-1989).
During the years following
(1990-1994) a
versatility and diversity of
bands, projects,
try-outs and what not
became subject to
my inexhaustible
desire
to
grow
musically.
I played live regularly in a
Rock Cover
Band
called
LEGAL NOISE
(1991-1992).
In 1994
I
joined
and
co-developed
a Hard Rock
Band
called
MISCHIEF
(1994-2002).
MISCHIEF
was a promising act
on a creative and
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
- 80s Hard
Rock/Metal
(2003-2020).
The band, revitalized in the beginning of the new millennium,
wanted to write new material
and 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
early
2011
I
joined a
newly founded
Ronnie James Dio
Tribute
Band
called
DEO
(2011-2018).
DEO was,
next to
HIGHWAY
CHILE,
the main live outfit in those
days but next to DEO I did a lot of other
musical projects / bands like for instance:
ROXX DOWN
-
Hard Rock Covers
(2012-2013)
AEROFORCE
ONE - Aerosmith Tribute
(2013)
ATT
MONSTERS OF ROCK - Hard Rock Covers
(2014)
I also participated in
DEATHRIDERS - Anthrax and Deathriders
Songs
(2014 and 2016) with original Anthrax singer
Neil
Turbin mainly to promote
the 30th
anniversary of
Anthrax'sdebut album
Fistful Of Metal, featuring
Neil.
Some shows were done with a Deep Purple
Tribute Band called
PURPLE SHADE
(2016) and
an Alice
Cooper
Tribute Band
called
COOPER'S NIGHTMARE
(2016).
I
also
did various
guest
appearances
with Dutch Metal
Pioneers
MARTYR
(2016-2018)
and participated
with
FRIENDS
OF ROCK
(2016 and 2019).
In 2017
I began to play with
a
new
Ronnie James Dio
Tribute Band
THE
DUTCH DISCIPLES
(2017-2025)
so
consequently
left DEO
early
2018.
In
2017 I started a
brand new Prog Melodic
Project together with vocalist Bryan Ketelaars
called
AUGUST
LIFE
and
in
August 2018
a
debut
album
called
NEW ETERNITY
sees the light of
day.
New
Eternity is released on vinyl through
NO DUST RECORDS early 2019
and
as
of April
2019 AUGUST LIFE transforms from project to
a real band able 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.
As I have been
a BIG fan of the Oliva brothers since the very
early beginning
I decided to start
a
new Tribute band/project
by
the end of 2021...
Of course we are
talking about a
Savatage Tribute
Band.
It's
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 HËLENS and will be a
Melodic yet Heavy Rocking outfit. The plan is to
create new exciting material that will suit any great festival and more.
AUGUST LIFE
releases their brilliant second full lenght called
PASSAGE OF TIME on the 29th of August
2025 produced by
MARKUS TESKE.
November 2025 I joined the brilliant Whitesnake
Tribute Band
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