Strange Days

I've been playing with Smooth and the bully boys For 3 months now.

We play a lot. I'm talking like every week about 3 eve's.
Makes me think working less at my Day job but in Belgium being a musician is tough.
There is no statute for a Musician and every dime you can make will go directly to the taxes.
Problem is all support goes out to big record companies and Idols winners....
Who make a shitload of crap.
Even the "alternative music" industry is flooded by the big commercial cause.
So they take 16yr olds who cant sing or perform put some major producers behind them and there you go -> you have an alternative idol. Booh

So as an indie band life is a gamble. (even if you play 120 shows in a year)

With Carambol Company we are recording our new cd / LP
I hope it will be out before the summer.
We had to stop the recording because it was freezing in the studio.
Recording is hard at -8 °C ;)

last few months

the last few months have been a quite a rush.

I received an email from a Belgian uptempo rockabilly band called smooth and the bully boys . They asked if I could join the band after their bass player Mark Sprex left the band.

With a bit of sparetime on my hands I told them I was willing to give it a shot.

After only one brief rehersal I was on a roll.
I've been playing shows every weekend since.

Life goes by in a rush at the moment.

Gear update:

I've bought myself a new amp: The little mark II Tube is the winner :)
I love that little fellar.
Im also going to buy myself a new mark cab. at 13 Kg's this baby is as transportable as air :)
no more backpain!!! ( my current cab) weighs a ton!

more updates soon!

see you on the road!

met the meteors...

Past weeks have been a rush.
We have been playing a lot and I've been attending some concerts.

last saturday people of the "Hooifeesten" woke me up during my well deserved sleep to ask me If I would lend my bass to a band they had booked.
The bass of the band that was playing there was broken. At first I really wasn't eager to lend my bass to someone I didn't know. I tought "O hell why not"...

I deceided to drive to the festival with my girl and my bass :-).
This is where I got the news. It was "the Meteors" who needed my bass so I didn't hesitate.
I had a fun night and the Meteors are great people. They played a great show even tough the festival had a weird Drum and bass lignup before and after them. Cheers Guys! you guys where right! that music was definatly Shite!

last Night I saw "The Addicts" for the first time and I enjoyed the show.
great energy on stage and lots of fun :) It looks like those guys are sponsored by a carnaval store...

rockabilly music

well, in my honest opinion there is good music and shite!!

It seems that my favorite music is on a rise in Belgium.
Lots of organisers want "rock n roll" acts on their stage.

I guess it won't be long until the sharks get on the boat!

The Backbeat is back so let's hope that the music industry doesn't fuck it up.

Ps. With Rock 'n Roll I mean the real stuff not 70's-80's-90's or 2000's rock music the call rock and roll. If someone calls modern guitar music rock and roll he needs a punch in the face!. The one and only rock n roll music spirit died when the plane crashed and the three stars went to heaven.

Cruise Mania 5

Hey Cats and Kittens.

This summer it's time to grab your beachcruisers and head over to Moerzeke where the annual cruiser meeting "Cruise Mania" is held. We and Smooth and the Bully Boys will be performing there.

You can check out some pictures of last year's edition at the cruise mania site.
see you all there!

Kom op tegen kanker

We were contacted by www.Roparun.nl an www.roparun.be to play for the good cause!
"Kom op tegen kanker" is an organisation wich raises money to support cancer research.

Due to the nature of this cause we won't say no.
We will be playing a set in Antwerp somewhere in the neighbourhood of the grote Markt on the 31st of may. Bet there.

All of you come and support the cause!!!!

Cancer is a bad thing!!

Sjock festival

This year you can see us perform at Sjock festival in Gierle.

This year's line up is awesome.
there are 2 stages:

Friday's preparty with BATMOBILE and MAD SIN :)

the titty twister (inside) is the stage we will be playing along with
DEKE DICKERSON
JAMES INTVELD
MIKE SANCHEZ
and lots more


the other stage is outside and CHECK OUT THESE NAMES:

TURBONEGRO
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS
NEW BOMB TURKS
OBLIVIANS
GORIES