Rock group Diesel from The Hague/Nijmegen emerged in 1979 as an occasional project for Pim Koopman (v, dr, ex-Kayak). The other featured members were Robert Vunderink (g, ex-Cobra), Marc Boon (g, ex-Stamp 'n Go) and Frank Papendrecht (b, ex-Hammer). Robert and Pim had already recorded a single in 1977 under the name Concrete. In 1980, Marc and Frank joined Meike Touw's Tutti Frutti; their replacements were Wijnand Ott (b) and Hugo de Bruin (v, g, ex-Ocean and Beau Boy). In 1981, Pim Koopman abandoned his drum stool, and thus a new version of Diesel was born: Marc Boon (g, ex-Vitesse, back in the band), Wijnand Ott (b), Kim Weemhof (dr, ex-Ducks Nightmare) and Bas Krumperman (g, ex-Bruno Basta).
1979 Goin' back to China/Remember the Romans Polydor 2050552 1980 Down in the silvermine/Ready for love Polydor 2050577 Sausalito summernight/Bite back Polydor 2050633 LP Watts in a tank Polydor 2925092 1981 Sausalito summernight/My kind of woman Polydor 2050721
1977 Ol Lord/Stop wastin' your time EMI 5C 006-25711
Rock group from The Hague, existed in 1974-1975. In 1979, most of its members met each other again in Diesel. Line-up: Marc Boon (v, g, ex-Smyle, to Stamp 'n Go), Rob Vunderink (v, g, ex-Centaur, to Concrete and Cobra), Harm Bieger (dr, to Fontessa) and Frank Papendrecht (v, b, ex-Boll Weevil and Jan Sex Four).
1974 Hitchcock's lullaby/Doggone EMI 5C 006-25046 1975 'Cos I'm in love/I'd do it all again EMI 5C 006-25088
Merseybeat style group from Nieuwegein, featuring Tim Rijken (dr), Paul Stuiver (v,g), Henk Hager (v,g), Cok Stuiver (b). The first single was self-financed, just 500 copies pressed.
1980 Love of the loved/You should forget that girl Can't stop/ Torso Forget that girl/Come on home Pure Gold PGRA 1260
DIESEL 9-6-79 SINGLE 28 3 GOING BACK TO CHINA 23-2-80 ALBUM 27 6 WATTS IN A TANK 23-2-80 SINGLE 28 4 DOWN IN THE SILVERMINE 18-10-80 SINGLE 35 3 SAUSOLITO SUMMERNIGHT 30-7-88 SINGLE 33 3 SAMANTHA
Submitted by: Adri Verhoef (a3@a3.xs4all.nl-removespam)
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