Barbarella
Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll!
Barbarella is a (stoner)rock band from Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The band was formed in 2005 and presented its debut album, ‘Neon City’, in 2008. Dutch website 3voor12 calls the album ‘tight as a ruler and greasy as mud’, Dutch Music magazine LiveXS: ‘What a trip, people! Go and see!’ The CD, with artwork by artist Adriano De Vincentiis, can be downloaded at from Mininova.org or Barbarella.bandcamp.com.
Influences
The name Barbarella suggests a late sixties ‘love and peace’ kind of vibe. Well, although the band may enjoy the occasional love escapade and definitely supports peace around the globe, their music sounds like modern times Rock ‘n’ Roll.
Bands like Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Uriah Heep had a great influence, but even though the connection with the good old 60’s and 70’s hard rock is evident, there’s more! Life didn’t stop in 1976 you know! There was punk, grunge and most of all: stoner. Mix all this together and you’ll know what Barbarella is all about: tight rhythm, heavy bass and strong riffs. True modern times Rock ‘n’ Roll.
History
In 2005 Peter Onstein (drums), Joost Reijnders (bass guitar) and Remco Verweij (guitar) teamed up. They started out playing some tunes Remco was eager to experiment with. Soon they were ready to complement their team with a singer and after a short search they found Jody Peters, who also plays a mean guitar.
Unfortunately, in December 2008 Remco decides to quit the band. But by doing that, he paved the way for Jaap Lagerweij (The Mellotones). Jaap joins Barbarella February 2009.
Cool!
With a bucket full of amazing songs and a fantastic singer Barbarella entered the world. The band gained quite a following and got some great reviews while touring the clubs in Holland. They recorded some songs in 2006, which were put on their myspace. But it wasn’t until October 2008 that they released their debut album ‘Neon City’. Starting in February 2009, ‘Neon City’ can be downloaded for free! Among others from torrentsite Mininova.org, lastfm.com and Barbarella.bandcamp.com.
By March 2009 3FM (Dutch national radio) dj Eric Corton plays ‘Neon City’ on his show. Other reviews are also very enthusiastic: ‘tight as a ruler and greasy as mud’ (website 3voor12), ‘Cool!’ (Radio Mortale) and ‘What a trip, people! Go and see!’ (music magazine LiveXS). Dutch music magazine ‘Fret’ chooses ‘Neon City’ to feature as ‘Demo of the month’.
Soon after that Barbarella is asked to join the Dommelsch Locals Only! Tour. This will bring Modern Times Rock ‘n’ Roll to venues like Het Paard (The Hague), Luxor Live (Arnhem) and Paradiso (Amsterdam).
Barbarella is:
Jody Peters: vocals &
guitar
Jaap Lagerweij: guitar
Peter Onstein: drums
Joost Reijnders: bass & backingvocals |
