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Ronald Van Prooijen
Ronald van Prooijen http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/heavymetalears/files/ was the original singer of the Dutch heavy metal band Picture (band), Picture. Ronald started out in the band ''Fragma''. He originally sang and played a little guitar but decided to stick to singing. He had been hanging around with Laurens Bakker and Rinus Vreugdenhil as they went through various incarnations of what was to become Picture. By 1979, he and Jan Bechtum had joined the band for their first stable (and the classic) lineup. He finally left the band after the second album. Ronald's main influence was Rainbow (rock band), Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow with Ronnie James Dio as the singer. In late 2007, Ronald and the original members of Picture teamed up for a reunion rehearsal. It went so well that they decided to continue rehearsing for some concert dates, and considered recording a new album in early 2008. Though ultimately Pete Lovell became Picture's permanent lead singer, Ronald is still ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picture (band)
Picture is one of the first Dutch heavy metal music, heavy metal bands. Formed in 1979, they were especially popular in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy for their live performances, and still have a fan base in South America, Mexico and Japan. Picture supported AC/DC, Ted Nugent and Saxon (band), Saxon in the Netherlands. With Saxon, they did a full European tour in 1981. Later on they toured with Rose Tattoo in Germany and headlined tours in Italy and Israel. Biography Rinus Vreugdenhil and Laurens Bakker originally got together in 1978 and started jamming with various musicians. It was not until 1979 that the classic lineup of Vreugdenhil, Bakker, Jan Bechtum, and Ronald van Prooijen came together. Early on in Picture's career they were produced by Cat Music. They worked with manager Henk van Antwerpen and were signed to Warner Bros. Records. However, Picture felt their label were trying to steer them in a pop music, pop direction and quit the label to sign with Backdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
