Nederbeat (also: Nederbiet) was the

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rock boom of mid-1960s influenced by British

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groups and rock bands such as

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and

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and, much like British

freakbeat Freakbeat is a loosely defined subgenre of rock and roll music developed mainly by harder-driving British groups during the Swinging London period of the mid-to late 1960s. The genre bridges British Invasion R&B, beat and psychedelia. Etymolo ...

, it is essentially the Dutch counterpart to American

garage rock Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The sty ...

. Among the best-known Nederbeat groups are the

Golden Earring Golden Earring (originally known as The Tornados) was a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as The Golden Earrings. They achieved worldwide fame with their international hit songs "Radar Love" in 1973, which went to number one on th ...

s, The Motions, The Outsiders and

Shocking Blue Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band formed in 1967 in The Hague. It was part of the music movement in the Netherlands that was generally known by the name Nederbeat. The band had a number of hits throughout the counterculture movement during ...

History

In the 1960s,

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and the Merseybeat sound began to dominate the Dutch charts, which led to interest among Dutch musicians in forming bands that perform such music, replacing a previous genre

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performed by Indonesian immigrants. The interest was further spurred on by the Beatles concerts in the Netherlands in 1964 which drew large crowds, followed by a performance by

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at the

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Scheveningen Scheveningen is one of the eight districts of The Hague, Netherlands, as well as a subdistrict (''wijk'') of that city. Scheveningen is a modern seaside resort with a long, sandy beach, an esplanade, a pier, and a lighthouse. The beach is po ...

disrupted by an excited audience. The emergence of pirate station

Radio Veronica Radio Veronica was an offshore radio station that began broadcasting in 1960, and broadcast offshore for over fourteen years. It was set up by independent radio, TV and household electrical retailers in the Netherlands to stimulate the sales ...

also worked to stimulate the Dutch music community to produce a great amount of 'Nederbeat'.

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was the country's beat capital, where bands such as the Golden Earrings (the predecessor of

), InCrowd, Q65, Het,

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and The Motions were formed, along with its neighbouring coastal town

. The clubs on its boulevard, from where Veronica's pirate ship was constantly visible, became the locus for Dutch talent. Other bands such as the Outsiders also emerged in Amsterdam. These bands generally performed in English, with the exception of a few such as Het who performed in Dutch. The Motions were the first Nederbeat band to produce a charting single in the Netherlands with their song "It's gone". Their guitarist

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would later form The Shocking Blue. Other popular groups were the Outsiders, Q65, Golden Earrings , Ro-d-ys, The Shoes, and

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. Nederbeat had association with the

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and

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of the 1960s in the Netherlands. The beat sound was popular for a few years before the sound started to change, and the musical style of the bands evolved.

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and

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became more popular, groups that performed in such style include Rob Hoeke Rhythm & Blues Group.

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shifted into the

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they created, while

developed their own distinct style of blues. The bands were mostly popular only in the Netherlands, but a few bands found success internationally. In 1970,

Tee-Set Tee-Set was a pop rock band formed in 1965 by singer Peter Tetteroo in Delft, Netherlands. The band is best-known for their single " Ma Belle Amie", which was a No. 5 hit in the United States. The band had a number of other hit songs in the Ne ...

had a top 10 hit with "

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" in many countries, while

did better with "

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", which became the first ever No. 1 single by a Dutch band on ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Later in 1973, Golden Earring also had a worldwide hit with "

Radar Love "Radar Love" is a song by the Dutch rock band Golden Earring. The single version of "Radar Love" reached #10 on the ''Cash Box'' Top 100 and #13 in ''Billboard'' in the United States. It also hit the Top 10 in many countries, including the United ...

". Despite the successes, the genre however had faded by the 1970s as popular music moved on to other genres such as disco.

List of Nederbeat bands

The following is incomplete list of Nederbeat bands and some of their songs: * – "Such A Cad", "I Know" * * *

– "What A Crazy Life", "Sure He's A Cat" *

– "Window of My Eyes" * Eddysons – "Ups and Downs" *

s – * Group 1850 * – "Ik Heb Geen Zin Om Op Te Staan" * Jay-Jays – "Baldheaded Woman (No Sugar In My Coffee)" * – " St. James Infirmary", "

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" * The Motions – "Wasted Words", "Why Don't You Take It" * The Outsiders – "Touch", "Monkey On Your Back" * The Phantoms (Dutch band) – "I'll Go Crazy", "Tormented" * Q65 – "The Life I Live", "You're The Victor" * – "Take Her Home", "Just Fancy" *

– "A Girl Like You", "I See Your Face Again" * The Shoes – "Na, Na, Na", "Standing And Staring" *

– *

– "Don't You Leave", "Early In The Morning" *

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– "

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" * –

References

External links

Nederbeat database
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History

List of Nederbeat bands

See also

References

External links