Rinus Vreugdenhil (born 1951) http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/heavymetalears/files/ is the bass player and longest standing member of the Dutch heavy metal band

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. Rinus started out in the band

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as the bass player and sound mixer. He chose bass because he liked the low sound. In 1977, he met up with Laurens Bakker and with various musicians, started

. By 1979,

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and Ronald van Prooijen had joined the band for their first stable (and the classic) lineup. Throughout various lineup changes, he carried the torch and kept

going until the final breakup. He felt there was still some life left in the band but with so many personnel changes and the changing music scene, he had to let it go. Rinus' influences included Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Deep Purple, and Frank Zappa. He used a

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bass and Sound City,

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and later on, Peavey amps. Recently (late 2007), Rinus and the original members of

, with Ronald van Prooijen, 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 with Shmoulik Avigal from the

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lineup as their singer. As of mid-2008, a permanent lineup was established with Rinus,

, Laurens Bakker,

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, and

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. They are currently playing throughout

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to very enthusiastic crowds. A limited edition live album was recorded at various venues and was released by the band. Plans are to go into the studio in early 2009 to record a new CD with new songs, two of which appeared on the limited edition CD.

External links

Official website Picture

Picture Yahoo Group

References

1951 births Living people Dutch bass guitarists {{Netherlands-musician-stub