Stash (formerly Stache) is a
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music
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that out of almost nowhere scored a monster hit in Flanders with the title "Sadness" in 2004–2005.
The hit single broke the records of the hit list of the
VRT, the
Ultratop
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by being both the longest present track in the top 10 as well as the longest present track in the entire Ultratop 75. In the videoclip "Sadness", several famous Flemish musical artists appear, like
Axl Peleman
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,
Guy Swinnen,
Luc De Vos
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and
Walter Grootaers
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. In the clip of "Shelter from Evil Ones", the mothers of the four band members play music as well.
In the summer of 2005, they could be seen at
Rock Werchter
Rock Werchter is an annual music festival held in the village of Werchter, near Leuven, Belgium, since 1976 and is a large sized rock music festival. The 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 and 2014 festivals received the Arthur award for ''best festiv ...
and
Marktrock
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, among others. The front man of Stash is Gunther Verspecht.
Discography
Singles
*"Sadness"
*"Shelter from Evil Ones"
*"Carving the Pain"
*"I Need a Woman", a duet with
Sam Bettens
Sam Bettens (born in 1972) is a Belgian musician and the lead singer of the Belgian band K's Choice.
In May 2019, he came out as a transgender man.
Career K's Choice
In the mid-1990s, Bettens formed the band K's Choice with his brother Ge ...
*"All That's Left"
*"Fading Out"
*"Empty Your Gun"
Albums
Stash albums in the Ultratop 50, ultratop.be
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*''Rock 'n Roll Show'' (2005)
*''Blue Lanes'' (2007)
*''All That Fire'' (2009)
References
External links
Official website
Belgian rock music groups
Musical groups established in 1997
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