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The band 2nd Place Driver was founded in 2002 by guitar player Bart Dietvorst (ex Wealthy Beggar) and singer Rias Baarda, first as a (home-studio) project. Quickly there after it became a real band and after recording a first E.P. (2nd Place Driver, 2003) lots of gigs followed and a stunning live reputation was quickly established. This first release got airplay in The Netherlands and Belgium on radiostations such as 3FM, KINK FM and Studio Brussel and a bunch of great reviews in several media followed. Early 2004 a second E.P. (Leave E.P., 2004) was released and the story continued with again lots of media attention, airplay and gigs.
After those two E.P.s the official debut album followed in april 2005, entitled 1. This album was released in The Netherlands and Belgium by PiTAR. The album was received very well by fans and media and the first single Leave got airplay on radiostations like 3FM, KINK FM and Radio 2. The video for Leave got airplay on TV channels such as MTV and TMF. After this,
two radio singles followed and got more airplay.
The album draws attention and 2nd Place Driver gets an Essent Award for it. Essent is a big gas & electricity supplier in The Netherlands and gives this award to 10 promissing Dutch acts a year. As a result the band plays the Lowlands Festival (along with acts such as Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age), gets attention on MTV, a promobudget of 5.000,- and lots of
media attention.
In the meantime the band played more than 200 shows, mostly in The Netherlands, in clubs such as Paradiso, 013 and Milky Way and on festivals such as Lowlands, Eurosonic and Parkpop. The band played supports for bands like Soulwax, Racoon, Zornik and Maximo Park.
With a new bassplayer the band begins working on new material for a second album album entitled
'The Hungry Ones', released in October 2006. In September 2006 the first single/ videoclip of the
album ‘My Mistake’ is released. The album release show in 013, Tilburg [NL] is advanced by a lightning
gig right in front of the trainstation of Tilburg at 8 a.m. The band get’s national presscoverage for this.
The album get’s good reviews and in spring 2007 the band releases the 2nd single from the album, entitled
‘Smile’. This song is also being used in the USA indiefilm ‘Lakeside has no Lake’ by Robert Benfer.
In summer 2007 the band signs a new record deal with Stacey Records. On this label the band will release their third album, entitled 'Full Speed Bare Naked' late 2007. The band departs for a tour to Afghanistan, playing for Dutch and international troups in Kandahar around Sylvester 2007-2008.
The music: Back to the future with electronic based retrorock. The music of 2nd Place Driver is like a knights move: one step back and 2 ahead: retrorock with electrobeats or Depeche Mode meets Nine Inch Nails. Gruesome and heartwarming at the same time.
References:
Soulwax, NIN, Pearl Jam, Bowie, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, QOTSA
review '...1' 2005
FileUnder.nl
..The songs grab you within the first 30 seconds and won't let you go after that. The perfectly produced songs can compete with the great..
review '...1' 2005
Fret magazine
..2ndPD makes their own distictive sound from a lot of different influences. It's a well produced album with strong compositions and good melodies..
review '...1' 2005
BN De Stem (daily newspaper)
..The album sounds good and surely is radiofriendly, lot's of commercial perspective. '...1' is a decent debut album..
reviews gig Lowlands Festival
Live XS, Daily Paradise, Essend Awards.nl
..The band books succes; the tent is really crowded and with strong songs 2ndPD can compete with the other festival acts (a.o. QOTSA, Foo Fighters, etc)..
..2ndPD shows why they got all the good media attention from..
..Good show and great songs. The band is really enjoying themselves and brings the pleasure on to the crowd..
Come join us at Labrie's in Glendale CA this Thurs December 10th at 10 pm! We will be premiering a brand new song so come party with us and start your New Years Celebration early. 806 E Colorado St. Glendale CA 91205
Download Release Date: November 30th 2009 Record Label: STRFCK RCRDS Downloadable from all good portals, everywhere! I-Tunes. Play.co.uk and the remixes on Beatport as well!
The Beatport release will feature the 3 remixes as an “We don’t care about the remixes” EP.
As a present, for 1 week only, you can pick up for free an exclusive radio edit from Chew Fu (Lady GaGa’s DJ, remixer for Rihanna and Beyonce, and just recorded the “hottest track of the year”, said Zane Lowe, with his new single featuring Wiley ‘Take that!’). Not an mp3, but the full WAV! Not available anywhere else!
Schotel van de dag / Lost Bear : 10inch Split Schotel van de dag (dish of the day) is a brand new punk/hardcore/indie-band from Utrecht. They came to this world to serve humanity with uncompromised guitar violence! For this split they've teamed up with the 90's inspired hairy indierockers of Lost Bear. -- GET IT FOR FREE --
We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser?
Hey 2nd Place Driver - NEW SINGER!! If you have a minute, please come check out the new song Alex Hirsch wrote after reading Einstein's private manuscripts and quoting his memoirs directly. The song is called, The Stormy Seas of Time and features Ken Oak on the Cellos, Bionik on the Drums and Production, and of course, Alex Hirsch on the guitars pianos and singing. And remember, all it takes is 3 little dollars to get any of his full albums at www.keywinsproductions.com.
A fair price for up to 17 songs! Finally, good music that is priced correctly, not another record company rip off!
What a tasty musical year this was! To mark the first anniversary of Tasty Bytes Records, we offer you this compilation that revisits the tracks that stood out in our opinion or that had the most impact during our first year. Includes tracks and remixes by: Omni, Alice and the Serial Numbers, Valerna, Push Rec+Play, Nick Bugayev, Nite Cells and Mateo Murphy.
Exclusively on Beatport for 30 days, then it will be out on most major music download sites.
We are proud to announce that FilmNet.com is now live and open to the public! You are invited to drop by and check it out.
There are plenty of things to enjoy on our site. View the latest film & music video arrivals, upload your own work and make friends with similar interests. Browse our extensive network database, read movie reviews and filmmaker interviews, and of course, set up your profile and communicate with friends.
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MARIANNE DISSARD. Album produced/composed by Joey Burns of CALEXICO. Americana meets Chanson, "a moody, captivating album, with roots in Nick Drake's introspection, Francoise Hardy's romanticism and Nina Simone's drama" (Blurt) On tour Nov/Dec 2009 EUROPE - with Brian Lopez on guitar, Sergio Mendoza on drums, Geoff Hidalgo on bass, Olivier Samouillan (Nov13-Dec05) and Rob Hecht (Dec 09-Dec15) on violin.
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