KREZIP
Krezip
Dutch band from the city of Tilburg that plays punky rock songs and has become very successful over a relatively short period of time.
Members
Bram van den Berg
drums
Anne Govaert
gitaar
JanPeter Hoekstra
gitaar
Annelies Kuijsters
gitaar, toetsinstrumenten, zang
Jacqueline Govaert
zang
Joost van Haaren
basgitaar
Former members
Abel Korsmit
drums
Bas Witte
drums
Erik
drums
Thijs Romeijn
drums
Thomas Holthuis
gitaar
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1987
Kyteman
2000
Green Lizard
2000
Oscar Holleman
2001
Rosemary's Sons
2002
Hot Haarlemmer Dijk Horns
2003
Armin van Buuren
2003
Ilse DeLange
2004
Thé Lau
2004
The Original Soundtrack
2005
ENorm
2005
Fernando Lameirinhas
2005
Relax
2007
Beef!
2007
Green Lizard
2008
League of XO Gentlemen
2008
The Sheer
2009
Anneke van Giersbergen
2009
Baskerville
2009
Gem
2009
Heideroosjes
2009
VanVelzen
2010
Green Lizard
2010
Reyer Zwart
2012
Drive Like Maria
2013
Douwe Bob
Biography Krezip
Dutch band from the city of Tilburg that plays punky rock songs and has become very successful over a relatively short period of time.
1997
Krezip is formed at the Willem II College in the city of Tilburg where five teenagers take extra music lessons. The fivesome is influenced by Skunk Anansie and K's Choice. The first Krezip gig takes place on April 26 of this year in the city of Den Bosch. Initially the band has some problems in finding a drummer. The first drummer, Erik, is finding it difficult to combine playing for Krezip with playing in his other band NT Social. After Erik has left, the drum seat is occupied by Abel Korsmit, who can be heard on the first Krezip demo, and Bas Witte.
1998
In January the group records its first demo. Despite the fact that all band members are still at school they manage to play gigs on a regular basis. The group makes its album debut when three Krezip songs are included on the compilation album Bijna Boven 4 ('Almost Above 4'). Krezip's demo is awarded 'demo of the month' by music magazine Music Maker. Before recording a second demo in December, Krezip makes its debut on Dutch national radio. Thijs Romeijn joins the group as the new drummer.
1999
The young band plays at the 1999 Noorderslag festival despite school exams. Their talent has not stayed unnoticed and no less than six record companies are willing to offer them a contract. But instead of signing, the band puts out the self-released mini-CD Run Around. In August Krezip plays at Lowlands Festival. The band's fan base is increasing partly because of the support they get from Radio 3FM DJ Isabelle. Without having released a single Krezip has entered the interactive Cyber Top 50 with the track In Her Sun (Stupid). In the meantime singer Jacqueline Govaert enters the newly founded Rock Academy as a first year student. Early December the young musicians cover their all time favourite song Message In A Bottle by the Police for TV show Loladamusica. After this the band goes into the studio to record its debut album.
2000
Krezip's debut album Nothing Less is released. The first single taken from the album is Won't Cry. Krezip plays at Pinkpop as youngest band ever, and also performs at Rock Werchter in Belgium. Nothing Less tops both the Dutch Cyber Top 50 and the Album Top 100. A remarkable achievement: earlier on the album was at number six, then it dropped to number 24 and then, within two weeks time, it went straight to number one. Jacqueline works on Ayreon, a rock opera project by Arjen Lucassen. She sings the song Temple Of The Cat that is also released on single. The single I Would Stay shoots to number two in the Dutch Top 40, where it stays for no less than eight weeks. Krezip mania breaks out and the band plays so many gigs that some have to be cancelled so that Jacqueline can rest her voice. In August the band plays at the Lowlands festival and also wins a Belgian TMF Award for Most Promising International Act. The single All Said contains recordings from a gig in Tivoli in Utrecht.
2001
Krezip takes a well-deserved break until March 31. Anne and Annelies concentrate on their school exams and Jacqueline needs time to rest her voice. In February the band is awarded a Zilveren ('Silver') Harp Music Award. In March it is announced that the band will play Pinkpop for the second consecutive time. At the Dutch TMF awards ceremony Krezip wins the first prize in the categories Best Album Nationally and Best Single Nationally. In the meantime Annelies Kuijsters swaps her guitar for keyboards. The band's highly successful album Nothing Less is released in Germany in September.
2002
Invited by Festival Mundial, in February the teenage rockers go on a seven-day trip to Mali (Africa). With local rappers Magic Black Man they embark on a musical discovery tour through Bamako, often seen as the capital of African world music. Their trip is televised by national TV. In May Magic Black Man pays a return visit to the Netherlands by kicking off the Festival Mundial in Krezip's hometown Tilburg. Preceded by the single You Can Say, the long-awaited second album Days Like This is released on October 15. It is shipped gold (40.000 copies).
2003
Krezip receives a TMF Music Award in the category Best Dutch band. The band donates a song to the benefit CD Hoop! Peace Songs Voor War Child. Krezip also plays on the first album by house producer Armin van Buuren. After a German tour the band is support act for Bon Jovi in the Amsterdam Arena. On June 29 the band plays the Parkpop festival in The Hague. The band is featured on an advertising campaign for Nokia. In the autumn the band embarks on a domestic acoustic tour in support of the new DVD That'll Be Unplugged & More. As a bonus a CD version of the same concert is included too.
2004
Guitarist Thomas Holthuis quits the band and is replaced by JanPeter Hoekstra (The Shot Mugs). Due to spending cuts Warner Music Benelux is forced to cut 20% of its jobs. The record company also sacks its Dutch acts, including Krezip. The band receives a TMF music award for Best Pop Group National. As of June for €0,90 the track All I'm Asking For is available as a download on the band's site. Thijs Romeijn leaves Krezip per December 31. It's an amicable split. His successor is Bram van den Berg from fellow Tilburg-based band One In A Million. He will play on the new CD.
2005
Originally long-time collaborator producer Oscar Holleman produces third album What Are You Waiting For, but in January the band decides to start working with LA-based Australian producer duo The Wizardz of Oz (Liz Hooper and Andrew Bojanic). Drummer Bram van den Berg joins The Original Soundtrack, a project (a 'super group') set up by Tom Sikkers (Wealthy Beggar) and Music Lab Brabant. As new Novib/Unicef ambassador Krezip kicks off the School Beats Poverty campaign at a special charity gig in Paradiso Amsterdam. The band signs a record deal with newly merged Sony BMG Music Entertainment. On May 9 the CD What Are You Waiting For is released. It lands on the top slot of the album charts. Krezip plays at Rockin' Park (Goffertpark/Nijmegen) on June 26. In October at the WARchild concert at the Rotterdam Ahoy' arena Jacqueline Govaert teams up with Portugal's Fernando Lameirinhas for the duet Omhels Me Dan ('Embrace Me). In April 2006 it comes out as a single.
2006
Krezip records a track for the game De Sims 2. Jacqueline Govaert sings the track Ka Yoonie Mwab in Simlish, the special Sims lingo.
2007
New album Plug It In comes out. It is produced by Sweden's Adel Dahdel and Peter Mansson, who introduce a slight electro touch, verging on Atomic and Heart of Glass-era Blondie. The band also teams up with songwriters Felix Rodriguez and Jesper Anderberg of Sweden's The Sounds. First single is ultra catchy Plug It In & Turn Me On. Krezip are 'ambassadors of freedom' and travel the country by helicopter on May 5, Liberation Day. Their destination is various Liberation Day festivals across the country. Fourth album Plug It In (May) features a totally different sound. The album is heavily influenced by British and American pop music from the 1980's like Blondie, The Eurythmics and New Order. Keyboards play a central role on the new album. The songs have been written in Sweden with guitarist Felix Rodriguez and keyboard player Jesper Anderberg from The Sounds. The album is recorded in Brussels by Swedish producers Adel Dahdel and Peter Mansson. Because Amy Winehouse cancels her show, Krezip is added to the bill of the second day of the Pinkpop festival this year. The group plays on the John Peel Stage. The third single off the album Plug It In is the ballad All My Life (October). Krezip performs during the Friends For War Child concert at the Ahoy' in Rotterdam on 3 October. On 29 December the band celebrates its tenth anniversary with a show at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam.
2008
Jaqueline Govaert contributes to the Krezip song I Would Stay which is included as a cover on the album The Original by Dutch reggae band Beef. On Thursday 2 October, Krezip announces the band is breaking up after eleven years. 'It is time to lives our own lives. A new life begins', according to the band. Krezip says goodbye with the release of a compilation album which includes all singles, including the band's last single Go To Sleep (October). On 13 November the kicks off its last club tour.
2009
On 5 March Krezip receives a Golden Harp music award for the band's special contribution to Dutch popular music. The band also wins the Edison Pop Oeuvre award 2009 as a reward for their performance during the twelve past years. Chairman of the jury Leo Blokhuis describes the band in these words: 'No other band in the Netherlands has received such a warm welcome by the general public as Krezip has. From an insecure, beginning group, to a strong and effective collective, Krezip has always remained close to its fans with its indestructible charm.' On 23 April, during the annual 3FM Awards, Krezip wins awards in the categories Best Band and Best Artist Pop. Totally unexpected, Krezip is the replacement of Depeche Mode on the main stage of the Pinkpop festival on 1 June. One of the songs the band plays on this occasion is the Depeche Mode classic Just Can't Get Enough. The band's final show, on 27 June in the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, can be seen live on Dutch national TV. Guitarist JanPeter Hoekstra joins Dutch band The Sheer. Bassist Joost van Haaren and drummer Bram van den Berg join VanVelzen's backing band. Keyboard player Annelies Kuijsters joins Agua de Annique. According to information by SoundAware, the single Sweet Goodbyes has been played 4691 times this year, which makes it the most played song of the year 2009.
Discography Krezip
Albums | Singles | Compilations | Other | Guestperformance
Run Around
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CD, 1999 |
Label | Eigen beheer |
Nothing Less
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CD, 2000 |
Label | WEA, 8573-82501-2 |
producer | Oscar Holleman |
arrangeur | René Merkelbach |
engineer | Stephen van Haestregt |
gastmuzikant | Frans Grapperhaus |
gastmuzikant | Renee Holleman |
Chart position |
13-05-2000, Albumlijst, 64 weeks, number 1
02-11-2002, Albumlijst, 3 weeks, number 70 |
Days Like This
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CD, 2002 |
Label | WEA, 0927491192 |
producer | Oscar Holleman |
gastmuzikant | Mike Booth |
gastmuzikant | René Merkelbach |
arrangeur | Peter Schön |
gastmuzikant | Ed Warby |
Chart position |
26-10-2002, Albumlijst, 17 weeks, number 3
22-03-2003, Albumlijst, 1 week, number 84 22-11-2003, Albumlijst, 10 weeks, number 62 |
What Are You Waiting For
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CD, 2005 |
Label | RCA, 82876-695782 |
Chart position |
14-05-2005, Albumlijst, 21 weeks, number 1
15-10-2005, Albumlijst, 1 week, number 99 17-12-2005, Albumlijst, 4 weeks, number 96 21-01-2006, Albumlijst, 1 week, number 92 |
Plug It In
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CD, 2007 |
Label | RCA, 88697-077682 |
Chart position |
20-05-2007, Albumlijst, 58 weeks, number 3
|
Best Of
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CD, 2008 |
Label | Sony, 8697-199992 |
producer | Gordon Groothedde |
engineer | Gordon Groothedde |
Chart position |
15-10-2008, Albumlijst, 50 weeks, number 1
|
Sweet Goodbye
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | 2CD, 2009 |
Label | Sony, 88697-566592 |
Sweet High
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | Album, 2019 |
Label | PIAS |
All Unsaid
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2000 |
Label | Warner, 8573-857322 |
Chart position |
21-10-2000, Top 40, Tip
|
I Would Stay
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2000 |
Label | Warner |
Chart position |
01-07-2000, Top 40, 18 weeks, number 1
|
I Would Stay (Pinkpop live)
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2000 |
Label | Warner, 8573-84370-2 |
Won't Cry
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2000 |
Label | WEA, 8573.823592 |
Everything And More
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2001 |
Label | Warner, 8573-87293-2 |
B-side | Won't Cry (Live Acoustic) |
producer | Oscar Holleman |
engineer | Stephen van Haestregt |
engineer | Sander van der Heide |
Chart position |
10-03-2001, Top 40, Tip
|
Promise
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2002 |
Label | Warner |
Chart position |
07-12-2002, Top 40, 6 weeks, number 16
|
You Can Say
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2002 |
Label | WEA |
producer | Oscar Holleman |
Chart position |
05-10-2002, Top 40, 5 weeks, number 18
|
Mine
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2003 |
Label | Warner |
engineer | Hans Bunt |
Chart position |
06-09-2003, Top 40, Tip
|
Don't Crush Me
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2005 |
Label | Sony, 82876708962 |
B-side | What Are You Waiting For (Live @ Bevrijdingspop 2005) |
Chart position |
16-07-2005, Top 40, 7 weeks, number 22
|
I Apologize
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2005 |
Label | RCA |
Chart position |
03-12-2005, Top 40, 3 weeks, number 30
|
Out Of My Bed
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2005 |
Label | RCA |
Chart position |
23-04-2005, Top 40, 10 weeks, number 9
|
All My Life
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2007 |
Label | RCA |
Play This Game With Me
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2007 |
Label | RCA |
Plug It In And Turn Me On
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2007 |
Label | RCA |
Go To Sleep
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2008 |
Label | Sony |
producer | Gordon Groothedde |
engineer | Gordon Groothedde |
Chart position |
15-11-2008, Top 40, 9 weeks, number 24
|
Sweet Goodbyes
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | CDS, 2009 |
Label | Sony |
producer | Gordon Groothedde |
engineer | Gordon Groothedde |
Chart position |
21-02-2009, Top 40, 25 weeks, number 2
|
Bijna Boven 4
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | Compilatie, 1998 |
Label | Stichting Brabant Pop |
Nieuw Nederlands Peil 8
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | Compilatie, 1999 |
Label | Conamus, COS 081 |
Thuiswerk Toppers 1998
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | Compilatie, 1999 |
Label | Elsevier, MM 001 |
Hoop! Peace Songs Voor War Child
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | Compilatie, 2003 |
Label | Warner, 5050466-626622 |
That'll Be Unplugged & More
Act | Krezip |
Type and year | DVD, 2003 |
Label | Warner, 5050466-876829 |
engineer | Hans Bunt |
In the discography you will find all recordings that have been released listed chronologically. We restrict ourselves to the title, the type of audio, year of publication or recording, label, list of guest musicians, plus any comments on the issue.
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