[7] In 1988, a huge unexploded World War II bomb was discovered in Bellavoystraat, west Rotterdam and an entire district was evacuated.

Together with Rob Janssen, he began a club night called Nightmare and after the first edition at the Parkzicht, they moved the rave to the Energiehal, where it regularly attracted 15,000 people.

[9] A subculture developed which featured people with shaved heads wearing tracksuits dancing to music of between 160 and 200 beats per minute.

They would always have livesets such as Neophyte and Rotterdam Terror Corps, alongside DJs such as Lenny Dee, Paul Elstak, Drokz and Buzz Fuzz.

[11] George Ruseler of Rotterdam Terror Corps describes the Energiehal as "gabbertempel van Europa" ("the gabber temple of Europe").