Galaxy-Lin

Galaxy-Lin was a Dutch pop rock band in which electric mandolins played a central role.

Singer Rudy Bennett and van Leeuwen, then in the band Ricochets, had opened in 1964 for the Rolling Stones in the Kurhaus of Scheveningen, and later had two hits with The Motions ("Wasted words" and "Why don't you take it").

Bassist Peter Wassenaar had played in hardrock band Blue Planet, and keyboard player Skip van Rooy with The Buffoons .

Van Leeuwen produced all the albums with recording engineer John Sonnevelt.

Rudy Bennett and Bea Willemstein continued as the duo, Bennett and Bee; Robbie van Leeuwen started a project called Mistral, and Skip van Rooij joined The Buffoons.

Bennett in 1973