Rock music in Belgium
In issue 25 of the newly formed music magazine Juke Box the first concert of Bill Haley & His Comets at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels was announced on October 30, 1958.
/ I Love You So" (Hebra Records), Big Brown & The Gamblers followed this hit with "My Testament" (Palette, 1961), Clark Richard and his Tropical Stars released "Queen Of Love / Hot Rock Beat" (His Master's Voice, 1961) and Les Frangins released "Ye Youpi / Changhai" (Barclay, 1961).
[3] Other important releases of this period include the Shakespears ("Shake it over", 1965), the Pebbles ("Seven horses in the sky", 1968), and the Wallace Collection ("Daydream", 1969).
In the mid-1960s, as a result of the British invasion, Belgian bands began to create a homegrown version of garage rock.
[12] Other notable bands include Tideline, Magenta, Machiavel, the Isopoda, the Nessie, the Phylter, the Flyte, and the Dragon.
[12] The symphonic prog rock band, Banzai released Hora Nata in 1974 on the Dutch label Delta.
Among the pioneer bands of this genre in Belgium are Jenghiz Khan who released the seminal album Well Cut (Barclay).
[13][9][14] In 1971, Irish Coffee released a single entitled Carry On / Child (Triangle) and then a self-titled album in the same year.
[18] Other bands of the first Belgian punk rock wave include Red Zebra, Hubble Bubble, Plastic Bertrand, The Employees, and Perverted by Desire.
Examples of post-punk in Belgium include Aroma Di Amore, Lavvi Ebbel, De Brassers, Siglo XX, A Noh Rodeo, Company of State, Mensen Blaffen, The Names, Jo Lemaire + Flouze, The Breath of Life, and Poésie Noire.
Among the Belgian bands that contributed to this scene were The Breath of Life, Siglo XX, De Brassers, The Names, and Poésie Noire.
[25] Among the synthesizers that defined the style in its early phase were the Korg MS-20, the Roland SH-101,[26] the ARP Odyssey, the Emulator II, along with several Oberheim and Yamaha models.
Pawlowski has played in numerous bands, including Mitsoobishy Jacson, Kiss My Jazz, Shadowgraphic City, The Love Substitutes, Othin Sake, The Parallels, Club Moral, Archetipi of the MultiSabanas, I Hate Camera, and Evil Superstars, as well as pursuing a solo career.
Other well-known indie rock bands from Antwerp include Zita Swoon, Dead Man Ray, K's Choice, Admiral Freebee, A Brand, and Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung.
Notable musicians and groups in Belgian indie rock include Zita Swoon, Noordkaap, Venus, Sharko, Dead Man Ray, Admiral Freebee, A Brand, Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung, Gorki, Millionaire, Soulwax, An Pierlé, The Black Box Revelation, Novastar, Milow, Arid, An Pierlé, Das Pop, Admiral Freebee, Goose, Ozark Henry, and Hooverphonic.
The 2000s mark the arrival of a new uninhibited Belgian (mainly French) scene started by Venus, and then by Girls in Hawaii, Ghinzu, The Telrs, Hollywood Porn Stars, and Sharko.
Other notable Belgian bands active during this period include Arid, Vive la Fête, Triggerfinger, and Absynthe Minded.
