Automatic Sam

Automatic Sam Is A Fourpiece From Nijmegen With Roots In The Legendary Magic Barn In The Far East Of The Netherlands. The Band Was Formed In Early 2009 By Pieter Holkenborg Lead Vocals / Guitar Rense Slings Guitar / Vocals Bob Hogenelst Drums / Vocals And Harm Wopereis Bass / Vocals And Soon Gets A Great Live Reputation. Think Of A Speeding Train Of 70’s Hardrock With Rusty Rivets Attached To A Wagon Full Of Garage Some Blues And All Pulled By A Locomotive Fuelled By Pure Punk Rock. In November 2009 Automatic Sam Releases “Hot Foot Oil”. The EP Is Widely Praised Well-Known Dutch Magazine OOR “Lovely And Cocky!” And Holland’s Biggest Platform For Alternative Music 3voor12 “Rough But Well Thought Rock Album That Never Get Boring”. “Hot Foot Oil” Is Sold Out Within A Few Months Both On CD And Vinyl. The Band Is On The Bill Of Festivals Like Zwarte Cross Valkhof Affaire And Paaspop Plays The Support Show Of Bands Like DeWolff Claw Boys Claw Orange Sunshine And The Entire Dutch Tour With Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Who Is Bozo Texino? This Mythical Character From The American Hobo Culture Unshaven Unrestrained And Hopping On Freight Trains Without Knowing His Destination Was An Inspiration For The Album “Texino”. This Full Length Debut Contains Twelve Songs That Tell The Real Story About The Hobo Automatic Sam And His Journey. “Texino” Was Produced By Koen-Willem Toering Woost And Gijs Coolen Woost / Coparck And Mastered By Pieter Kloos. Guest Musicians Are KW Toering Otto Kokke Dead Neanderthals And Wout Kemkens Shaking Godspeed . The Record Will Be Released On Suburban Records CD And Quadrofoon Records Vinyl . Management And Bookings Are Handled By SOZ Concerts. Jesper Albers Replaced Drummer Bob Hogenelst In 2012. That Year He Was Replaced By De Staat's Drummer Tim Van Delft To Record The Second Full Length Album "Sonic Whip". Their Bass Player Harm Wopereis Was Replaced By Erik Harbers. Now They're On Tour For "Sonic Whip" With Drummer Jim Geurts Who Quits In 2014. In 2015 Automatic Sam Finds A New Drummer In Lars Spijkervet. read less