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-----Fokkum Is-----
- A Brutal Slightly Melodic Sounding Band With Raw Short And Fast Songs.
- Searching For New Gigs.
- A Dutch Band.
- Music Inspiration Comes From Uniform Choice Intensity 7 Seconds Jerry’s Kids Minor Threat Doom Extreme Noise Terror Discharge Final Conflict Skitsystem Satanic Surfers And More Bands. -----Line-Up-----
- Richard Ries Willemse - Drums / Lead-Vocals. - Lisa Wessling - Distortion-Bassguitar. - Hans Boender - Bassguitar / Back Vocals.
- Thijn Piera - Guitar.
- Ims Storm Van Leeuwen - Guitar. -----Lyric Themes-----
- Agnostics Politics Freedom Anarchy Conspiracies Spirituality Esotherics Positivism Alternative History Mind-Control Illuminati Freemasons Macho-Behaviour Bloodlines Free-Thinking Personal Experiences / Feelings Small Mind / Big Mouth Social Issues Animal Rights Manipulation Indoctrination Love Peace And More. -----Live Shows-----
- All Venues And Festivals Within The Netherlands And Europe. - A Support Act Head-Liner Suprise-Act Or Last-Minute Booking. - With Back-Line.
- Stageplan / Stage-Rider On Request. -----Contact-----
- Fokkum@ziggo.Nl <---- -----Sites-----
- Www.Fokkum.Nl - All Written In English.
- Www.Youtube.Com/user/riesfokkum - Live Clips. Let’s Be Friends!
- Fokkum.Hyves.Nl - All Written In Dutch. Let’s Be Friends!
- Www.Facebook.Com - Search For ‘Fokkum’ Or ‘Ries En Lisa’. Let’s Be Friends And/or Like Us!
- Www.Myspace.Com/fokkum - It’s Slow But You’ll Find All The Info. Written In English. Let’s Be Friends!
- Www.Last.Fm/music/fokkum - For Now Just The Music.
- Www.Reverbnation.Com/fokkum - For Now Just The Music.
- Fokkum.Bandcamp.Com - Music And Cd-Artwork. -----Merchandise & Discography-----
- 1 Full-Length Studio Album Paradise .
- 4 Split Cd-Rs.
- 1 EP/mini Cd-R Notice Yourself .
- 1 Demo Revenge .
- On 2 Compilations. - Caps.
- Stickers.
- Buttons.
- Posters. -----Biography-----
-----1996-2001-----
- Ries Founded Fokkum With Together With A Few Fellow Barton Dean / Within Temptation Members Floris And Michiel .
- Ries Wanted To Merge His Favorite Styles Hardcore Such As Uniform Choice ‘Straight And Alert’ And Intensity ‘Bought And Sold’ And 7 Seconds ‘The Crew’ And Jerry’s Kids ‘Is This My World?’ And Minor Threat And Crustcore Such As Doom ‘War Crimes’ En Extreme Noise Terror ‘Holocaust In My Head’ And Final Conflict ‘Ashes To Ashes’ And Discharge . - We Had A Couple Of Line-Up Changes And Did A Few Gigs. - A Bunch Of Songs Were Written.
- We Recorded A Few Rehearal-Cassette-Tapes With Un-Complete Line-Ups.
-----2001-2006-----
- Fokkum Merched With The Band G.O.Y. And We Changed Our Name Into Still No. The Music Soon Tended More To Fast Melodic Oldschool SXe Hardcore. - We Did Some Gigs.
- We Recorded 1 Demo-Cassette And 1 Full-Length D.I.Y. Cd-R ‘Attempt To Make Sense’ And Than Split-Up.
-----2006-2007-----
- Ries Brought The Old Fokkum Back To Life.
- Ries Wrote A Bunch Of Songs And Lyrics. - Ries Developed A Logo A Site And Prepared Much More Stuff.
- Ries Tried To Find New Members To Complete The Line-Up But Didn’t Succeed Easily.
-----2007-2008-----
- Lisa And Ries Build Their Own Rehearsalroom / D.I.Y.-Studio 1-Year Labour . - Ries Made Fokkum More Brutal And More Crust Riffing / Drop-B .
- Lisa Desides To Play Distortion- Bassguitar In Fokkum. - We Did Many Rehearsal-Sessions.
- We Recorded Our Angry And Negative 'Revenge' Crustcore Demo Cult Cd-R With The Help Of Guest Guitarist Michiel . - Ries Distributed 300 Revenge Demos All Across The World Mainly In Holland.
-----2008-2009-----
- Fokkum’s Soul Changed From Angry To Love After A Couple Of Years Of Conspiracy / Spiritual / Historical Research And Personal Experiences. - All Lyrics Were Re-Written By Ries. - Our Quest For Truth Love And Fun Began.
- Next To Hardcore And Crustcore We Included A Littlebit D-Beat Such As Skytsystem And Skatecore Such As Satanic Surfers ‘666 Motor Inn’ Sound In Our Fokkum Style.
-----2009-----
- Xander Became Fokkum’s Guitarist.
- We Made D.I.Y. Split-Cds With Noituus Indulgencia Agamenon Project Songs Taken From ‘Revenge’ Cd . - We Appeared On The German Compilation Break Out #3 Song Taken From ‘Revenge’ Cd .
- Ries Made Our Own D.I.Y. Merchandise Such As Buttons Stickers Posters Caps Etc. -----2010-----
- We Recorded Our Lo-Fi D.I.Y. 11-Song EP / Mini-Cd-R Named ‘Notice Yourself’. - Ries Wrote To 80 E- Zines And 20 Other D.I.Y. Punk / Hardcore Initiatives Mailorders Labels Etc. And Send Them Our ‘Notice Yourself’ Cd.
- Ries Made Our Own Split Cd-R Artwork Duplicating Etc. With Resposta Simples Songs Taken From ‘Notice Yourself’ . - We Appeared On A German Pro-Squat Soli-Sampler Song Taken From ‘Notice Yourself’ .
- Venues Kept Asking Us To Do Gigs So We Did A Bunch Of Gigs In Holland And 1 In Belgium.
- People Liked Our Tunes And Initiatives And We Got Many Positive Responses.
-----2011-----
- We Recorded A Big Fat D.I.Y. Studio Full-Length Cd Named 'Paradise'. Ries Made A Full-Colour ‘Paradise’-Cd Artwork.
- We Made Hundreds Of Copies Of All Our Other / Former Merchandise Like Splits Comps ‘Notice’ EP And Promo-Stuff So We Could Give It Away For Free.
- We Had A 6-Month Break Ries Had Personal Problems . - In This Break-Period We Were Suddenly A Suprise-Act Of Ignite In Tivoli Utrecht Holland .
- After This Break We Prepared Ourselfs Again And Made Plans For Our Cd-Release And New Gigs.
- Ries Designed New Promo-Shit For Buttons Logos Flyers Stickers Posters Caps Statement-Posters And More.
- We Made A New Site Www.Fokkum.Nl
- We Made A Facebook Youtube Reverbnation And Bandcamp.
- We Started Rehearsing Again.
- We Wrote A Couple Of New Songs.
- We Decided To Do Some More Gigs And Had Great Fun.
- Xander Suffered From A Injury For A Period We Didn’t Rehearse Very Often .
-----2012-----
- The ‘Paradise’ Cd Released In February With A Party In HPC.
- Ries Wrote To A Lot Of E- Zines And Other D.I.Y. Punk / Hardcore Initiatives Mailorders Labels Etc. And Send Them Our ‘Paradise’ Cd.
- Shows In Holland And Belgium.
- Ries Wrote To A Few People Labels Magazines And Distros To Ask If They Would Distribute Our ‘Paradise’ Cd.
- Xander Quit The Band In June.
- Ries And Lisa Searched For A Guitarplayer And Went On Writing Songs.
- Ries Posted About 50 Fokkum-Promo-Packages Cds Stickers Etc. All Over The World Mainly In Holland .
- Hans Decided To Join Our Band As A Second Bassplayer. - Thijn Send Us A Video-Demo For The Audition And Joined The Band In October.
- Ims Contacted Us We Had A Good Try-Out. In November He Became The Fifth Member. - Ries Made A Couple Of Already Existing Songs Shorter Throw Away What You Don’t Need .
- Because Of Us Being With More Members We Decided To Slightly ‘upgrade’ Some Already Exsisting Songs.
- We Wrote A Bunch Of New Songs!
- We Rehearsed Our Asses Off 19 Old And 6 New Songs And Had Lots Of Fun.
- The New Fokkum Is Born... Ries Vocals/drums Lisa Distortion-Bassguitar Hans Cleane-Bassguitar Thijn Guitar Ims Guitar. - We Are Ready For The New Year ! - Love !
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