Focus
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
The ultimate progressive rock
group .With their unique progressive rock
Focus
manifested themselves at the start of the seventies as the most successful and
the most appreciated of all the Dutch pop-rock exports.The band were fronted by
the much admired duo of Thijs van Leer on the Hammond organ/flute and Jan
Akkerman on the guitar. Their hit potential came in the form of a couple of
instrumentals, "Hocus Pocus", "House of the King", and "Sylvia", but we
shouldn't forget their timeless albums "Moving Waves", "Focus 3" and "Hamburger
Concerto".
But like all good things, it
couldn't last and internal wrangling ended this legendary group.After an initial
careful comeback which resulted in a well received album "Focus 8", the band are
now back on the frontline, with a fantastic line-up! Of course the founder
member and musical genius Thijs van Leer is still holding the fort. Also back in
his old spot is Pierre van der Linden, the drummer who is internationally
renowned for his rhythmic skills, and who was and still is a defining factor in
the whole Focus sound. Together with Bobby Jacobs who stems from a well
acclaimed Dutch jazz family, they are responsible for the rhythm section and
that unmistakable Focus groove.
The talented Niels van der
Steenhoven, who without any shadow of a doubt can hit the mark when it comes to
the guitar completes the band's line-up. A new Focus era has arrived. There is a
rejuvenated passion in the new compositions, that adorn the new album "Focus 9 /
New Skin", which has been released on the famous Red Bullet label of Willem van
Kooten. This album -and the following gigs- will surprise the loyal fans. They
will hear once again all the classic Focus tunes and they will be surprised at
the strength and depth of the new material. "Our music is evolution, not
revolution", Thijs van Leer once said about the music of Focus. Well now, the
evolution is at full pace.
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