Overweight

2001. Some schoolfriends, hailing from Vilvoorde, Belgium, decide to start up a band. A few growing pains were conquered, and Overweight was born. What started out with punk- and rockcovers, soon evolved into a mix of selfmade songs, spiced up with some creatively covered songs of popular children- and animationseries. A very important step for Overweight was the introduction of a horn section, comprising a logical evolution towards skapunk.
An improvised studio was the setting for a first demo, “What we call paradise”, which opened a lot of doors. A new demo was released in 2008, titled “Back to life with a hangover”. Later that year, Thomas left the band, but a replacement was found quickly. Ever since, Willem Merckx has been in charge of the plucking of the bass. In 2009 the band presented its first full-CD: “The world for sale”. Ten neatly recorded tracks, with the catchy skapunk tunes definitely being a highlight!
2010 was the year of the downs and heights: the band did a French and a UK Tour, which were a lot of fun! But later that year, Wannes decided to quit. After a long search, Julien Daiche was found to hit the drums!
Fun, terrific atmosphere, feel good and occasionally a sonic guitar avalanche: this is probably the best way to describe Overweight in a nutshell. Through the years, this fun loving gang has built up an excellent live reputation. Their catchy party songs are a guarantee for some good old-fashioned crowd mayhem! Overweight already had the honour of sharing the stage with bands such as Big D And The Kid’s Table, Mark Foggo’s Skasters, P.O. Box, Peter Pan Speedrock, Five Days Off, de Heideroosjes, A Brand, Skafield, The Disliked, …
Contact:
Jurgen Ral
jurgenral@gmail.com
(+32)(0)497 34 77 09