Feverdream

Feverdream did loads of gigs during the last

five years, touring through Europe 4 times,

5 pretty successful UK tours, quite a lot of

Dutch shows and way too many weekends

in Germany. Shows spanning the intensities

of both yer regular punkrock-basement-

40-kids-show-up-and-have-a-blast (or

be seriously annoying -) kind of show

and outstanding quality fun or seriously

important shows (in a resume sort of way),

like Popkomm (Germany) and Noorderslag

(Holland), like playing shows on National

Radio (Club Lek, VPRO Radio), like

touring along with bands such as Blonde Redhead, Karate, Challenger and Minus the Bear gave

Feverdream a reputation which were still

not quite sure of what it is (because these

kids could never really explain), but its

certain that it has something to do with live

shows. Well, we dont really know what

goes on then, since we all sort of get into

the music, you know

We've been around since 1997. We made

four records and some obligated punk rock

style seven inches. Our last record did

quite OK. Thats the one called FUTURE

DIRECTIONS. It came out on COALITION

RECORDS. That's a kick ass label, man.

Especially when they help you out during

unreal circumstances. Dude!

For press purposes we are more or less

forced to speak about our influences or likes

and dislikes. We pretty much dont give a

fuck, but people tell us the following: you

guys should be on Touch & Go!, Do you

know any Trance Syndicate bands, you

should really check those guys out! and

Hey if you dig lesbian rock check out Kill

Rock Stars for a change. So, there it is. We

really never listen to that kind of advice,

and barbecue in the park with girls and Ornette

Coleman, Golden or Fat Joe blowing

from our ghetto blasters. ZLAYA HADZIC

did most of our recordings, mixing, cursing,

listening, counselling, problem solving,

problem creating, nagging, bitching, being

an ass hole and being the coolest guy on

earth to work with.

We played with a lot of friends. People you

probably dont know. These shows mean a

lot to us. But here are the really important

bands we played with: 90 Day men, Blonde

Redhead, Enon, The Thermals, Challenger,

Minus the Bear, Archie Bronson Outfit, Karate.

We also played with The Icarus Line,

but werent sure if we should put it in here,

since we think those guys are stupid gits.

During all this god forsaken touring, sucky

supporting and the unavoidable gathering

of an elitist underground network, which

everybody uses in order to get to that one

contact to get shit done, get paid, make music

all day, meet the interesting rich people,

hang out with the models, get in touch with

interesting and elaborate conversations

between writers and cult shock actors and

video artists

and with our-

SELVES!!!,

we lost a

bass player.

Her name is

Saskia. Shes gone to a better place. Namely,

a shrinks office. Where she works. Not

to be a client, of course. Since INCENSE

(another quite known band, which youve

probably never heard of) had split up some

time before, their bass player was an immediate

must have for our little industry out

here. Har, we snatched that bugger!



Now Feverdream is ARNOLD VAN DE

VELDE on drums, BART BAEKELANDT

(NEW!!!) on bass and fi nally there is

manager, performer and musical brain of

this outfit guitar player and singer RENÉ

VAN LIEN (from Rotterdam, Zuid Holland).

Long time fan and riotgrrrl ELLE

BANDITA sings some occasional fucked

up yawp on our new stuff (which is better

than our older stuff, because we are better

men than we were before. Weve grown

older and well, technically just better.

There you have it. Its that and the thing

that since weve heard tons more music

(since one always experiences more stuff as

time goes by, not less) and since we started

diggin more musical styles and managed to

sneak those into the music, without making

to big a point of it. Were just starting to

see through it all. And, yes, it IS funnier

on the dark side of the moon. Guess what,

Arnold even got himself a beard. (No sign

of that on our keep-the-fanbase-happy EP

ARNOLD yet!) Looks pretty fucking good

on him too. Too bad we already made that

album.

Anyway, Bart and the rest of us practised

the old stuff and wrote some new jazz.

Were ready to rock like we never did before

and blah, blah, stuff like that.