Kayak

Making use of their instrumental prowess and keyboardist Ton Scherpenzeel’s facility at writing lyrics in English, you may be forgiven for mistaking Kayak for the couple of clever proggers from London. But this Dutch music group started in 1968 in the town of Hilversum, where Scherpenzeel and drummer Pim Koopman went to a music conservatory. Following the addition of guitarist Johan Slager, bassist Cees truck Leeuwen, and vocalist Potential Werner, the group solidified by 1972 and commenced documenting. Stylistically they highlighted the instrumentation and chops of intensifying serves like Yes and Genesis, however the pop melody buildings of Supertramp as well as the Alan Parsons Task; as time transferred they increasingly preferred the pop aspect from the formula. Royal Bed Bouncer, probably the most also balance between both of these styles, was to be always a commercial and creative high stage for the music group. They continued to meet up with minor achievement through the entire ’70s on a number of record brands, and in 1974 toured to get Queen — a move that affected the flavor of the later work. Like the majority of progressive rings, Kayak never really had a terribly steady lineup; at one stage they experienced three bassists in as much years. With Scherpenzeel because the singular constant, Kayak’s 1st lineup also became their finest; but Koopman’s asthma pressured him to retire in 1976, and Werner was therefore tortured by stage fright and unfounded uncertainties over his performing capability that he demanded the vacated drum seat for himself, departing the vocal responsibilities to participant Edward Reekers. Scherpenzeel’s central part in the music group eventually used on others, and Kayak dropped aside in 1980. Scherpenzeel continuing on to use the English music group Camel and compose mainly for the movie theater. Koopman and Reekers proved helpful in music creation and functionality; Werner still left the stage to become postal employee; and truck Leeuwen became — of most stuff — a prominent attorney. The music group reunited in 1997 for the Dutch TV particular, though no brand-new recordings have however emerged.