Blowbeat took off in the early eighties, evolving out of the Ton Engels Band.
The first Blowbeat line-up consisted of: Ton Engels - vocals/guitar Cor Mutsers - bass/vocals Rene Creemers - drums/vocals
De band played the Dutch club circuit of that time and made one album in that pre-cd era: Hands Up! Songs like Will He Come From His Castle and Let's Talk Shit from that album are still on today's setlist.
In 1986 the band members were: Ton E - vocals/guitar Jörg Lehnardt - guitar/vocals Pieter Douma - bass/vocals Rene Creemers - drums
This funky ensemble played numerous gigs, extensively touring the German and Swiss club scene. All this lasted until about 1993. In 1991 Rene Creemers left the band. ( Recently, Rene has been part of the successful virtuoso drum-duo called The Drumbassadors ) Arthur Lijten took over the drum spot. Two albums were released during those days. Blowbeat was released in 1989 and Chaisaw Melodies saw the light in 1992.
In 1993 bass player Pieter Douma thought it was time for a change and left the band. Arthur Lijten also had other things on his mind.
Consequently not much happened Blowbeat-wise for the remainder of the nineties. Occasionally a few concerts were played with varying line-ups. (on bass people like Emma Steffens, Stu Grimshaw and Eric Coenen came and went )
In the second half on the nineties a great deal of time went into other musical projects. Ton Engels recorded two albums ( called Plat and Wermer As Vandaag ). The lyrics on those records are in Ton's first language; a Dutch dialect as spoken in his little hometown Helden in the Southeast of the Netherlands. Several Blowbeat buddies also played on these albums.
Finally... in 2002, Ton E succeeded in bringing four people together again who where ‘ready, willing and able'. A new quartet that could serve that typical Blowbeat cocktail once again :
Eric Coenen (Ilse Delange, Stevie Ann) bass / vocals
Leendert Haaksma (Lois Lane, Anouk, Sita, Soulvation, Alain Clark) guitar
Arthur Lijten (too many to mention) drums / vocals
Ton Engels Vocals / Guitar
And so...The Beat Goes On...................... That was 2002. With everybody as busy as they were it took another four years to finally complete a new Blowbeat album. The title: Songs From The Crazy Planet. Check it out - It sure has been a long time coming.
Blowbeat ontstond beginjaren tachtig uit een band waarvan de kiem in feite al gelegd werd tijdens de middelbare schooljaren.
De bezetting was destijds: Ton E : vocals/gitaar Cor Mutsers : bass/vocals Rene Creemers : drums/vocal
De band speelde voornamelijk in het Nederlandse clubcircuit en maakte één LP : Hands Up ! Die plaat is niet meer verkrijgbaar en da's niet erg. (hoewel er tijdens concerten nog altijd enkele songs van gespeeld worden...)
In 1986 treffen we de volgende bezetting aan: Ton E - vocals/gitaar Jörg Lehnardt - gitaar/vocals Pieter Douma - bass/vocals Rene Creemers - drum
Dit kleine combo speelde talloze keren in voornamelijk Duitse en Zwitserse clubs tot ongeveer 1993. In 1991 stapte Rene Creemers op en werd vervangen door Arthur Lijten. Er verschenen in die periode twee albums; 'Blowbeat' in 1989 en 'Chainsaw Melodies' in 1992. Beide cd's zijn verkrijgbaar via Roof Records - Bochum Germany. In 1993 vond ook bassist Pieter Douma dat het tijd werd voor iets anders. Ook Arthur Lijten had andere zaken aan zijn hoofd en vertrok.
Daarna volgde een periode met slechts af en toe wat activiteiten. Incidenteel was er een concert met wisselende muzikanten. (zo speelden op bas bijvoorbeeld mensen als Emma Steffens, Stu Grimshaw of Eric Coenen wel eens mee.) In de tweede helft van de jaren negentig ging bovendien veel tijd zitten in andere projecten. Ton Engels maakte twee albums met songs in het dialect van zijn geboortedorp. Diverse Blowbeat buddies zijn op deze projecten te horen.
Pas in 2002 slaagde Ton E er in, om weer een bezetting bij elkaar te kletsen die in staat was om die typisch Blowbeat Cocktail te serveren.
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