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"PERHAPS ONE OF THE BEST BROOKLYN ROCK BANDS TO EMERGE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE NETHERLANDS SEAMLESSLY BALANCE A BRUTAL SHARPNESS AND A KIND OF LIGHTHEARTED SHAGGINESS; AND ALSO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE TO COVER MORE MUSICAL GROUND IN 35 MINUTES THAN MOST BANDS DO IN THEIR ENTIRE CAREERS." -VILLAGE VOICE
"THE NETHERLANDS PLAY A KIND OF FUTURISTIC BIKER ROCK, FEATURING LURCH HAPPY RIFFS AND A SINGER THAT SLATHERS HIS VOICE IN WEIRD PSYCHO EFFECTS.THEIR SET IS A BURST OF ANTI-INTELLECTUAL GLEE." -TIMEOUT NY
"THE NETHERLANDS GAVE ME BALLS AND REINSTATED A DEEPER CONNECTION TO MY INNER PIECE OF ASS!” -MARNE LUCAS
"THE NETHERLANDS = BRUTALITY, BEAUTY, PRIMAL SCREAM THERAPY. THE NETHERLANDS = SLUDGY RHYTHMS THAT FILL THE AIR LIKE REEFER SMOKE, PUNCTURED BY ICE-COLD BLASTS OF MATHY PRECISION. THE NETHERLANDS = MOOG BASS THAT RECONFIGURES YOUR BONE MARROW; MERCILESS SPRAYS OF STOMP-BOX-DAMAGED GUITAR SHRAPNEL THAT LEAVES FEW SURVIVORS. THE NETHERLANDS. MAKE ME FEEL ALIVE." -ANDEE BLACKSUGAR
"GOING TO SEE THE NETHERLANDS IS LIKE BEING IN A STRANGE DUSTED TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODE WHERE YOU ARE 15 AND THAT TROUBLED TRENCH COATED JUNIOR WITH THE ½ 'STACHE FROM TWO STREETS OVER GOT MAGICALLY BESTOWED WITH PROFOUND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE, HIGHLY FUNCTIONING EQUIPMENT, A TIGHT WORKING BAND, AND DEEP ORIGINAL SONGS. THE NETHERLANDS ARE MAGNIFICENT AND RIDICULOUS. TIMO ELLIS PLAYS LIKE JOE SATRIANI WITH BLOOD POISONING. A BRAZILIAN PROG-ROCK GHOULLETTE BACKS HIM ON WALKING KEYS AND A SCOTTISH BAR THUG DRUMMER. THEY ARE THE RULING CLASS GLADIATORS OF TEEN NIHILISM. BUT IN A NICE WAY." -THATCHER KEATS
"GOD DAMN I LOVE THE NETHERLANDS. TIMO ELLIS ON GUITAR AND VOCALS, MARIA "CRUSHER" EISEN ON SYNTH BASS AND VOCALS, AND DAVE BURNETT ON DRUMS MAKE DARK SCARY SEXY FUN SURREAL FUNNY PSYCHEDELIC THRASH AT DOOM METAL SPEEDS THAT SUDDENLY EXPLODE WITH GUITAR LINES THAT GIVE PUNK BANDS A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY. USING MORE EFFECTS PEDALS THAN HEALTH, TIMO WARPS TWISTS FUNNELS DISTORTS LOOPS RE-SEQUENCES AND OTHERWISE DESTROYS BOTH HIS GUITAR AND VOICE TO PROVIDE A SERIES OF UNHOLY CHUNKY SOUNDS THAT SOUNDS LIKE A COMBINATION OF EVERY BAD TRIP IN THE 1960’S HAPPENING AT ONCE AND THE SCREAMS OF ANY HAPLESS H.P. LOVECRAFT PROTAGONIST GAZING INTO THE MAW OF ETERNITY. IT’S NOT NOISE ROCK, IT’S NOISE ROCK BUT CUT THROUGH WITH AN IMPROVISATIONAL ASPECT TO THE MELODY WHICH GIVES SONGS A DIFFERENT SOUND FROM ONE PERFORMANCE TO THE NEXT AS TIMO ADJUSTS AND READJUSTS KNOBS BASED ON WHAT HE FEELS AT THAT MOMENT, FREEING PSYCH-ROCK FROM THE CONVENTION OF CAREFUL, STAID CHORD PROGRESSIONS. IT’S LIKE IF LED ZEPPELIN READ MOORCOCK RATHER THAN TOLKIEN AND STOLE FROM HARD BOP INSTEAD OF BLUES. MARIA'S SYNTHBASS PROVIDES AN ELECTRONIC, ANTI-ORGANIC EDGE WHICH COMPLEMENTS THE GUITAR AND VOCALIZATIONS PERFECTLY, ALLOWING IT TO FILL OUT THE SOUNDFLOOR IN A VERY FORCEFUL MANNER. DAVE’S INTENSE DRUMMING REQUIRES SOME VERY ABRUPT TIME / TEMPO CHANGES AND FULL BLAST TO REST STACCATO DEXTERITY. THE NETHERLANDS JUST MAY BE THE BEST BAND YOU’VE NOT YET SEEN. YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO CHANGE THAT. WHY GO SEE YET ANOTHER TWEEINDIEPOPSYNTHSUPERSTAR SING ABOUT AWKWARD CRUSHES WHEN YOU CAN HAVE YOUR EAR CANALS DRILLED CLEAN THROUGH?" -ERIC PHIPPS (KINGOFTHEGIGABITCHES.COM)
THE NETHERLANDS WERE FORMED IN 2008 BY TIMO ELLIS (GUITAR, THROAT), MARIA "CRUSHER" EISEN (SYNTHBASS, THROAT) AND DAVE BURNETT (DRUMS), AND ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING A LOCAL REPUTATION AS A BAND THAT VISIBLY UPSTAGES OTHER BANDS WHO END UP HAVING TO FOLLOW THEIR INTENSE, SUPER FOCUSED, HIGH ENERGY SHOW.
ABOUT TIMO LEAD SINGER AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST TIMO ELLIS IS FROM NYC. HE’S RECORDED AND PLAYED WITH YOKO ONO, CIBO MATTO, JOHN ZORN, THE MELVINS, GIBBY HAYNES, WEEN, AND JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN AMONG MANY OTHERS, AS WELL AS PUT OUT OVER 30 MUSICALLY WIDELY VARIED SOLO ALBUMS AS TE AND UNDER SEVERAL OTHER PSEUDONYMS.
ON THE PROCESS TIMO ELLIS: "I WANTED TO HAVE A BAND WHERE THE SONGS WERE SUCCINCT, PRIMARILY DRUM/ BEAT DRIVEN AND THE GUITAR AND VOCAL PARTS WERE AS DUMB/SIMPLE AS THEY POSSIBLY COULD BE; WHERE I WOULDN'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE TECHNICALLY TO PLAY THEM, AS THIS WOULD FREE ME UP PSYCHOLOGICALLY FOR WHATEVER ELSE MIGHT HAPPEN ONSTAGE...LATELY THE MUSIC HAS BEEN EVOLVING TOWARDS LONGER (AND OCCASIONALLY QUIETER) FORMS, BUT STILL THE MAJORITY OF THE SONGS BLAST LIGHT HEARTED, BRUTAL, ECSTATIC REVERIE...PLAYING WITH THE NETHERLANDS IS DEFINITELY WHERE I HAVE THE MOST FUN, AND AM BY FAR THE MOST FREE AND UN-SELF-CONSCIOUS IN ANY PART OF MY LIFE! DIFFERENT CHARACTERS EMERGE ONSTAGE AND OFTEN I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON (OR EVEN WHERE I AM SOMETIMES!) OR WHO'S ACTUALLY SINGING, OR BEING SUNG...LYRICALLY THE SONGS VARY WIDELY IN TONE AND INTENT, WITH THEMES RANGING FROM MARINE BIOLOGY TO MEXICAN FOOD TO DMT TO SUDDEN CELEBRITY TO FULL ON GIBBERISH/ NONSENSE."
BOOKING TIMOELLISMUSIC@GMAIL.COM
MANAGEMENT TOMMY WILSON TOMMYHAWKWILSON@MAC.COM
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"PERHAPS ONE OF THE BEST BROOKLYN ROCK BANDS TO EMERGE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE NETHERLANDS SEAMLESSLY BALANCE A BRUTAL SHARPNESS AND A KIND OF LIGHTHEARTED SHAGGINESS; AND ALSO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE TO COVER MORE MUSICAL GROUND IN 35 MINUTES THAN MOST BANDS DO IN THEIR ENTIRE CAREERS." -VILLAGE VOICE
"THE NETHERLANDS PLAY A KIND OF FUTURISTIC BIKER ROCK, FEATURING LURCH HAPPY RIFFS AND A SINGER THAT SLATHERS HIS VOICE IN WEIRD PSYCHO EFFECTS.THEIR SET IS A BURST OF ANTI-INTELLECTUAL GLEE." -TIMEOUT NY
"THE NETHERLANDS GAVE ME BALLS AND REINSTATED A DEEPER CONNECTION TO MY INNER PIECE OF ASS!” -MARNE LUCAS
"THE NETHERLANDS = BRUTALITY, BEAUTY, PRIMAL SCREAM THERAPY. THE NETHERLANDS = SLUDGY RHYTHMS THAT FILL THE AIR LIKE REEFER SMOKE, PUNCTURED BY ICE-COLD BLASTS OF MATHY PRECISION. THE NETHERLANDS = MOOG BASS THAT RECONFIGURES YOUR BONE MARROW; MERCILESS SPRAYS OF STOMP-BOX-DAMAGED GUITAR SHRAPNEL THAT LEAVES FEW SURVIVORS. THE NETHERLANDS. MAKE ME FEEL ALIVE." -ANDEE BLACKSUGAR
"GOING TO SEE THE NETHERLANDS IS LIKE BEING IN A STRANGE DUSTED TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODE WHERE YOU ARE 15 AND THAT TROUBLED TRENCH COATED JUNIOR WITH THE ½ 'STACHE FROM TWO STREETS OVER GOT MAGICALLY BESTOWED WITH PROFOUND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE, HIGHLY FUNCTIONING EQUIPMENT, A TIGHT WORKING BAND, AND DEEP ORIGINAL SONGS. THE NETHERLANDS ARE MAGNIFICENT AND RIDICULOUS. TIMO ELLIS PLAYS LIKE JOE SATRIANI WITH BLOOD POISONING. A BRAZILIAN PROG-ROCK GHOULLETTE BACKS HIM ON WALKING KEYS AND A SCOTTISH BAR THUG DRUMMER. THEY ARE THE RULING CLASS GLADIATORS OF TEEN NIHILISM. BUT IN A NICE WAY." -THATCHER KEATS
"GOD DAMN I LOVE THE NETHERLANDS. TIMO ELLIS ON GUITAR AND VOCALS, MARIA "CRUSHER" EISEN ON SYNTH BASS AND VOCALS, AND DAVE BURNETT ON DRUMS MAKE DARK SCARY SEXY FUN SURREAL FUNNY PSYCHEDELIC THRASH AT DOOM METAL SPEEDS THAT SUDDENLY EXPLODE WITH GUITAR LINES THAT GIVE PUNK BANDS A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY. USING MORE EFFECTS PEDALS THAN HEALTH, TIMO WARPS TWISTS FUNNELS DISTORTS LOOPS RE-SEQUENCES AND OTHERWISE DESTROYS BOTH HIS GUITAR AND VOICE TO PROVIDE A SERIES OF UNHOLY CHUNKY SOUNDS THAT SOUNDS LIKE A COMBINATION OF EVERY BAD TRIP IN THE 1960’S HAPPENING AT ONCE AND THE SCREAMS OF ANY HAPLESS H.P. LOVECRAFT PROTAGONIST GAZING INTO THE MAW OF ETERNITY. IT’S NOT NOISE ROCK, IT’S NOISE ROCK BUT CUT THROUGH WITH AN IMPROVISATIONAL ASPECT TO THE MELODY WHICH GIVES SONGS A DIFFERENT SOUND FROM ONE PERFORMANCE TO THE NEXT AS TIMO ADJUSTS AND READJUSTS KNOBS BASED ON WHAT HE FEELS AT THAT MOMENT, FREEING PSYCH-ROCK FROM THE CONVENTION OF CAREFUL, STAID CHORD PROGRESSIONS. IT’S LIKE IF LED ZEPPELIN READ MOORCOCK RATHER THAN TOLKIEN AND STOLE FROM HARD BOP INSTEAD OF BLUES. MARIA'S SYNTHBASS PROVIDES AN ELECTRONIC, ANTI-ORGANIC EDGE WHICH COMPLEMENTS THE GUITAR AND VOCALIZATIONS PERFECTLY, ALLOWING IT TO FILL OUT THE SOUNDFLOOR IN A VERY FORCEFUL MANNER. DAVE’S INTENSE DRUMMING REQUIRES SOME VERY ABRUPT TIME / TEMPO CHANGES AND FULL BLAST TO REST STACCATO DEXTERITY. THE NETHERLANDS JUST MAY BE THE BEST BAND YOU’VE NOT YET SEEN. YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO CHANGE THAT. WHY GO SEE YET ANOTHER TWEEINDIEPOPSYNTHSUPERSTAR SING ABOUT AWKWARD CRUSHES WHEN YOU CAN HAVE YOUR EAR CANALS DRILLED CLEAN THROUGH?" -ERIC PHIPPS (KINGOFTHEGIGABITCHES.COM)
THE NETHERLANDS WERE FORMED IN 2008 BY TIMO ELLIS (GUITAR, THROAT), MARIA "CRUSHER" EISEN (SYNTHBASS, THROAT) AND DAVE BURNETT (DRUMS), AND ARE ALREADY DEVELOPING A LOCAL REPUTATION AS A BAND THAT VISIBLY UPSTAGES OTHER BANDS WHO END UP HAVING TO FOLLOW THEIR INTENSE, SUPER FOCUSED, HIGH ENERGY SHOW.
ABOUT TIMO LEAD SINGER AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST TIMO ELLIS IS FROM NYC. HE’S RECORDED AND PLAYED WITH YOKO ONO, CIBO MATTO, JOHN ZORN, THE MELVINS, GIBBY HAYNES, WEEN, AND JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN AMONG MANY OTHERS, AS WELL AS PUT OUT OVER 30 MUSICALLY WIDELY VARIED SOLO ALBUMS AS TE AND UNDER SEVERAL OTHER PSEUDONYMS.
ON THE PROCESS TIMO ELLIS: "I WANTED TO HAVE A BAND WHERE THE SONGS WERE SUCCINCT, PRIMARILY DRUM/ BEAT DRIVEN AND THE GUITAR AND VOCAL PARTS WERE AS DUMB/SIMPLE AS THEY POSSIBLY COULD BE; WHERE I WOULDN'T HAVE TO STRUGGLE TECHNICALLY TO PLAY THEM, AS THIS WOULD FREE ME UP PSYCHOLOGICALLY FOR WHATEVER ELSE MIGHT HAPPEN ONSTAGE...LATELY THE MUSIC HAS BEEN EVOLVING TOWARDS LONGER (AND OCCASIONALLY QUIETER) FORMS, BUT STILL THE MAJORITY OF THE SONGS BLAST LIGHT HEARTED, BRUTAL, ECSTATIC REVERIE...PLAYING WITH THE NETHERLANDS IS DEFINITELY WHERE I HAVE THE MOST FUN, AND AM BY FAR THE MOST FREE AND UN-SELF-CONSCIOUS IN ANY PART OF MY LIFE! DIFFERENT CHARACTERS EMERGE ONSTAGE AND OFTEN I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON (OR EVEN WHERE I AM SOMETIMES!) OR WHO'S ACTUALLY SINGING, OR BEING SUNG...LYRICALLY THE SONGS VARY WIDELY IN TONE AND INTENT, WITH THEMES RANGING FROM MARINE BIOLOGY TO MEXICAN FOOD TO DMT TO SUDDEN CELEBRITY TO FULL ON GIBBERISH/ NONSENSE."
BOOKING TIMOELLISMUSIC@GMAIL.COM
MANAGEMENT TOMMY WILSON TOMMYHAWKWILSON@MAC.COM
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACKIE ROMAN, GROVER WATTS, GASSLER TISCHLER, DEAN DODOS, TODD KANCAR, OSSIP KAEHR, DAISUKE YOSHIDA AND MILK STUDIOS.