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6 unusual facts about Laurens Bakker


Laurens Bakker

By 1979, Jan Bechtum and Ronald van Prooijen had joined the band for their first stable (and the classic) lineup.

Recently (late 2007), Laurens and the original members of Picture, with Ronald van Prooijen, teamed up for a reunion rehearsal.

As of mid-2008, a permanent lineup was established with Laurens, Rinus Vreugdenhil, Jan Bechtum, Rob vanEnkhuizen, and Pete Lovell.

It went so well that they decided to continue rehearsing for some concert dates, and considered recording a new album in early 2008 with Shmoulik Avigal from the Diamond Dreamer lineup as their singer.

Rinus Vreugdenhil

As of mid-2008, a permanent lineup was established with Rinus, Jan Bechtum, Laurens Bakker, Rob vanEnkhuizen, and Pete Lovell.

Ronald van Prooijen

He'd been hanging around with Laurens Bakker and Rinus Vreugdenhil as they went through various incarnations of what was to become Picture.



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