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Artist
Amsterdam
12+ albums
dutch70shard rock brasilliverpoolPsychedelic Rock
about
There are at least three known bands with the name Amsterdam. 1. A pop/rock group from Liverpool, United Kingdom 2. A 1970s psychedelic rock band from The Netherlands 3. Hard rock band featuring Ronnie Borchert, with grinding guitars, great vocals & some excellent song writing. 1. Amsterdam were formed on Merseyside in 1999 and promptly stayed there - mainly because they didn't really have any band members or any songs - but Ian Prowse had to tell his friends in the pub he had a new band going. A few gigs were played with various band line-ups and to stunning indifference, but all this changed in 2000 when the arrival of Ian's best-ever songs rescued him from the pub and they immediately won an NME competition to find the best-unsigned band of 2000. Next up the band were one of the winners at the prestigious music biz event In the City. Since then the boys have had the most successful website in the country for any unsigned band with traffic reaching an unbelievable 200,000 hits even though the band haven't released any records other than through their own site. Amsterdam have also appeared on an EMI compilation album 'Mersey Boys and Liverpool Girls' alongside Paul McCartney and all the Liverpool greats. In fact, the launch gig for the album saw Amsterdam steal the show and left fellow performer Elvis Costello gobsmacked in the wings. The band have now performed sell out shows in Liverpool and London and garnished fantastic national reviews from the likes of The Guardia
