Hallo Venray

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Hallo Venray is a Dutch indie rock band from The Hague, The Netherlands, fronted by songwriter, guitarist and singer, Henk Koorn. Established in 1987, Hallo Venray has been active for well over 35 years straight, although there was a bit of a hiatus around 2000. The band's very first line-up, active in 1987 and 1988, wrote songs in Dutch. It comprised Henk Korn, Anno Houwing (guitar) and, very soon, Peter Konings (bass) and Dim Veldhuisen (drums). The dynamic changed when guitarist Toon Moerland replaced Houwing in 1988. Hallo Venray reverted to singing in English and developed a blend of indie rock heavily influenced by Neil Young and Bob Dylan. The year 1992 catapulted Hallo Venray to fame. The album The More I Laugh, The Hornier Due Gets proved very succesful and the band appeared on the main stage of the 1992 Pinkpop Festival, with Henk Koorn making quite the impression by appearing on stage in fishnet stockings, jumping around on a pogo stick. The performance was shown live on national TV. Hallo Venray were closer to stardom than they would ever be. The album A Million Planes to Fly (1993) saw Hallo Venray tour internationally, for example as the opening act for Texas on a trek in France. However, the albums thereafter sold disappointingly and by 1997 the band seemed to be petering out. Dim Veldhuisen quit the band in 1997, followed in 2000 by Toon Moerland, whose classic guitar playing style and songwriting had been crucial for the band's sound. Hallo Venray's final

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Vegetables & Fruit

Roll Another Number, a Tribute to Neil Young

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Two Feet - Single

Leather on My Soul

The More I Laugh, the Hornier Due Gets

Coffee and Cake

Where Is The Funky Party?

A Million Planes To Fly

Jan Douwe Kroeske presents: 2 Meter Session #406 - Hallo Venray

Leather on my soul [electric]

2 Meter Sessie

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