Knight Area

about

The roots of Knight Area go back to 1982, when Gerben Klazinga started to write his first symphonic rock songs. These songs were about a boy in search of his identity (to some extent an autobiographical saga). In 2002, his brother Joop saw the potential of the songs and persuaded Gerben to record an album. In his studio, Gerben laid down the keyboard tracks and some drum tracks, and asked various musicians to contribute to the album. Late 2003, Gerben and Joop completed the production of the album, and sent it out to several record companies. The reward came when 10 out of the 12 approached record companies were interested in releasing the album! The American record company The Laser’s Edge was chosen and soon the first Knight Area album, The Sun Also Rises, was a fact. The success of the album more or less forced the Klazinga brothers to form a band to play the songs live. In the sympho- and progrock loving world, many people were dying to hear the music live on stage. Gerben managed to get very experienced and skilled musicians to participate in his band. Some of those musicians also contributed to the album. The line-up is listed below. The band had its first gig in November 2004. It was a great success and since then Knight Area played major stages in Holland, Belgium, Germany and France. In 2005, the band was contracted for NearFEST in the USA, "the most prestigious progressive music festival in the world". This was the absolute climax of the speedy start the band made