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Artist
The Moe Greene Specials
12+ albums
Surfinstrumentalspaghetti westernAlt-countrySpaghetti
about
The blessed year 2000, Kristof Janssens and Gert Herrijgers have put up an old drum kit, a shook-up bass-amp and a four-stringed guitar. They are goofing off and playing around with old surf riffs and rhythms. When their good friend Koen Van Loon passes by, the three decide to start a surf combo. The fact that Van Loon doesn’t play any instrument whatsoever doesn’t interfere with their decision. Come a year, Janssens has put up a "real" band with a name and a space to rehearse in. "The Moe Greene Specials" (film buffs know why) come together in the old cinema Rex. The atmosphere and old images of a long gone glory in film is all around them. Van Loon has learned to handle the trumpet by now and the band works hard on material, but musicians come and go. It’s only when guitarist Peter Lodiers joins the band that everything musically comes together. He writes most of the songs and Mr. Herrijgers makes the switch from drums to bass. At the end of 2001, an early version of The Moe Greene Specials record their first mini-CD; "God Bless The Moe Greene Specials". A first series of gigs follow and the song “Sacramento” from the mini-CD wins a demo-competition on national radio Studio Brussels. A few years pass by and more horn blowers, trumpet players and drummers come and go. It’s 2004 when The Moe Greene Specials present themselves in a definite line-up: Kristof Janssens (Guitar), Peter Lodiers (Lead Guitar), Gert Herrijgers (Bass), Koen Van Loon (Trumpet), Bart Hedebouw (Trum
