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BETTIE SERVEERT
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For full track listings of the albums and the complete catalogue available, you can check our SEARCH ENGINE in the Mail Order link at the top of the page. You can search by Artist, Track title or Format.
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| LAMPREY
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Vocals and guitar - Carol Van Dijk
Guitar - Peter Visser Bass - Herman Bunskoeke Drums - Berend Dubbe The story begins when Canadian-born, Netherlands-reared Carol Van Dijk was hired as the live-sound mixer for the celebrated underground band de Artsen (the Doctors). Bunskoeke and Visser were already members, Dubbe was their roadie and the musical side project in which all four friends participated became Bettie Serveert. (Since you ask, the name means "Bettie to serve" after Dutch tennis player Bettie Stove, who lost the Wimbledon Ladies Final in 1977). After a false start in 1986 when they dissolved after only one gig, the band "reformed" in 1990 and quickly caught the ear of 4AD's Guernica label for whom they kindly agreed to record their first album Palomine. Carol Van Dijk's seductive voice, the band's bittersweet melodies and a cool cover of Sebadoh's Healthy Sick made for an impressive debut which endeared them immediately to the press: Of Palomine, US magazine Spin enthused, "The band's warm, engaging musical personality makes you want to be pals o' theirs. No matter how edgy or "deep" the lyrics get, they rarely distract from the whiskey bar of aura of the music ... awe-inspiring, with fantastic guitar sounds and lazy, sprawling leads. When did indie-rock ever sound this mature, this developed?" When Guernica sadly came to an end, Bettie Serveert had already captured the heart of Beggars Banquet A&R and 1994 saw a souped-up version of the album's title track released to worldwide acclaim in the UK. With its mournful, desolate feel, and Carol's typically striking lyrics, Bettie Serveert had, ahem, served an ace. A full year later in January 1995 the band recorded their second album Lamprey, which was hailed by Melody Maker as "the most tangled, desolate, real'life guitar sound of the year". After extensive touring with the likes of Belly, Dinosaur Junior, Buffalo Tom, Superchunk, Come and Jeff Buckley, the band soon climbed to the top of the indie underground with their unique and unmistakeable heavy, sweet guitar sound. In the increasing pile of flattering press coverage that now surrounds them they have been compared to Neil Young, The Lemonheads, The Throwing Muses, The Sundays, Velvet Underground ... the list goes on. Let's just say they're the best thing to come out of Holland since 2 Unlimited. 1997 sees the return of Bettie Serveert in even finer form with the release of the single What Friends? and the long awaited third album Dust Bunnies. |
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| DUST BUNNIES
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| CO-COWARD - Single
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| WHAT FRIENDS? - Single
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