Indorock is rock-'n-roll, performed by musicians from the former Dutch East Indies. This music was played at the end of the fifties of the 20th century by Indonesian, Moluccan and Dutch musicians and inspired by the rock-'n-roll music from America and the instrumental music of The Shadows, The Ventures and The String-A-Longs. Coming from a completely different music culture, these artists were excellently able to convey the heart and soul of rock-'n-roll to the Dutch and European audience in terms of stage presence, but especially because of their technical talent. Although this music was mainly played from the mid-fifties to the mid-sixties, with a heyday in 1960-1963, the style name 'indorock' was invented in 1975 by enthousiasts of the genre and only became generally known in the eighties.
Ja mooie tijden, lang geleden, maar we hebben het toch meegemaakt. Jullie nog met Roger, helaas te vroeg overleden, net zoals Lex onze bassist, Frank onze slaggitarist en Rudy onze drummer.
The Beatles are symbolic of a time when the music came first, above all ---- NOT the recording technology. Back in their day, if you wanted to make a record, you had to be really good singers and musicians to get a record contract. Recording technology was owned by the recording studios and everything was taped. Now today any teenager can have Logic and Pro Tools and AutoTune and digital canned drums and incredible digital resources to record their music ----- but guess what? The music has been lost. The creativity has been ruined by computers. Kids today should throw all that stuff out the window and start learning to sing and play the way the Beatles did it!