Member Since: 9/24/2006
Band Website: alternativa.nl
Band Members: Willem Evers: songwriter, piano/-keybords and vocals.Ted Kampen: Lead guitar, acoustic guitar,Dick Kampen: Bass,Joost Evers: Drums
Influences: the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), Jeff Lynne, Supertramp, the Alan Parsons Project, Foo Fighters, John Williams (filmcomposer)
Sounds Like:In the year 2003 songwriter Willem Evers discovered the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) by accident. Blown away by the magical sound of ELO he instantly decided to write new music in ELO-style and form a band to perform these new songs with. The band was to be called AlternativA. In just 2 months Willem wrote 19 ELO-inspired songs and selected 14 to be on the first AlternativA album called: A Night In Starlight, released in mid 2005. The band was formed in February 2004. The first 7 months AlternativA did nothing but rehearse over and over and over again. Until they where ready to release their first single: Join Us For Christmas, released in Oktober 2004. Later on, AlternativA started recording their first album on January 15th in the year 2005. In early July the album A Night In Starlight was released and instantly became very popular among the ELO-fans worldwide. Later on, in Oktober 2005 AlternativA re-released their first single Join Us For Christmas, this time with an extra bonus-track Voyage Of Time. At this moment we´re rehearsing the new songs and recording them. In January of 2008 a maxi single will be released with 2 new songs, later on that year the new album will be launched
Record Label: Alternative Light Records, Not Lame Records
Type of Label: Indie