Member Since: 5/13/2007
Band Website: 8bb.nl
Band Members: Bert Damink - Lead guitar:
Willy Cornelissen - Rhythm guitar, vocals:
Henk Honing - Stand-up bass, vocals:
Martijn Willems - Stand-up drums, vocals:
Influences:
photo: Jacques Verschuren
photo: Jacques Verschuren
photo: Jacques Verschuren
The Eightball Boppers can be found appearing at fairs, musical festivals, as well as typical rock-‘n-roll and fifties/sixties thematical parties. They play the songs of a.o. Gene Vincent, the Paladins, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Burnette and many more, sometimes obscure artists like Vern Pullen, Roy Hall, Rex Allen. Besides that, the Eightball Boppers have composed a lot of songs of their own, of course totally in line with the original fifties sound. No doubt that the favourite subjects are beer, women, cars, egos and machos. In march 2005 the Eightball Boppers released their first CD ánd DVD 'Bop Till You Drop' on the Dutch HCD label. The CD contains nine self-written tracks and six cover songs (Paladins, Gene Vincent, Stevie Ray Vaughan). The DVD features twelve funny video clips, so it's not a live concert registration. The second CD of the Eightball Boppers is called 'Old Dogs Don't'; this CD was released in 2007 on the own 8BB label. It features six self-written songs and nine cover tracks; two of which are Ramones songs "Blitzkrieg Bop' and 'Bop Till You Drop'.