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The TryOuts

About Me

"In 1997, Toob and Da Pete met while attending Film School in Ghent, Belgium. Although their passion for film led to many in-depth (sometimes drug induced) discussions, they soon discovered another common interest: music.
It wasn't until they dropped out of college when they formed their first band. Tagging along a third member, they practiced and jammed away. Soon it became apparent that all three of them were headed towards very different creative paths, so the band quickly dismembered.
In the years that followed, Toob learned to master the guitar in a way that satisfied his musical tastes, creating a garage band/punk sound the likes of The Ramones and The Kills, while Da Pete studied the history of electronic music, going back to pioneers such as Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze.
Keeping in touch all this time, the guys saw the time was right to give it another try: in combining the different genres they embrace, they could make a new and fresh sound. Hence the birth of The TryOuts."

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Member Since: 10/07/2007
Band Website: In progress... " In progress...
Band Members: Da PETE (electro) & TOOB (guitars)
Influences: The Kills, Foxylane, Klaus Schulze, Goose, Archive, Miss Kitten, dEUS, Air, Serge & Charlotte Gainsbourg, CSS, Nina Simone, The Dandy Warhols, The Birthday Party, Chuck Berry, Howlin' Wolf, The Clash, Aides, Fleetwood Mac, Evil Superstars, The Distillers, Digitalism, Eric Serra, The Black Keys, Buzzcocks, Danny Elfman, Atari Teenage Riot, Bonde do Role, John Barry, Divinyls, Be Your Own Pet, David Thomas and Two Pale Boys, Forward Russia, Foo Fighters, Garbage, Colour Of Fire, AC/DC, The Go-Go's, Helmet, Franz Ferdinand, Girls Against Boys, The Hives, Yann Tiersen, Hole, Buscemi, Absynthe Minded, Admiral Freebee, Nick Drake, The Afghan Whigs, PJ Harvey, Al Green, ...And You WIll Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Angelo Badelamenti, Blind Melon, The Breeders, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Cribs, Daft Punk, Daan, The Donnas, Echobelly, Eagles Of Death Metal, Eels, Ennio Morricone, Edgar Froese, Gabriël Rios, George Baker, The Germs, Gorki, Hard-Fi, The Godfathers, Grinderman, Heather Nova, Gogol Bordello, Alice In Chains, The Animals, The Arcade Fire, Babyshambles, John Barry, Counting Crows, Cherry Five, Dead Kennedys, Dead Man Ray, Arno, The Beastie Boys, The Blackbox Revelation, Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band, Charlie 45, The Cardigans, Bran Van 3000, Blondie, Brazilian Girls, Cold War Kids, The Cure, Guns N' Roses, Goldfrapp, Gore Slut, Gorillaz, Archie Bronson Outfit, Arctic Monkeys, Arsenal, Ash, Ashbury Faith, Athlete, Beck, Belgian Asociality, Belly, Ben Folds Five, Bettie Serveert, Billy Bragg, Bloc Party, Blonde Redhead, Blur, Bob Dylan, A Brand, Bruce Springsteen, Burma Shave, Chris Isaak, The Cranberries, Cream, Damien Rice, Danko Jones, Das Pop, Datarock, The Datsuns, David Bowie, Deathcab For Cutie, Dido, Dinosaur Jr., Dirty Pretty Things, The Doors, Dropkick Murphys, Dusty Springfield, Eden, Eminem, The Enemy, Joan Baez, Eurythmics, The Exploited, Faith No More, Faithless, Falco, Fatboy Slim, Fedde Le Grand, Felix Da Housecat, Fifty Foot Combo, Flip Kowlier, Flipper, Flowers For Breakfast, Hooverphonic, The Horrors, Hot Hot Heat, I'm A Robot, Ice-T, Iggy & The Stooges, Interpol, Iron Maiden, Jacques Brel, Jane's Addiction, Mercelis, Jeff Buckley, Jennifer Lopez, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Jimi Hendrix, JJ Cale, John Frusciante, Johnny Cash, Joy Division, Juliette & The Licks, Kaiser Chiefs, The Kids, Kings Of Leon, Kiss My Jazz, Klaxons, The Knack, The Kooks, Kosheen, Kristin Hersh, Kula Shaker, Kylie Minogue, Kyuss, L'il Kim, L7, Laïs, Lamb, LCD Soundsystem, Led Zeppelin, The Lemonheads, Leonard Cohen, Levellers, The Libertines, Lily Allen, Living Colour, LL Cool J, The Long Blondes, Lou Reed, John Cale, Louis Neefs, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Mad Dog Loose, Madonna, Magnapop, Magnus, Malibu Stacy, The Mamas & The Papas, Manowar, Marcy Playground, Marianne Faithfull, The Mars Volta, Marvin Gaye, Massive Attack, Maximo Park, Mazzy Star, Metal Molly, Michael Jackson, Michael Nyman, Michel Sardou, Milk Inc., Millionaire, Mintzkov (Luna), The Misfits, Moby, Moloko, Mondo Generator, Monster Magnet, Monza, Moondog Jr., Morphine, Mother Tongue, Mudhoney, The Muffs, Muse, Mylène Farmer, Nacht Und Nebel, Nada Surf, Frank & Nancy Sinatra, Neil Young, Nemo, Neneh Cherry, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Nid & Sancy, Nine Inch Nails, Nino Rota, Nirvana, NoFX, The Noisettes, Noordkaap, Novastar, The Offspring, Ozark Henry, Palace Music, Patti Smith, Hans Zimmer, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pavement, Peaches, Pearl Jam, Pennywise, Pete Droge, PF Project, Phantom Planet, An Pierlé, Pieter-Jan De Smet, The Pigeon Detectives, PiL, The Pipettes, Pixies, John Parish, Placebo, The Pogues, Porno For Pyros, The Posies, Presidents Of The USA, The Pretenders, Primus, The Prodigy, Pulp, Queens Of The Stone Age, R. Strauss, REM, The Raconteurs, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Rammstein, The Ramones, The Raveonettes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Red Zebra, Reef, Regina Spector, Republica, Ricky Nelson, Roger Alan Wade, Rolling Stones, Royksopp, The Runaways, Ryan Adams, The Sands, Sandy Rogers, The Scabs, The Scene, Claudio Simonetti, Screaming Trees, Senser, Sepultura, Sex Pistols, The Sexmachines, Shampoo, Shitdisco, Simian Mobile Disco, Sioen, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Snow Patrol, Soapstone, Sonic Youth, Sophia, Soul Asylum, Soul Coughing, Soulwax, The Sounds, Starsailor, Stone Temple Pilots, The Streets, The Strokes, Stuffed Babies On Wheels, The Subways, Suede, Suzanne Vega, Sweet Dick Willy, 't Hof Van Commerce, TC Matic, Technotronic, Temple Of The Dog, Therapy?, This Mortal Coil, Thom Yorke, Throwing Muses, The Tigerpicks, Tindersticks, Tito & The Tarantulas, Bikini Kill, Tokyo Police Club, Tom Waits, Tool, Toto, Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, TRaumschmiere, Triggerfinger, Turbonegro, Ugly Papas, Underworld, Urban Dance Squad, Urge Overkill, Linda Spa, Iris Camaa, The Van Jets, Vanessa Paradis, The Veils, The Velvet Underground, The View, Violent Femmes, Vive La Fête, The Von Bondies, We Are Scientists, Weezer, Clouseau, White Rose Movement, The White Stripes, Wille Deville, Jane Wiedlin, Kathy Valentine, Julie Delpy, Wim Mertens, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ze Noiz, Zita Swoon, 2Pac, 4T4, The 5.6.7.8's, !!!, 2 Many DJ's, Frank Sinatra, hüsker dü, Calexico, Catpower, Dolly Parton, Marylin Monroe, Kings Of Leon, Bad Religion, The B52'S, Ed & Kim, Oingo Boingo, Goblin, Tangerine Dream, John Carpenter, Goo Goo Dolls, The Dream Academy, The Sheila Divine, Coldseat, The Gossip, Fugazi, My Bloody Valentine, Cranes, Sleeper, Elastica, The Tellers, Juliana Hatfield, Brian Tyler, Fydolla Ho, Lush and many more.
Sounds Like: The TryOuts
Record Label: unsigned

My Blog

In search of a female singer!

As you can see by now, we finally decided to put up the instrumental version of the song "Bare". The title speaks for itself, as the track obviously is in need of some vocals.Unfortunately our ow...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:01:00 GMT

Here we are now, entertain us...

So here we are...The TryOuts are online.  It took us some time but we were busy making new tunes.  If you like our stuff, be sure to check in regularly, as we plan to put up more tracks...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:58:00 GMT