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About Me

"Okay. Yeah we play hardcore, but purists might disagree. You could call it metal, but our haircuts prove otherwise. Yes we do math, but we wouldn't call it our main course. Southern? We're from small-town Holland baby. We just play the music we love. Loud. From the heart."
January '06
After necessarily leaving some sinking ships, guitarists Erik and Jaap felt like they just had to start a new project. Their longtime wishes for new musical directions, were finally given the chance to have an output. By setting themselves free from any musical boundaries whatsoever, they just started playing, writing and recording ideas. At this time the project was given the name Chuckies Roundhouse Kick. â€˜Cause hey, we all know the Boogeyman checks his closet for Mr. Norris when he goes to sleep.
Riffs started to fit together, gradually evolving into songs. While still keeping all possibilities wide open, they felt they had found their own spot in the broad spectrum of heavy music, ranging from old school hardcore to extreme metal.
October '06
So far so good, Jaap and Erik took it to the next and final step: making the band. After contacting Puff P Diddely Daddy, they found... no one. Knowing that finding that versatile voice that would rightfully express their music was probably the toughest search, the first objective was to find that singer. Fortunately, with first choice Rai they immediately hit bulls eye. At this point, the character of working on a project started to change into the feeling of being a band. Needing a more proper name, Mr. Norris and his beard were sincerely thanked for the inspiration, although his roundhouse kicks will forever be remembered, honored and cherished. So after a long time of considering the name Walker Texas Ranger they finally decided to call the band So Called Celeste, meaning lots of not so important things.
Within a couple of months several auditions were held and sooner than expected they found the right musicians who enabled them to produce that rough sound they had in mind. Completed with Jeroen on bass and Laurens on drums, the band as a whole was a fact. However, regardless of their skills in musicianship, the factor of having that personal click was the most important. What's the use of having a robot on drums when you can't stand the guy? That's not being a band, it's being a group of musicians. So Called Celeste is a band.
September '07
After months of writing songs and spending time in the rehearsal space, the band felt ready to record their first demo. Producer Arno Krabman was hired to work his magic and three songs were recorded at his Graveland Studio. With the Demo 2007 in hands, So Called Celeste is ready and more than eager to prove themselves on stage. Anywhere, anytime and as much as possible.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/23/2007
Band Website: you're looking at it
Band Members:

Sounds Like:

Dogs In Art | Metal Bash 2007

Inventory Control | Metal Bash 2007

My Dear Tormentress | Video Remix

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

06-11-2007 | DONT TURN YOUR BACK ON JAAP

Here's a blog on some things developing but first of all we wanted to share some blood with y'all :) This is what happened during our latest show at Xinix. Jaap went crazy smashing his guitar all ar...
Posted by So Called Celeste on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:44:00 PST

28-10-2007 | SHOWS IN XINIX, ASGARD AND ZAAL 100

Due to what the fuck, some names of the venues in our upcoming showslist are missing. We may be nerds but we're definitely not computernerds so we have no idea what's going wrong. So FYI, here are the...
Posted by So Called Celeste on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:58:00 PST

26-10-2007 | PROGRESS

And now... the moment where everyone has been waiting for... here's an update on what we've been up to lately hell yeah! Well, it's mainly booking shows and provocing total riots on stage. Just keepin...
Posted by So Called Celeste on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:44:00 PST

19-10-2007 | THE JURY DIDNT APPRECIATE IT

Tonight we've played at the Chipolata in Houten for the 'Slag Om De Wetering' contest. We didn't make it through to the semi-finals (congrats to Solmath!), but for us the reas...
Posted by So Called Celeste on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 05:00:00 PST

16-10-2007 | ONGEKENDTALENT ARTIST OF THE WEEK

Sometimes, Googling your own bandname isn't such a bad idea! As it turns out to be, we're artist of the week at NCRV's OngekendTalent! We'd like to thank everyone for voting! Please do keep voting, ...
Posted by So Called Celeste on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:28:00 PST

15-10-2007 | A BITTERZOET PACKED WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY

What was supposed to be just a show to present ourselves to friends and family, turned out to be a memorable showcase, which we know we will remember and cherish for the rest of our lives! Our plan wa...
Posted by So Called Celeste on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:03:00 PST

10-10-2007 | FIRST TWO PERFORMANCES - A QUICK RECAP

On Saturday October 6th So Called Celeste hit the stage for the first... and second time. First stop Atak in Enschede, where we played in the preround of Aardschok Magazine's Metal Bash contest. Altho...
Posted by So Called Celeste on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:54:00 PST

09-29-2007 | BREAKING NEWS TAKEN LITERALLY

Tonight Jaap, who recently chose for a wireless system, instead of tripping over cables, has broken the cable of his wireless system...
Posted by So Called Celeste on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:04:00 PST

09-25-2007 | VOTE FOR OUR SONGS!!!

We've created an account at Ongekendtalent, a well-known Dutch site promoting upcoming artists. Please vote for our songs so we will get world famous and filthy rich! It takes like ten seconds to help...
Posted by So Called Celeste on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:25:00 PST

09-16-2007 | SCC SELECTED FOR AARDSCHOKS METAL BASH 2007

09-16-2007 When it comes to rock and metal, Aardschok is undoubtedly the leading magazine in The Netherlands. So to be selected to compete in the Metal Bash, their annual band competition, is clearly ...
Posted by So Called Celeste on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:28:00 PST