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We started out in 1999 in alphen a/d rijn our hometown ,a town with no example's what so ever in hardcore /punk music in the middle of hollands biggest city"s amsterdam,the hague,rotterdam,utrecht. Alphen had no cool bands or squats .
So we started our own band .
Our music's a mixture of metal ,hardcore with a thick layer of punk and sometimes some ska/reggae loops thru some numbers to break up the noise .
Our lyrics have become more serious with the years. now every new song has an opinion about ,observations ,political climate in holland and the world, globalization, war, the Dutch monarchy , media bullshit, human and animal rights, d.i.y., activism and fuck know what else.
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While playing in this band we recorded 2 demo's:'Rot uit de strot'(rotting out of the throat)and 'Demo-cratie bestaat niet'(demo-cracy doesn't exist). An album: 'kruipt waar het niet gaan kan'(crawls where it can't go) with 17 songs. We've been on several complication tapes/cd's.
you can buy our stuff at shows but you can also mail us or find our music in several distro's.
( Galbak and Vals in Winterthur Zwitserland.)
On top of all things offcourse are the gigs ,GALBAK really is a live band. (don't judge to much on the recordings) We prefere squats for the low costs and the best audience. we always had the idea that squaters ,punks ,outcasts ,misfits, drunks, activists , idealists are the people we make our music for.
(Galbak And Vals on the road thru France, Zwitserland and Tjech rebublic.)
We did one tour once withVALSthrough europe in summer 2004(belgium,france,switserland and tjech rebublic) .
(Galbak live at Espace Autogere Tanneries in Dijon France.)
In the mean while a lot has happend good and bad. We giged a lot but we also had to cancel gigs.We shared the stage with bands we really like. We met a lot of good people. We all had our personal problems. Amplefiers broke down and new ones had to be bought. We had to find a new practice room and when we did we were suprised that there were living people. In a smal room seperated by a wooden wall. I don't think they like our music.
Some of us were involved in squating. We had a big squat in our hometown called the C.P.A. ( cultural projects Alphen). It was the first squat sinds 20 years. We build a stage and a bar and organised a punk/crust festival. There was a hall were the local skaters could skate and there were places were artists could paint. It was an exiting time until the day came that the squat was evicted. After that there was a squat "de Zwarte kater" ( the black cat or the dark hangover) were we played a verry nice gig with some great bands in it's short existance.
Tas didn't had enough time anymore and Kutje moved to Croatia. And there were only 4 left. We continued playing but we were feeling loney. We were looking for a new vocalist and found one. Anne is singing along with new songs and is joining us to gigs.
2007 Galbak is becoming a family. On 03-11-07 Sofie Isabella was born and Kluut became a dad. And on 07-31-07 Elisa Mayla was born and Wouter became a dad to.
Galbak is full of life, were writing new songs, were making plans to record it al and play it life.
Cheers and beers, see you on the next show!
GALBAK.