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DIRK VAN

About Me

DIRK VAN, aka, DIRK VAN TATENHOVE, has been writing songs since his early teens. In Junior High, he learned to play the bass guitar. He also taught himself to play keyboards and rhythm guitar.Dirk Played bass guitar and was the main songwriter for seven years in a popular Los Angeles/Orange County Rock Band called EULOGY, contemporaies on the same Hollywood Club circuit with VAN HALEN and QUIET RIOT, before they disbanded.Dirk then sang lead in a band called SOLDIER before eventually leaving the music industry to pursue college and other endeavors.Today, Dirk is actively writing and recording new music. His style has been described as The British Invasion meets the Twilight Zone. Visit Dirk-Van.com to hear excerpts from two CD’s, “Pandemonium” and “It Takes Time to Heal”, available at itunes.com. You can also read bios of Eulogy and Soldier, as well as hear their music and view photos, flyers, and articles.Questions or comments: [email protected]. For usage of songs/songwriting information: [email protected] ..

My Interests

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Member Since: 12/05/2008
Band Website: Dirk-Van.com
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Influences: The Beatles, The Who, Coldplay,The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Simon and Garfunkel, Train, Brian Jones, David Bowie (the Mick Ronson years), West Side Story Soundtract, Debussey, Keith Moon, The Rite of Spring, The Fixx, The Police, James Dean, James West, Genesis with Peter Gabriel, Mott the Hopple, The Moody Blues, Alice Cooper (early years 1971-1974), Bernard Hermann, The Monkees ..

Sounds Like: The British Invasion meets The Twilight Zone
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Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SOLDIER MYSPACE PAGE UP AT MYSPACE.COM/SOLDIEROCKS

A NEW MYSPACE PAGE IS UP FOR DIRK'S PRIOR BAND SOLDIER. YOU CAN VIEW IT AT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SOLDIEROCKS
Posted by on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:00:00 GMT

NEW POSTING: REFLECTIONS ON 2008/PANDEMONIUM

AS 2008 CLOSES, I REFLECT ON WHAT OCCURRED THIS YEAR: WORLD DISASTERS LIKE EARTHQUAKES AND FLOODS, AN ECONOMIC MELTDOWN IN THE USA THAT IS STILL SHAKING THE REST OF THE WORLD, AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS TH...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:08:00 GMT

REVIEWS OF PANDEMONIUM

PANDEMONIUM RELEASED Category: Music ..With a musical style that has been described as Sci-Fi Rock and The British Invasion meets The Twilight Zone, "Pandemonium" is a collection of 10 songs with an i...
Posted by on Fri, 16 May 2008 13:05:00 GMT