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Gerard Visser - Vocals Hans Visser - Guitar Arie Hordijk - Guitar Gerard Strotbaum - Bas Okkie Huijsdens - Keys Sjef Simons - Drums Started as The Fab Five (The Beatles were The Fab Four!), The name was shortened to FAB in 1966. Equipped with Gretsch and Burns guitars and of course Vox amplifiers, a repertoire was conjured up that was entirely inspired by the oeuvre of bands like Kinks, Rolling Stones and Them. The beat / garage band soon had a fan club of about a thousand members who often organized evenings in theater Tivoli in Schiedam. For example, on April 22, 1966, they played together with their major rivals in their own city, The Roadrunners Sect, and a little later, on May 8 of the same year, with the Q 65 that had just released their first record. Together with manager Martin Green (born: Groen) it was then decided to also release a picture in-house in an edition of 300 copies. The recordings were made in a church in Delft where only one microphone was present. At a performance in The Hague together with The Hollies, Tony Hicks borrowed the guitar from one of the band members, because his was broken. But this one also came back broken! Singer Gerard Visser was later active in Heart with Patricia Paay (and ex husband). Nederbeat.info
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