FITZKIN - ARNHEM (GELDERLAND) 1979 - 1984

BIOGRAPHY: This Hard Rock band from Arnhem was formed in 1979, influenced by bands as Saxon, Pat Travers and Budgie. Thanks to an ad in Music Maker they found a drummer in the person of Rob Engelman. The band rehearses twice a week at the Jacobiberg in Arnhem. Goal was to play live as much as possible and that happens. Mainly in the south, in the east of Holland and even a few gigs in Germany. Highlight was doing a support gig for Motörhead. During the years the band released several demo’s. The band really gets noticed in ’82 when the band plays on the Heavy Metal Thunder day alongside with bands like Jaguar. It was the 1st gig for guitarist Wil Haak who replaced Theo Gelauf. A bright future seemed to be ahead for the band until bass player Ben Jansse was involved in a car crash and dies. Ben was replaced by Barend Courbois, son of the famous Jazz drummer Sir Pierre Courbois. Musically Barend, a bass genius,  took the band to a higher level, but the band didn’t get as much gigs as they were used to. In’84 the band quits and the guys moved on to other bands. Barend Courbois had a long successful career in bands as Vengeance and Whistler/Courbois/Whistler.

(Stefan)

MEMBERS:

Ed Grotenhuis – Vocals/Guitars
Wil Haak – Vocals/Guitars
Ben Jansse – Vocals /Bass
Theo Gelauf – Guitars
Barend Courbois - Bass
Rob Engelman – Drums

DISCOGRAPHY:

1980 DEMO I
198? DEMO II
198? DEMO III

MULTIMEDIA:

MP3' from '81:

Glimpse of your eyes - Click HERE to download
Silly World - Click HERE to download
Walk on - Click HERE to download

MEMORABILIA



Fitzkin line-up pics


Fitzkin live pics


Old Fitzkin ad's

LINKS:

http://www.robengelman.nl - Website of former Fitzkin's drummer Rob Engelman
http://www.barendcourbois.com - Website of Fitzkin's (and other bands like Vengeance) bass player