RESTLESS - DRACHTEN (FRIESLAND) 1987 - 1995

BIOGRAPHY: Restless was a melodic hardrockband from Drachten, Friesland. The band existed from 1987 'till 1995 in several line-ups. Restless released 4 demo's in it's entire existence of which the first 2 were the most successful. These 2 demo's were both released in 1988 which was the most successful year of the band. The band even won the second prize on a local talent festival called "De kleine prijs van Sneek" and Restless played on the very first edition of the Waldrock festival, which is now one of the biggest festivals in Holland. The first demo was chosen as "Demo of the week" on the national radioprogramm "Vara's Vuurwerk"(which unfortunately doesn't exist anymore). The two other demo's got good reviews too, but the band faced hard times when in this period Heavy Metal/Hard Rock was almost dead. This meant the end for the band which resulted in the band splitting up. Bass player Jan Siebe Veenstra and drummer Durk de Haan are now playing in a stoner rock band called Superbug. Since the band was featured ("Looking out for number 1" from their second demo) on the 3rd "Heavy metal Maniacs" compilation they did a reunion gig in april 2004 on the release party of the compilation album. In hardrock café "So What" in Ede (RIP) Restless played some own songs like "Robot man", "Looking out for number 1) and some covers from bands like Saxon and Black Sabbath.

(Stefan)

LINE UP:

Luitzen Boelens – vocals
Wierd Oosterloo – guitar
Robby de Vries – guitar
Jan Siebe Veenstra – bass
Ienke Frankes – drums


DISCOGRAPHY:

1988 Demo I
1988 Demo II
1991 Demo III
1993 Demo IV
2004 CDr including the first 2 demo's

MEMORABILIA

Cover of the 2004 selfpublished CDr


Picture of the band