ArtistInfo

De Kreuners

Band, *1978 BE, Lier, Belgium
Rock and Pop

De Kreuners are a Flemish rock band established in 1978. They first received interest when they won the first Humo's Rock Rally in 1978, but didn't get a record contract. They self released their first three singles. They recorded their first single Nummer een in London. It became their first success. After these three singles, they signed with Warner Bros. and released in 1981 's Nachts kouder dan buiten. It sold 30,000 copies. By the time of their second album, 1982's Er sterft een beer in de taiga, they were one of Flanders' most successful bands, and the record became gold in two days time. In 1990 they switched to EMI and released their biggest success, the 1990 album Hier en nu, which sold 100,000 copies. The single Ik Wil Je has sold over 1 million copies (separate and on full CDs a

Members

	Walter Grootaers voc *1955 BE
	Boud Willemsen b
	Marc van Puyenbroeck b
	Marc Bonne dr, perc *1958 BE
	Berre Bergen b, voc 1962-2016 BE
	Jan Van Eyken g BE
	Ben Crabbé dr, voc *1962 BE
	Axl Peleman *1971 BE
	Erik Wauters g BE
	Luc Imants g
	Patrick Van Herck dr
	Joris Schelfhout