ArtistInfo

Influenza

g, dr, perc, FR
Musician of Rock

Influenza was a dutch band from Amsterdam, that lived for a year in Paris (1968). The members of the band were (from left to right on the cover): Peng Øffe - drums, Clovis (he is French) - percussion (not on the record), Frans Lammerts - guitar, Dop Nansink - bassguitar and vocals (vocals on the B side), Dwight ... (forgot his last name) - guitar and vocals (only on Astral Plane). The songs are recorded in 1968. The song is written by Dwight ... and not by Nansink/Lammerts. The B side (Trick) was supposed to be the A side but Dwight (who was the roady at that time!) was playing a bit just for fun on acoustic guitar, a song he just wrote, and the producer and everybody else liked it so much that it was decided to make it the A side. That song was Astral Plane. Another funny thing is, on the record you hear a peep and then "can you hear anything?". That was not supposed to be on the record, it was the technician that opend the studio door (peep) and asked if the headphones were working (can you hear anything?). But, again, everybody liked it, so .....

Instruments

• Guitar
• Drums
• Percussion