Beef (band)
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Beef is a Dutch
band, formed out of an underground radio show called "The Chop Shop" in 1999.
While generally classified as reggae, their music is actually a combination of many different styles.
After the first full studio album, entitles Flexodus (Partners in Crime, 1999),
record company PIAS
picked up on the buzz, signed the band and had them record their self-titled 2nd album in England. Under productional leadership of singing legend Bitty McLean
, "Beef!" was created.
"Late Night Sessions", the first single from that album, reached out to an even bigger audience when airplay on radio and television took off.
2002 was the first year that the band was invited to the Nuit Tipique festival in Burkina Faso
. Later, in 2005, they were voted "the most popular foreign band to attend the festival in the last 10 years" by the festival visitors.
In the same year,
the band also won the prestigious "Zilveren Harp
" (Silver Harp) for their contribution and promise to the Dutch Pop Culture.
Michel Schoots (Urban Dance Squad
) was responsible for the production of their third album Last Rudy Standing (PIAS, 2005). He took the band into the ICP studios in Brussels and on a different musical path. This resulted in an album with singles like "Cashing the Money" and "Last Rudy Standing". The latter was used by Amnesty International
in their Control Arms campaign, in which the band took up the role as Ambassador.
2007 started with the recordings of a new studio album and a release of their live album Last Rudies Live – The Singles (the first release on their own label "Beef Foundation").
April 2008 brought us their latest album; The Original, an album where they had a lot more freedom and on which they expressed their own style more than ever before, as Pieter Both said on the popular Dutch TV show De Wereld Draait Door.
The Original gave us the popular remake of Krezip
's "I Would Stay" featuring their lead singer Jacqueline Govaert
.
April 20, 2009 is the release date for Beef’s celebration album Favorites. To close a periode of 10 years rockin’ the stages and delivering great albums, the bandmembers selected their favorite songs and added two recordings that were never released on CD before, to the tracklist. ("When Doves Cry" and "She Loves Me").
They’re currently on a 1 year sabbatical.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
band, formed out of an underground radio show called "The Chop Shop" in 1999.
While generally classified as reggae, their music is actually a combination of many different styles.
Biography/Discography/History
Their early recordings, released only on cassettes (the 1.1Gr.Fm Sessions), have become collector items. The same holds for the 10 inch EP release Babylon By Beef (Drunken Maria, 1999).After the first full studio album, entitles Flexodus (Partners in Crime, 1999),
record company PIAS
PIAS Recordings
[PIAS] Recordings is the recorded music division of the [PIAS] Entertainment Group, a European independent artist and label services company.The record labels that operate under the [PIAS] Recordings umbrella are: Play It Again Sam, Wall of Sound and Different Recordings.Aside from the three London...
picked up on the buzz, signed the band and had them record their self-titled 2nd album in England. Under productional leadership of singing legend Bitty McLean
Bitty McLean
Bitty McLean is a British/Jamaican reggae, lovers rock and ragga musician. He is best known for his three UK Top 10 hits in 1993 and 1994, including his debut offering "It Keeps Rainin' ".-Career:...
, "Beef!" was created.
"Late Night Sessions", the first single from that album, reached out to an even bigger audience when airplay on radio and television took off.
2002 was the first year that the band was invited to the Nuit Tipique festival in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...
. Later, in 2005, they were voted "the most popular foreign band to attend the festival in the last 10 years" by the festival visitors.
In the same year,
the band also won the prestigious "Zilveren Harp
Zilveren Harp
The Zilveren Harp is a Dutch award given annually to promising musical talent. The award is very prestigious and winners are chosen by a different jury each year...
" (Silver Harp) for their contribution and promise to the Dutch Pop Culture.
Michel Schoots (Urban Dance Squad
Urban Dance Squad
Urban Dance Squad was a Dutch rap rock band formed after what was originally intended as a one-time jam-session at a festival in Utrecht on December 20, 1986...
) was responsible for the production of their third album Last Rudy Standing (PIAS, 2005). He took the band into the ICP studios in Brussels and on a different musical path. This resulted in an album with singles like "Cashing the Money" and "Last Rudy Standing". The latter was used by Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
in their Control Arms campaign, in which the band took up the role as Ambassador.
2007 started with the recordings of a new studio album and a release of their live album Last Rudies Live – The Singles (the first release on their own label "Beef Foundation").
April 2008 brought us their latest album; The Original, an album where they had a lot more freedom and on which they expressed their own style more than ever before, as Pieter Both said on the popular Dutch TV show De Wereld Draait Door.
The Original gave us the popular remake of Krezip
Krezip
Krezip was a Dutch band from Tilburg, formed in 1997. It is notable for the band member's young ages during their original breakthrough. Since then, the band has had several successful albums and singles in the Benelux countries...
's "I Would Stay" featuring their lead singer Jacqueline Govaert
Jacqueline Govaert
Jacqueline Govaert is a Dutch singer, songwriter, and pianist. She is best known as the lead singer of Dutch band Krezip.After Krezip disbanded in 2009, Govaert started working on her solo career. She released her debut album Good Life in August 2010.-Musical career:Govaert wrote her first songs...
.
April 20, 2009 is the release date for Beef’s celebration album Favorites. To close a periode of 10 years rockin’ the stages and delivering great albums, the bandmembers selected their favorite songs and added two recordings that were never released on CD before, to the tracklist. ("When Doves Cry" and "She Loves Me").
They’re currently on a 1 year sabbatical.