Roger Peterson (musician)
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Roger Francis Peterson is an Aruban-Dutch musician. He is known as the lead vocalist for the former rock band Intwine
, which disbanded in October 2010. He also was a competitor on the first season of Dutch talent show Idols
.
-born father and a Curaçao
-born mother. He grew up in the area of Savaneta and San Nicolaas. He has an elder brother named Ryan.
At the age of six Peterson sang in a local church choir. He was fifteen years old when he drummed in a britpop
band called Moose and a nu metal
band named Lemonbong. With a fellow band member of Moose he started a new group named Alias, in which Peterson served as a vocalist. With Alias he performed at clubs well known on Aruba, such as The Cellar and Black Hog Saloon. Subsequently he met guitarist Martin Buitenweg, with whom he formed R&M. The duo performed at the Chaos Cafe and released an album titled The R&M Project in 2000. Four songs of the album were hits on Aruban radio and one of these songs topped the Aruban charts for seven weeks.
in early 2000 to study sociology
initially. However, he soon decided that he wanted to make a career in music and made himself get approved as a student at the Fontys Rockacademie of Tilburg
. There he met guitarist Jacob Streefkerk and bassist Edsel "Touché" Eusebius, who are both from the island of Sint Maarten. All three joined the roots reggae band Orange Grove, fronted by Michael Maidwell. Peterson served as the second vocalist for Orange Grove and performed with the group at several Dutch music venues and also on Sint Maarten. While they had their activities at Orange Grove, Peterson, Streefkerk and Eusebius decided to start their own band, and with fellow students Erwin Gielen (drums) and Kevin Hissink (guitar) they set up Intwine
.
, the Dutch spin-off of the Pop Idol
television series. Initially he qualified for the live shows, being one of the remaining ten finalists. However Peterson refused to sign the contract that required him for participating in the finals, because it prohibited him from recording his own songs and with his own band after the end of the series. Because of this Peterson was forced to withdraw from the show. But due to his performances in Idols Peterson had earned a lot of attention for himself as well as his band Intwine
and managed to sign the group at record label Dureco. Regarding the significance of Idols for Intwine, Peterson said: "The show has been a friend in court for us, but has also been a millstone around our necks. Idols invested a lot in our notoriety and we are grateful for that. However, people relate us with a show that didn't bring any good. Be honest: that show flopped."
. Also "Way Out" and "Get Outta My Head", which were spawned by the band's 2003 self-titled debut album
as well, hit the Top 40. In 2003 the band was nominated for the TMF
Awards and an Edison Award. In 2004, Intwine had their second top-ten hit with "Cruel Man", coming from their second album Perfect
. Perfect was awarded with the 3FM Award for best album of the year.
Hereafter, Intwine went through several line-up changes and altered it's musical course. The band released Pyrrhic Victory
in 2006, on which they sound darker and heavier than on their first two pop rock
-orientated albums. Pyrrhic Victory had poor sales, due to financial issues of Intwine's record label V2 Records
and the group's decreased notoriety.
In 2007, the band started to play The Rumshop Sessions, where they played acoustic sets in Caribbean styles such as reggae
, zouk
, cumbia
, bolero
and soca
.
In 2008 Intwine signed to German label Tiefdruck-Musik. The following year they released Kingdom of Contradiction
on which they re-recorded earlier songs in a style more similar to nu metal
. The album was their first international release and was received with positive reviews in European rock media.
As a result of their Rumshop Sessions concerts, Intwine released an EP titled The Original Acoustic Rumshop Sessions Vol I in June 2010. It appeared to be Intwine's final release, as the group disbanded in October 2010.
In 2011, a year after Intwine had split, Roger Peterson announced his new band "Roger Peterson Music", "Coming Soon".
Intwine
Intwine was a Dutch rock band formed by five students of the Tilburg Rockacademie in 2001.The band received nationwide notoriety in the Netherlands after lead singer Roger Peterson's participation in the Idols talent show in 2002. Subsequently, Intwine charted the Dutch Top 40 five times, with...
, which disbanded in October 2010. He also was a competitor on the first season of Dutch talent show Idols
Idols (Netherlands)
Idols is a television show on the Dutch television network RTL 4, which is part of the Idol series based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in the Netherlands....
.
Early life
Peterson was born in Savaneta to an ArubaAruba
Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...
-born father and a Curaçao
Curaçao
Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
-born mother. He grew up in the area of Savaneta and San Nicolaas. He has an elder brother named Ryan.
At the age of six Peterson sang in a local church choir. He was fifteen years old when he drummed in a britpop
Britpop
Britpop is a subgenre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Britpop emerged from the British independent music scene of the early 1990s and was characterised by bands influenced by British guitar pop music of the 1960s and 1970s...
band called Moose and a nu metal
Nu metal
Nu metal is a subgenre of heavy metal. It is a fusion genre which combines elements of heavy metal with other genres, including grunge and hip hop...
band named Lemonbong. With a fellow band member of Moose he started a new group named Alias, in which Peterson served as a vocalist. With Alias he performed at clubs well known on Aruba, such as The Cellar and Black Hog Saloon. Subsequently he met guitarist Martin Buitenweg, with whom he formed R&M. The duo performed at the Chaos Cafe and released an album titled The R&M Project in 2000. Four songs of the album were hits on Aruban radio and one of these songs topped the Aruban charts for seven weeks.
Rockacademie
After graduating at the Colegio Arubano Peterson moved to the NetherlandsNetherlands
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...
in early 2000 to study sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
initially. However, he soon decided that he wanted to make a career in music and made himself get approved as a student at the Fontys Rockacademie of Tilburg
Tilburg
Tilburg is a landlocked municipality and a city in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of Noord-Brabant.Tilburg municipality also includes the villages of Berkel-Enschot and Udenhout....
. There he met guitarist Jacob Streefkerk and bassist Edsel "Touché" Eusebius, who are both from the island of Sint Maarten. All three joined the roots reggae band Orange Grove, fronted by Michael Maidwell. Peterson served as the second vocalist for Orange Grove and performed with the group at several Dutch music venues and also on Sint Maarten. While they had their activities at Orange Grove, Peterson, Streefkerk and Eusebius decided to start their own band, and with fellow students Erwin Gielen (drums) and Kevin Hissink (guitar) they set up Intwine
Intwine
Intwine was a Dutch rock band formed by five students of the Tilburg Rockacademie in 2001.The band received nationwide notoriety in the Netherlands after lead singer Roger Peterson's participation in the Idols talent show in 2002. Subsequently, Intwine charted the Dutch Top 40 five times, with...
.
Idols
In 2002, Peterson was a participant on the first season of IdolsIdols (Netherlands)
Idols is a television show on the Dutch television network RTL 4, which is part of the Idol series based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in the Netherlands....
, the Dutch spin-off of the Pop Idol
Pop Idol
Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...
television series. Initially he qualified for the live shows, being one of the remaining ten finalists. However Peterson refused to sign the contract that required him for participating in the finals, because it prohibited him from recording his own songs and with his own band after the end of the series. Because of this Peterson was forced to withdraw from the show. But due to his performances in Idols Peterson had earned a lot of attention for himself as well as his band Intwine
Intwine
Intwine was a Dutch rock band formed by five students of the Tilburg Rockacademie in 2001.The band received nationwide notoriety in the Netherlands after lead singer Roger Peterson's participation in the Idols talent show in 2002. Subsequently, Intwine charted the Dutch Top 40 five times, with...
and managed to sign the group at record label Dureco. Regarding the significance of Idols for Intwine, Peterson said: "The show has been a friend in court for us, but has also been a millstone around our necks. Idols invested a lot in our notoriety and we are grateful for that. However, people relate us with a show that didn't bring any good. Be honest: that show flopped."
Intwine
Intwine's first single "Happy?" reached out for the third position in the Dutch Top 40Dutch Top 40
The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...
. Also "Way Out" and "Get Outta My Head", which were spawned by the band's 2003 self-titled debut album
Intwine (album)
Intwine is the first studio album by Dutch band Intwine. It was released on October 3, 2003 by Dureco.-Track listing:#"Way Out" – 4:34#"Raven Claw" – 3:29#"Let Me Be" – 3:44#"Sorry" – 3:29#"Hello Again" – 4:07#"Obituary" – 3:23#"Today" – 6:03...
as well, hit the Top 40. In 2003 the band was nominated for the TMF
TMF Nederland
TMF was a 24-hour music channel operated by Viacom International Media Networks in the Netherlands. The channel ceased operating on September 1, 2011. The channels operations were based in Amsterdam. The channel was previously known as TMF6 and TMF9 respectively.- History :TMF was launched on May...
Awards and an Edison Award. In 2004, Intwine had their second top-ten hit with "Cruel Man", coming from their second album Perfect
Perfect (album)
Perfect is the second studio album by Dutch band Intwine. It was released on September 27, 2004 by V2.-Track listing:#"Slow Down" – 3:25#"Beautiful" – 3:13#"Perfect" – 3:26#"Cruel Man" – 3:17#"You" – 4:52#"No Ones" – 4:31#"Dutty Step" – 3:58...
. Perfect was awarded with the 3FM Award for best album of the year.
Hereafter, Intwine went through several line-up changes and altered it's musical course. The band released Pyrrhic Victory
Pyrrhic Victory (album)
Pyrrhic Victory is the third studio album by Dutch band Intwine. It was released on October 9, 2006 by V2.-Track listing:#"Jack in a Box" – 4:57#"Solo" – 3:33#"Cut Me Loose" – 4:41#"Cookie Jar" – 3:55#"Feel It" – 3:04#"For Goodness Sake" – 5:09...
in 2006, on which they sound darker and heavier than on their first two pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
-orientated albums. Pyrrhic Victory had poor sales, due to financial issues of Intwine's record label V2 Records
V2 Records
V2 Records is a record label that is owned by Universal Music Group as of October 2007. The label was founded in 1996 by Richard Branson, five years after he sold Virgin Records to EMI....
and the group's decreased notoriety.
In 2007, the band started to play The Rumshop Sessions, where they played acoustic sets in Caribbean styles such as reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, zouk
Zouk
Zouk is a style of rhythmic music originating from the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe & Martinique. Zouk means "party" or "festival" in the local Antillean Creole of French, although the word originally referred to, and is still used to refer to, a popular dance, based on the Polish dance, the...
, cumbia
Cumbia
Cumbia is a music genre popular across Latin America. The cumbia originated in the Caribbean coast of Colombia, where it is associated with an eponymous dance and has since spread as far as Mexico and Argentina...
, bolero
Bolero
Bolero is a form of slow-tempo Latin music and its associated dance and song. There are Spanish and Cuban forms which are both significant and which have separate origins.The term is also used for some art music...
and soca
Soca music
Soca is a style of music from Trinidad and Tobago. Soca is a musical development of traditional Trinidadian calypso, through loans from the 1960s onwards from predominantly black popular music....
.
In 2008 Intwine signed to German label Tiefdruck-Musik. The following year they released Kingdom of Contradiction
Kingdom of Contradiction
Kingdom of Contradiction is the fourth studio album by Dutch band Intwine. It was released on August 14, 2009 by German record label Tiefdruck-Musik/Universal.-Track listing:All songs written by Intwine, except where noted.#"Cookie Jar" – 5:02...
on which they re-recorded earlier songs in a style more similar to nu metal
Nu metal
Nu metal is a subgenre of heavy metal. It is a fusion genre which combines elements of heavy metal with other genres, including grunge and hip hop...
. The album was their first international release and was received with positive reviews in European rock media.
As a result of their Rumshop Sessions concerts, Intwine released an EP titled The Original Acoustic Rumshop Sessions Vol I in June 2010. It appeared to be Intwine's final release, as the group disbanded in October 2010.
In 2011, a year after Intwine had split, Roger Peterson announced his new band "Roger Peterson Music", "Coming Soon".
Trivia
- As his major influences Peterson notices Chris CornellChris CornellChris Cornell is an American rock musician best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for Soundgarden and as the former lead vocalist for Audioslave. He is also known for his numerous solo works and soundtrack contributions since 1998...
, DeftonesDeftonesDeftones are an American alternative metal band from Sacramento, California, founded in 1988. The band consists of Chino Moreno , Stephen Carpenter , Chi Cheng , Frank Delgado , and Abe Cunningham . Currently Sergio Vega is standing in on bass while Cheng recovers from a car accident...
, ManáManáManá is a pop rock band from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, whose career has spanned more than three decades. They have earned three Grammy Awards, seven Latin Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards Latin America, five Premios Juventud awards, nine Billboard Latin Music Awards and 13 Premios Lo...
, The Tea PartyThe Tea PartyThe Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with blues, progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences, dubbed "Moroccan roll" by the media. Active throughout the 1990s up until 2005 when the band broke up, The Tea Party released eight albums on EMI Music Canada, selling 1.6 million records...
, A Perfect CircleA Perfect CircleA Perfect Circle is an American rock supergroup formed in 1999 by guitarist Billy Howerdel and Tool vocalist Maynard James Keenan. The original incarnation of the band also included Paz Lenchantin on bass, Troy Van Leeuwen on guitar, and Tim Alexander on drums...
and OzomatliOzomatliOzomatli is a seven to ten piece band playing primarily Latin, hip hop, and rock music, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles. They are known both for their vocal activist viewpoints and their wide array of musical styles - including salsa, jazz, funk, reggae, rap, and others.In a 2007 NPR interview, band...
. - At his appearances in IdolsIdols (Netherlands)Idols is a television show on the Dutch television network RTL 4, which is part of the Idol series based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in the Netherlands....
in 2002, he performed the songs "I'll Be" (Edwin McCainEdwin McCainEdwin McCain is an American singer-songwriter and musician.-Career:While his albums are released under his name, he does have a permanent band, referred to as the Edwin McCain Band...
), "Isn't She Lovely?" (Stevie WonderStevie WonderStevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
), "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)"Drops of Jupiter " is the title of a song written and recorded by American rock band Train. It was released in February 2001 as the lead single from their second album Drops of Jupiter . The song hit the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and also charting in the Top 40 for 29 weeks...
" (TrainTrain (band)Train is an American pop rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1994. The band currently comprises a core trio of Patrick Monahan , Jimmy Stafford and Scott Underwood ....
), and "OneOne (U2 song)"One" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the third track from their 1991 album Achtung Baby, and it was released as the record's third single in March 1992. It was recorded at three recording studios, Hansa Ton Studios, Elsinore, and Windmill Lane Studios...
" (U2U2U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
). - In 2007, he sang the song "Touch the Sun" at the Amsterdam ConcertgebouwConcertgebouwThe Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" literally translates into English as "concert building"...
, for the Carmen meets Carmen tribute concert.
Intwine
Studio albums:- IntwineIntwine (album)Intwine is the first studio album by Dutch band Intwine. It was released on October 3, 2003 by Dureco.-Track listing:#"Way Out" – 4:34#"Raven Claw" – 3:29#"Let Me Be" – 3:44#"Sorry" – 3:29#"Hello Again" – 4:07#"Obituary" – 3:23#"Today" – 6:03...
(Dureco, 2003) - PerfectPerfect (album)Perfect is the second studio album by Dutch band Intwine. It was released on September 27, 2004 by V2.-Track listing:#"Slow Down" – 3:25#"Beautiful" – 3:13#"Perfect" – 3:26#"Cruel Man" – 3:17#"You" – 4:52#"No Ones" – 4:31#"Dutty Step" – 3:58...
(V2V2 RecordsV2 Records is a record label that is owned by Universal Music Group as of October 2007. The label was founded in 1996 by Richard Branson, five years after he sold Virgin Records to EMI....
, 2004) - Pyrrhic VictoryPyrrhic Victory (album)Pyrrhic Victory is the third studio album by Dutch band Intwine. It was released on October 9, 2006 by V2.-Track listing:#"Jack in a Box" – 4:57#"Solo" – 3:33#"Cut Me Loose" – 4:41#"Cookie Jar" – 3:55#"Feel It" – 3:04#"For Goodness Sake" – 5:09...
(V2, 2006) - Kingdom of ContradictionKingdom of ContradictionKingdom of Contradiction is the fourth studio album by Dutch band Intwine. It was released on August 14, 2009 by German record label Tiefdruck-Musik/Universal.-Track listing:All songs written by Intwine, except where noted.#"Cookie Jar" – 5:02...
(Tiefdruck-Musik/UniversalUniversal Music GroupUniversal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
, 2009)
Collaborations
- "Can't You See" of The Color Between Black and White by Absent Minded (2006)
- "Deaf, Dumb and Blind" of II (Cilvaringz album)I is the debut album from Wu-Tang Clan-affiliated Dutch producer Cilvaringz.- Track listing :# "Poison Ring Chamber " [prod by Cilvaringz]# "Wu-Tang Martial Expert" [prod by Moongod Allah]# "The Weeping Tiger" feat Raekwon & Senna [prod by RZA]...
by CilvaringzCilvaringzTarik Azzougarh, better known as Cilvaringz, is a rapper, manager and hip hop producer associated with the Wu-Tang Clan.- Personal :Lives in Marrakech, Morocco...
(2007)