Vandenberg was a Dutch

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...

 hard rock

Hard rock

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 band named after guitarist Ad "Adje" van den Berg (a.k.a. Adrian Vandenberg

Adrian Vandenberg

Adrian van den Berg is a Dutch rock guitarist, best known for his tenure as one of the guitarists in Whitesnake during their successful late 1980s period.-Early years:...

)

Career

In 1981, Van den Berg worked with vocalist Jos Veldhuizen, bassist

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 Griff "Studly" McGrath, and drummer

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 Bico De Gooijer in a band called Teaser. This line-up didn't last long, and Van den Berg then hired Bert Heerink (vocals), Dick Kemper (bass

Bass guitar

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), and Jos Zoomer (drum

Drum

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s). With this line-up, Teaser recorded a demo

Demo (music)

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 that landed onto the desk of pop

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-journalist

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 Kees Baars. Baars offered to manage

Management

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 the group, and contracted the band at Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

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 in the U.S.

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Their self-titled debut album

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 was recorded

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 at the former Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

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's guitarist

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 Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page

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's studio

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, Sol Studios

Sol Studios

Sol Studios is a recording studio located in Cookham, Berkshire, England. It was built in the early 1980s by Gus Dudgeon who subsequently sold it to Led Zeppelin guitarist and record producer Jimmy Page....

, and in 1983 their first single

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 "Burning Heart" reached #39 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100

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 charts

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. Vandenberg toured the U.S. as opening act for Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne

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 and KISS

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, and toured independently in Japan

Japan

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 in 1984. "Different Worlds" from the second album Heading For A Storm also did fairly well, but did not equal the success of "Burning Heart".

The band's third album Alibi was recorded in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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, produced

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 by Jaap Eggermont, manager of the Golden Earring

Golden Earring

Golden Earring are a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as the Golden Earrings . They had international chart success with the songs "Radar Love" in 1973, "Twilight Zone" in 1982, and "When the Lady Smiles" in 1984. In their home country, they had over 40 hits and made over 30 gold and...

. The album failed to hit the charts, and not long after, the band parted ways with lead singer Heerink. Demos with new lead singer Peter Struyk were not well received by Atlantic

Atlantic Records

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.

Around that time, Van den Berg (who often uses an Anglicized version of his Dutch name: Adrian Vandenberg) played as a guest soloist on a Whitesnake

Whitesnake

Whitesnake are an English rock band, founded in 1978 by David Coverdale after his departure from his previous band, Deep Purple. The band's early material has been compared by critics to Deep Purple, but by the mid 1980s they had moved to a more commercial hard rock style...

 album, and in 1987 Whitesnake vocalist David Coverdale

David Coverdale

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 asked him to join the band permanently. With the band Vandenberg amounting to nothing, the guitarist accepted the invitation.

The other members also started or joined other projects: Zoomer and Struyk joined Avalon

Avalon (band)

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, and Kemper started a new band, No Exqze. Bert Heerink joined Picture for their Marathon album.

In 2004 there was a reunion of Vandenberg, and they released a double CD

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 The Definitive Vandenberg, a compilation

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 of the band's best song

Song

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s and featuring a newly-recorded version of "Burning Heart". In January, 2005 the band released a DVD

DVD

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 with footage of a 1984 Tokyo

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 concert

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Albums

Year	Album	US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	Certification
1982	Vandenberg Vandenberg (album) Vandenberg is the debut album by the Dutch Hard Rock band Vandenberg, released in 1982 on Atco Records and reaching #1 on the American Billboard charts the album spawned one single: the power ballad "Burning Heart"....	65	-
1983	Heading For a Storm Heading For a Storm The album Heading For A Storm by the Dutch hard rock band Vandenberg was released in 1983 on Atco Records. The painting on the album cover is made by Adrian Vandenberg.- Track listing :# "Friday Night" - 3:37# "Welcome to the Club" - 3:30...	169	-
1985	Alibi Alibi (Vandenberg album) Alibi is the third studio album by Dutch hard rock band Vandenberg. It was released in 1985 on Atco Records.- Track listing :# "All the Way" – 3:50# "Pedal to the Metal" – 4:31# "Once in a Lifetime" – 3:54# "Voodoo" – 3:21...	-	-
1988	The Best of Vandenberg	-	-
2004	Different Worlds: The Definitive Vandenberg Different Worlds: The Definitive Vandenberg Different Worlds: The Definitive Vandenberg is a 2004 best of compilation album by the Dutch band Vandenberg on the Atco Records label. The first disc features all of the band's singles to date as well as one new track; a re-recorded version of their biggest hit Burning Heart entitled Burning Heart...	-	-