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The Chameleons - Second Skin (Camden Palace 1985)

Live at the Camden Palace 1985.

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  Ed van der Elsken: My Amsterdam (1983) Part 1
  
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Stories from the Rainbow Warrior: Jailhouse Rockstar

In Episode 6 of our web series of Stories from the Rainbow Warrior, Paul Simonon, formerly of the Clash, joins a Greenpeace ship as a crewmember, c...

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Lou Reed & Metallica - Iced Honey (Later with Jools Holland)

Lou Reed & Metallica performing Iced Honey from their collaborative album 'Lulu' live on Later with Jools Holland 8th November 2011.

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KONG - Steam Truckin' (demo)

Demo recording for the forthcoming KONG album (early 2012).

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Kowalski - Zauberer - live (2)

Kowalski - Zauberer - Live 1984 in Munich

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  Schlagende Wetter ... Kowalski Nonstopafgang Uwe Fellensiek Hans Bäär (aka Maahn) Rüdiger Braune Elze LC)
  
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  El naufragio de los hombres - 8vo día
  
  Humans lost in the immensity of the horizon,
  
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El naufragio de los hombres - 7mo día

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El naufragio de los hombres - 7mo día

Humans lost in the immensity of the horizon,

enduring the inclemency of nature.

Away from all beliefs,

exposed to the erosion of time,

they vanis...

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  KillingJoke ESS dates
  
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  KONG (Amsterdam -NL) / Stockhouse - 013 Tilburg 23-01-2010
  
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Kong - Stockhouse (official video, full version)

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  David Bowie - I´m afraid of Americans (live)
  
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  NIN: "Cars" with Gary Numan, London 7.15.09 [HD]
  
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JK Roth - Auf einmal warst du da

The song 'Auf einmal warst du da' is about the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Two brothers, living on both sides of the wall, finally meet each...

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Shudder To Think "Nine Fingers" video

Shudder to Think (Craig Wedren, Nathan Larson, Adam Wade and Stuart Hill). Video directed by David Wain & Michael Patrick Jann

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KongFromAmsterdam uploaded 9 months ago

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KONG in the studio 1

Recording drums for new album.

KONG Studio - Amsterdam - April 2011.

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this drummer is at the wrong gig

The drummer is Steve Moore (The Mad Drummer) Check out his website at: http://www.themaddrummer.com

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About KONG heavy instrumental quadraphony

Amsterdam based band known for their unscrupulous musical style melding elements of heavy metal, progressive rock, electronica, and the avant-garde -- all of it backed up by extensive sampling and quirky sound effects. Adding to their unconventional approach, Kong's music is 99 percent instrumental, and performed quadraphonically, with each member of the group taking over a different corner of the venue for ideal sonic delivery.

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NEW ALBUM:
The new KONG album entitled "What It Seems Is What You Get" has been released in March 2009.
The album has been recorded in the KONG studio in Amsterdam and was mixed by former guitarist Dirk de Vries. Mastering was done by Attie Bauw.
Following the release KONG started touring again, loud and quadrafonically as ever.

BIOGRAPHY:
Experimental Dutch rockers Kong started out in 1988 as a side project for Amsterdam-based musicians Dirk DeVries (guitar, samples, programming), Aldo Sprenger (guitar), Mark Drillich (bass, programming), and Rob Smits (drums). Simply impossible to pigeonhole, their unscrupulous musical collage melds elements of heavy metal, progressive rock, electronica, and the avant-garde -- all of it backed up by extensive sampling and quirky sound effects. Adding to their unconventional approach, Kong's music is 99 percent instrumental, and conceived and performed quadraphonically, with each member of the group taking over a different corner of the venue for ideal sonic delivery. Signing with Peaceville Records, Kong debuted with 1990's Mutepoetvocalizer, then began to tour regularly all across Europe, drawing widespread praise from in-the-know critics and building a selective but dedicated fan base among those capable of grasping the group's bizarrely beautiful sonic architecture. 1992's Phlegm and 1995's Push Comes to Shove carried on in much the same direction (if that term can even be applied here), but the convoluted recording of the latter drove a creative wedge between the band's musicians, leading to the departure of both Sprenger and Smits. They were eventually replaced by guitarist Marieke Verdonk and drummer Rob Snijders, respectively, and after inking a new deal with Roadrunner Records, Kong moved into the next phase of their career. Relinquishing some of the excessively over-bearing elements of their sound, they sought to pursue a more fluid, even lighthearted approach with 1997's Earmined. Snijders departed at this time (going on to join stoned rockers Celestial Season) and was replaced by drummer Klaas Broekema for 1999's similarly styled Freakcontrol opus. The following year, Kong decided to embark on an open-ended sabbatical so that its members could explore other interests, and original label Peaceville took advantage of this period of silence to release 2001's self-explanatory Best of Kong: 1988-1995 retrospective.
© Ed Rivadavia, Allmusic.com

After 7 years of silence KONG is back. In 2007 bassist Mark Drillich revived the band. Guitarist Tijs Keverkamp was the first to join, followed a few months later by drummer Mandy Hopman. As a trio they've been working on new material which resulted in a three song demo. Soon a fourth member has been found in the person of guitarist David Kox.

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