Roxette was a Swedish pop rock duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson (vocals and keyboards; died 9 December 2019) and Per Gessle (vocals and guitar). Formed in 1986, the duo became an international act in the late 1980s, when they released their breakthrough album Look Sharp! Their third album Joyride, which was released in 1991, became just as successful as its predecessor. Roxette went on to achieve nineteen UK Top 40 hits and several US Hot 100 hits .
Racoon is a Dutch pop-rock band founded in 1997 in Goes, Zeeland. Bart van der Weide (vocals) and Dennis Huige (guitar) were fed up with the sound of their hardcore rockband Vic'tem and decided to go acoustic. Their first writings resulted in a song called Rapid Eye Movement. For their first release, a demo called "It's an Ice Cream Day", Stefan de Kroon (bass) and Paul Bukkens (drums) completed the band's line-up.
The band made a breakthrough appearance at the 1999 Noorderslagfestival in Groningen, resulting in lots of record deal offers.
Brimstone Butterfly was founded in 1983. They are one of the first reggae bands in Friesland. In 1983 Brimstone Butterfly takes part in the 1st edition of De Kleine Prijs van Sneek and ends in 1st place together with A Cursed Fortress.
The group will have the opportunity to participate in the Grand Prix of the Netherlands but forget to register.
Brimstone Butterfly does get a lot of attention from the media and can be seen with Bram and Willem Ekkel or the Young Heroes of the VPRO. The group also performs at Veronica's Vara's Popkrant Countdown Cafe.
In 1985 the group's 1st single "Kali I Got Soul" was released. That same year, the group toured Ireland.
In 1986 the group changes its name to Brimstone. A second tour in Ireland follows and the group starts recording their first album.
In 1986 the LP "Come To Me" is released by Top Hole Records.
The group has now been expanded with a keyboard player.
In 1987 the second single with a cover of Captain & Tenille "Do that to me one more time" was released.
A year later the group releases an obade to footballer Ruud Gullit in the form of the single "Rudy Reggae". The group performs with the number in Los Vast of the NCRV. From 1992 on, little is heard from the group.
Band members of Brimstone are in Riddim X today.
John Lester Nash Jr. (born 19 August 1940) is an American pop singer best known for his 1972 hit I Can See Clearly Now.
Born in Houston, Texas, Nash began as a pop singer in the 1950s. He became famous for singing the theme song for The Mighty Hercules cartoon in the early 1960s (which song he also wrote). His biggest hits were the early reggae tunes Hold Me Tight, I Can See Clearly Now, and Stir It Up, written by Bob Marley prior to Marley's international success.
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