within temptation

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Date of Birth	July 12th, 1974
Main instrument	Vocals
Other instruments	None
Other musical projects	None at this moment
Favorite Music	Arid, Tori Amos, Heather Nova, Type O Negative, Paradise Lost, Bjork, Alanis Morisette, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, A Perfect Circle, Ayreon, The Verve, Orphanage, Annie Lennox, Enigma, Him and Bob Marley
Favorite Movies	The X-men, Braveheart, Interview with the vampire, Dracula, Legends of the Fall, Sleepy Hollow, Grease, Dumb & Dumber and dancing with wolves (+ Ren and Stimpy)
Life besides music	My job (FTX men product management), my cat Humphrey, Badminton, painting, reading a lot of fantasy books, going to the movies and I love being outdoors and gardening
Most embarrassing gig	There haven't been any gigs I recall being very embarrassing...
Surprising facts	None
Robert Westerholt Date of Birth January 2nd, 1975 Main instrument Guitar Other instruments Keyboards and PC Other musical projects None Favorite Music Tori Amos: music and emotions on the highest level, Paradise Lost: With Gothic they convinced me of the power of melodic doommetal and good songs. I still love their albums, Rhapsody: great orchestrations and heavy metal, way over the top. I really enjoy their musical adventures, Iron Maiden: Godfathers of heavy metal; who doesn't have a record of them ? And much more bands (I would at least need an extra page...) Favorite Movies X-men, Braveheart, The Matrix Besides watching movies I am a fanatic fantasy-book reader. Unfortunately I often lack time for reading. Life besides music 5 days a week I'm the Human Resource Manager for a small but growing business, specialised in Credit Management Solutions. Most embarrassing gig I think it was a the gig in the 'Blokhut' in Rotterdam where beacause of a powerfaillure the keyboards were detuned with 3 notes. It gave a surprising effect when the whole band started the first song together. In fact it was so surprising that we all stopped playing to tune again and started the show for the second time... then it went well, nerve-wrecking! Surprising facts That we finally released our CD (even in the year 2000 !)     Jeroen van Veen Date of Birth October 26th, 1974 Main instrument Bass Other instruments Drums Other musical projects The JIM Generator Favorite Music Progressive-/Symphonic- and Guitarrock Favorite Movies American Beauty, Twelve Monkeys, American History X, The Usual Suspects, Fight Club, Leon, Tarantino movies, Monthy Python movies, Dogma movies and a lot of Sci-Fi and Horror movies Life besides music Webdesign Most embarrassing gig Bergen op Zoom - Boho, an audience singing Happy Birthday ( to me... ) Surprising facts None...man, I'm boring...     Ivar de Graaf Date of Birth August 20th, 1973 Main instrument Drums Other instruments Guitar, Bass, snakecharmer Other musical projects A 70's rock-coverband, a Glam Metal tribute-band, a prog-rock type band, an Avant-Garde band with Jeroen and Michiel (the J.I.M.Generator) Favorite Music Spock's Beard, Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Crosby Stills and Nash, Jethro Tull, Peter Gabriel, Pantera, Nik Kershaw, The Bass Vikings, Allan Holdsworth, a Perfect Circle and many others. Favorite Movies X-Men, Braindead, Sleepy Hollow, Pulp Fiction, Life of Brian, American Beauty, Fight Club, Apocalypse Now, Fargo, Godfather trilogy, Taxi Driver and many others. Life besides music Not much, occasional part-time jobs and some photo-manipulation. Other than that it's music all the way! Most embarrassing gig I used to play in an easy tune Jazz-combo and we got kicked of a camping where we played after only three songs. They really thought we sucked ass. I never saw an audience disappear so fast! Surprising facts I used to play guitar in a Folk-band, I floss three times a day, I sometimes jump naked in front of the bathroom mirror to see what myass looks like and I look awfull in drag. Tell us a good thing about you. Why do people love you? Ik ben een Paljas,sexy en ik onderschat mijzelf soms. (I'm a buffoon, sexy and I sometimes underestimate myself.) What's a bad thing about you? Ik ben lui en gierig. (I'm lazy and avaricious.) What do you feel when you walk onto the stage? Respectievelijk: geil, rook, warm en nog een keer geil. (Respectively: horny, smoke, warm and horny once again.) What's your favorite food? Quiche, Pasta, Spareribs, Chocoladebavarois en eigenlijk alles wat chocolade is. (Quiche, pasta, spareribs, chocolate bavarois and actually everything chocolate-like.) What's your most preferred way to escape from reality? Ik hoef niet aan de realiteit te ontsnappen. (I don't need to escape from reality.) Pick a scar and tell us the story. Op mijn duim. Vroeger stak ik nog wel ens plastic zakken in de brand en er was een stukje brandend plastic op mijn duim gevallen... (On my thumb. I used to burn plastic bags from time to time and a piece of burning plastic fell on my thumb...) What's a good step forward in gaining freedom? Bloot lopen. (Walking around naked.) Do you have any idols? Elvis, B.A. em Kierkegaard. Is life worth dying for and vica versa? Ja. (Yes.)     Michiel Papenhove Date of Birth June 1st, 1975 Main instrument Guitar Other instruments Drums, bass and keyboards (a little) Other musical projects Project LynchPIN, The JIM Generator. Favorite Music A lot... ranging from punk/hardcore to guitarrock... Some bands: Incubus, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Weezer, Jeff Buckley, Muse, Green Lizard, Satanic Surfers, Adhesive, Meshuggah Favorite Movies This is probably pretty sad, but have a look at the list Jeroen made up for this item and you kind of have my list. We have the same taste. We're so boring... Life besides music Mostly webprogramming Most embarrassing gig The one in Bospop this year. I wasn't there because I had to stay in bed ill... Surprising facts I'm a total computer/internetjunkie... So visit the Within Temptation Lair on the web and you might find me there...