Maarten Luysterburg was best known as Ploegbaas, drummer in Dutch extreme metallers Brutus, or under the alias of Der Knüppelmeister. Prior to the band Brutus Maarten Luysterburg played with Sick Human Art, The Mess Age and Goddess Of Desire.
On Tuesday, October 24, 2006 Maarten Luysterburg tragically took his own life afterlongtime depressions.