The dvd \"Speedfreak Manifesto\" is not just the regular average dvd from a rockband. You know, with just a live gig on it and some boring superfluous bonus crap.
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No, without exaggerating we can say \"Speedfreak Manifesto\" is a real documentary of the musical career of the band. Thatīs why we like to call it a dvdocumentary.
This dvdocumentary shows how a boyīs dream came true. How three guys from Eindhoven, Holland became the best live band from Europe and made sure that from then on everybody would all their town Eindhoven Rockcity.
Since their start somewhere around 1996 drummer Bart Nederhand and his two partners in crime evolved into this legendary live monster that overrule all other fellow bands in the rock genre.
Donīt believe that, huh? Well, go see it for yourself and check out the 150 minutes of beer, sweat, chicks, cars and speedrock. Itīs loud, mean, fast and dirty! Check it out and watch the trailer here!
The dvdocumentary takes us back to 1999, to the Dynamo Open Air festival. In the seven years that pass we see a band in action on numerous stages all over the globe. In Holland they play at festivals like Paaspop, Lowlands, Parkpop, Noorderslag, Pinkpop, Dauwpop, Waldrock, and Dynamo Open Air.
Abroad they hit the stage on Pukkelpop (Belgium), South By South West (USA), Roskilde (Denmark), Graspop (Belgium), North By North West (USA), With Full Force (Germany), Popkomm (Germany), Motorcross 24 heures Le Mans (France), Turbojugend Welttage (Germany) and much much more.
Not only do they cross the borders to enter and conquer Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Tjech Republic, Luxembourg, France, Denmark and Italy - no, they also fly several times to the USA and Canada for a tour lasting a few weeks. There are not many dutch rockbands who can say they achieved that!! If you like to get amazed, check out the following link to see the gig list from 2001 on.
Did we also tell you that all three bandmembers each individually were rewarded as ībest musicianī - voted by hundreds of their fellow dutch musicians? Best guitarist, best bass player and best drummer! And that the band won the prestigious Zilveren Harp Award so they had to perform two songs with the Dutch symphony orchestra The Metropole Orkest (they choose to play their two hardest and meanest songs for this!).
Okay, enough talking now! Itīs time to hit the fridge and couch: take a beer, put on the dvdocumentary and prepare yourself for an evening filled with loudmouth speedrock.