ALQUIN
Alquin is a Dutch group, founded in 1970 by Job Tarenskeen, Ronald Ottenhof and Dick Franssen, a Rythem & Blues-trio. They called themselves Treshold Fear then. They were very popular in the student-life in Delft. After Ferdinand Bakker, Hein Mars and Paul Westrate joined the band, they changed the name to Alquin, named after their rehearsal-place and student-society, Alcuin.
| The line-up: |
| Ferdinand Bakker: | vocals/guitars/piano/violin |
| Dick Franssen: | piano/organ/wurlitzer |
| Hein Mars: | bass guitar |
| Ronald Ottenhof: | sax/flute |
| Job Tarenskeen: | vocals/drums/percussion |
| Paul Westrate: | drums |
They got a record-contract with Polydor, and released the LP Marks in 1972. This record was followed in 1973 by The Mountain Queen.
In 1974, lead vocalist Michel van Dijk joins the group. Also, Job Tarenskeen replaces Paul Westrate on drums.
From now on, they play shorter rock-songs. In 1976, Hein Mars is replaced on bass by Rob ten Bokum and later by Jan Visser.
In 1977, during the explosion of punk, internal differences about the musical direction lead to the end of Alquin.
The album Crash is released as a review of their career.
Job Tarenskeen and Ferdinand Bakker form the New Wave group Meteors.
In 1996, there is a short reunion-tour, visiting several Dutch university-cities.
Alquin has been quite successfull, they were the support-act of The Who, had a European Tour and played at Pinkpop, the most important Dutch open-air festival.
