Group

The Motions

Dutch 60s band

From: Den Haag, Netherlands
Active: 1964–1970
Rating: ★ 5 (1 votes)
Releases: 14

garage rock
nederbeat
nederpop
psychedelic pop

About

The Motions were a Dutch band from The Hague founded in 1964 and active until 1970. The lead singer was Rudy Bennett, with Robbie van Leeuwen on guitar, Henk Smitskamp on bass guitar, and Sieb Warner on drums. They were the first Nederbeat band to achieve chart success.

Their single "Wasted Words" was their first major hit in the Netherlands in 1965. Other songs include "Why Don't You Take It", "There's No Place to Hide", "Every Step I Take" and "It's The Same Old Song".
Guitar player Robbie van Leeuwen went on to achieve international success as a founder of Shocking Blue, with their song "Venus" in particular.
Rudy Bennett also released successful records. He had solo hit with in 1967 with "How Can We Hang On to a Dream", another charted song with Galaxy-Lin in the mid-1970s, and then further success as the duo Bennet & Bee later in the early 1980s.

From The Motions (band) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.