Nieuwe drummer voor Antillectual

After forming antillectual, 6 years of being in a band together, having shitloads of fun in studios and vans, bob has decided to quit drumming for antillectual. even though it is not a complete shock coming out of the blue, the last year he has been focusing on his study, it was an important and heavy decision to make. below you can read the statement bob has given: "hi everyone, bob here. after a good talk yesterday with willem and yvo i've decided to leave antillectual. it was a hard decision but with a busy next year coming up i'm just not able anymore to just pack my stuff and go on tour. cause that's what being in antillectual is all about, playing as many shows as possible. i think we all agree on that. so after a nice talk yesterday i decided that it would be a good time to step out now instead being on tour and suddenly realize it isn't working out. so i'm sorry, no fights or whatever just a good talk. it could've saved metallica a lot of money! but enough lame jokes... i want to thank willem and yvo for just everything, irina angry & peter youth, suzette, riekus for filling in for me. and everybody else that i've ever met/played with. i also wish suzette and yvo all the best and happiness with their own angry youth. this is it. i'm signing out. thanks everyone for the last 6 years. toedeloe!" (july 16, 2006) well, there you go ... we want to thank bob enormously for everything he has done for the band. for all the time and energy he has put in the band and for putting up with us. there's no way we can thank him enough though. as said, no hard feelings, pressure or arguments influenced his decision. neither do we condemn it. this is the best for both bob and antillectual. we wish him all the best for the future and his work as a sound engineer. if you want to send him a message you can do so through bob@antillectual.com, beware: do not disturb him during dinner. fortunately enough, antillectual will not be stuck without a drummer. a logical next step seemed to be asking riekus, the replacement drummer for bob, if he wanted to join the band for real. and he wanted to! so we can also introduce our new drummer right away: riekus. also famous from bands like brandnewday, stars overnight, straight a's and almost every band coming out of friesland. he already played around 30 shows with us replacing bob the last months. we're extremely happy he's willing to replace him permanently. Check our website www.antillectual.com for more info on him. we're somewhere in between sadness of bob leaving the band and excitement of having riekus as his replacement. fact of the matter is though, that we're still as strong as ever and more ready to conquer shit than ever. we'll be on a summer break playing shows, but we will actually be writing new songs this summer and hopefully playing a lot of them in the new season. got shows? keep 'em comin'! expect new releases in the future for sure. releases? schmeleases! since february 2006 we’ve been touring across europe quite a lot. at least every month we crossed the border (fuck’em!). we’ve played awesome shows in the u.k., belgium, luxembourg, france, italy, austria, slovenia and our own humble little country. thanks to etjen from “just like your mum-toursupport” joni from annie mae bookings and the dutch pop institute for their toursupport. yes, pop. several “tour reports” including “pictures” can be found on our website www.antillectual.com furthermore: being three years late with every hype, we put some new songs on our purevolume and myspace sites. www.purevolume.com/antillectual the merchandise at our site is still available, even though we’re running out on some models here and there. c.d.’s still in stock. more than enough, more ... mail for information if you want to order stuff. if stuff is gone, new stuff will be in soon though. and even some new designs at that. available at the merchandise section as well, the samplers we received the last months. we’re still waiting for the triebwerk sampler from austria, but that one will be in soon as well. also; we want to thank everyone that showed up at the show we played at the valkhof affaire in nijmegen. it was a blast playing at such a big festival in front of so much people appreciating what we do. thanks! you can read a nice review of the show at 3 voor 12. http://3voor12lokaal.vpro.nl/magazines/news/index.jsp?portals=18019&magazines=18020&news=370248 Some other sites you might want to check: www.typewirterdistro.org, www.angryyouth.nl, www.anniemaebookings.com, and check our site for reviews, interviews, pictures, music, shows and what not: www.antillectual.com. as mentioned above: riekus’ fresh blood inspired us even more. we want to record new songs and go to new places. so, like before: we’re looking for shows, always! upcoming shows, no shit: 1 october 2006 winterswijk eucalypta/de kelder w/ point at others, q.q.47, murk (bel.) 17, 18, 19 november 2006 belgium, france t.b.c. 15, 16, 17 december 2006 germany t.b.c. 3 – 14 january 2007 europe t.b.c. seriously, keep 'em comin'! thanks, you made it, friends ‘til the end!