Alamo Race Track
Background information
Origin	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genre(s)	Alternative rock
Years active	2001- present
Label(s)	Excelsior Recordings
Website	Official website
Members
David Corel Guy Bours Len Lucieer Ralph Mulder

Alamo Race Track is a rock band from Amsterdam. They have released two full-length albums. Their last album, Black Cat John Brown, was released on October 28, 2006. The title track of the album became a successful video on the popular site YouTube (view video). Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 741,329 (1 August 2006) Agglomeration - 1. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Alternative rock (also called alternative music[1] or simply alternative) is a genre of rock music that emerged in the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Excelsior Records is a record label based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rock and roll. ... Amsterdam Location Flag Country Netherlands Province North Holland Population 741,329 (1 August 2006) Agglomeration - 1. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

History

Early days (2001-2002)

When in 2001 the band Redivider loses keyboard player Diederik Nomden the remaining members decide to carry on. As they feel that Nomden’s departure affected the band’s sound they take on a new band name, Alamo Race Track. Under this name, David Corel, Guy Bours, Len Lucieer and Ralph Mulder start to record new demo tracks.

After supporting Daryll-Ann on a tour in early 2002, Excelsior Recordings signs the band. The following year the band plays numerous high profile shows, resulting in raving reviews from various Dutch magazines (amongst others 3voor12 and OOR). Daryll-Ann was a Dutch rock band stemming from Ermelo, a small rural village in the east of the Netherlands. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Excelsior Records is a record label based in Utrecht, the Netherlands. ...

Birds At Home (2003-2005)

After completing several side side projects, playing with Daryll-Ann and Bram Vermeulen, the four members reconvene in early 2003. Together with producer Frans Hagenaars the band records the tracks for their debut album, Birds At Home. Sessions take place in Hagenaars’ studio Sound Enterprise in Weesp. By June the album is completed. Daryll-Ann was a Dutch rock band stemming from Ermelo, a small rural village in the east of the Netherlands. ... Weesp (population: 17,843 in 2004) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ...

Birds At Home is released in the Netherlands on September 1, 2003. The album becomes a moderate succes in the Dutch pop music charts.

2003 is also a year with a lot of concerts. The band plays a number of prestigious festivals in the Netherlands such as Noorderslag, The Music in My Head and Lowlands. In addition to this Alamo Race Track visits Great Britain, playing at The City in Manchester and during the MusicWork showcase in Glasgow.

While playing at the South by South West festival in Austin, Texas the band is spotted by a representative of Fargo records. This meeting leads to a licensing deal for the French territory. Consecutively Birds At Home is released in France in early 2005. Following this the band tours France in June. Almost all shows on this tour are sold out. At this point the band's popularity in France exceeds that of their home country the Netherlands. Austin, may refer to: Austin, Texas Austin Flat, British Columbia Austin Heights, British Columbia Austin, Manitoba Austin, Minnesota Austin, Nevada Austin, Ontario Austin, Quebec Austin Subdivision No 1, British Columbia Austin Subdivision No 2, British Columbia Austin Powers, a fictional movie spy Herbert Austin, Sir Herbert Austin, founder of the... Official language(s) English (de facto) See also languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ...

Black Cat John Brown (2006-present)

In mid-2006 recordings for Black Cat John Brown start. Just as with the first album the band records in the SSE Studios with Hagenaars producing. Meanwhile a dressing room performance of the song Black Cat John Brown finds its way to popular video website YouTube. Within two weeks the song is viewed by more than 170.000 people. This succes translates in widespread media exposure in the Netherlands with items in the national news broadcast (NOS) and De Wereld Draait Door . YouTube is a popular free video sharing website which lets users upload, view, and share video clips. ... NOS may refer to: Network operating system, a kind of computer software Net outside sales Nokia OS, operating system software for Nokia mobile telephones Nitrous Oxide a gas used painkiller for surgeries and an automobile propellant. ...

When the album is released in October it is received well amongst press and record buying audience. There is a string of very positive reviews and the initial sales numbers are promising. Consecutively Black Cat John Brown reaches the number one spot in the Scherpe Rand Van Platenland, an important alternative music chart in the Netherlands.

In December the band tours as part of the Fine Fine Music tour. Together with labelmates Ghost Trucker, Spinvis, Do-The-Undo and El Pino & the Volunteers the band visits numerous venues in the Netherlands.

The band opens 2007 with a show at the Noorderslag festival in Groningen. In early january the band also records a video for the song Northern Territory (video). Groningen can refer to: A province of the Netherlands. ...

After the Noorderslag show on January 13th the rest of January and February are dedicated to touring abroad. Alamo Race Track plays at the De Nachten festival in Antwerp and follows this up with a three week streak of shows in France. This tour is a great success as almost all venues are sold out. In addition to this the band makes several performances in the French media.

Discography

Studio albums

Birds At Home (2003)

Black Cat John Brown (2006)

Links

• Free video of the entire Paradiso concert (04-12-2006)
• Listen to new album : Alamo Race Track - Black Cat John Brown