as old member and manager of the Band Influenza, I placed the single online, we toke in studio OPaline in Paris indeed
@pengoffe
9 жыл бұрын
Influenza was a dutch band from Amsterdam, that lived for a year in Paris (1968). The members of the band were (from left to right on the cover): Peng Øffe (that's me) - drums, Clovis (he is French) - percussion (not on the record), Frans Lammerts - guitar, Dop Nansink - bassguitar and vocals (vocals on the B side), Dwight ... (forgot his last name) - guitar and vocals (only on Astral Plane). Pieter Voogt was the drummer before I joined the band. The songs are recorded in 1968, I was 17 at that time and had to have permission from my parents to play in France, because I was to young. The song is written by Dwight ... and not by Nansink/Lammerts. The B side (Trick) was supposed to be the A side but Dwight (who was the roady at that time!) was playing a bit just for fun on acoustic guitar, a song he just wrote, and the producer and everybody else liked it so much that we decided to make it the A side. That song was Astral Plane. We never played it before, the record was the first time. Another funny thing is, on the record you hear a peep and then "can you hear anything?". That was not supposed to be on the record, it was the technician that opend the studio door (peep) and asked if the headphones were working (can you hear anything?). But, again, everybody liked it, so .....
@dyvelsten
9 жыл бұрын
Cool! Thanks for the info!, is there more material recorded with "Influenza"? if there exist anything, soundclip or video please post it for us!
@pengoffe
9 жыл бұрын
***** I'm afraid this is the only record we made. We didn't had the succes with the single that we were hoping for, so a half year later the band split up.
@RudyCarrera
8 жыл бұрын
+Peng Øffe Please consider re-releasing this, even as a digital download. It's absolutely wonderful listening.
@pengoffe
8 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, I don't have the lyrics anymore, it's a long time ago. But if you listen carefully it's not so hard to get them from the record. Cheers, Peng
@RUXCKLENEITOR
8 жыл бұрын
+Peng Øffe i really enjoy your work
@DONCLOVIS1
6 жыл бұрын
WOW, HA HA GREAT, IM THE SECOND MAN ON LEFT, great memories, I was also the manager of the band,we been on tour in France, also in famous weknown club in Paris "GOLF DROUOT " Now Im known as "DON CLOVIS "
@Laurensnl
6 жыл бұрын
Great! Hebben jullie ooit een LP uitgebracht of enkel singels?
@merlinidlehands3302
4 жыл бұрын
you all HAD that SF sound DOWN! Merlin
@thomassmith8721
4 жыл бұрын
Don Clovis This is one incredible track. Top notch Dutch psych UITSTEKEND ! ! !
@RUXCKLENEITOR
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mr. Clovis, amazing work
@nikolaosmosxakis3395
3 жыл бұрын
very well old band..............................................
@UltimatePsych
13 жыл бұрын
so happy right now, this song in friggin amazing
@TheFunkyKingston
8 жыл бұрын
Hippy trippy psychy acidy...perfect!!!
@amorasilvestre3758
8 жыл бұрын
LI HO RITROVATI....FANTASTICI!!!!!!!!!!!!
@sergec47
5 жыл бұрын
Définitivement, l'influence du Rock des Early 70, de tous ces groupes émergents depuis l'invasion de la GB et celle des USA, je vois là l'influence donnée à des groupes Rock du début; Doors (USA) The Who (GB) Deep Purple (GB), Led Zeppelin (GB), etc.. et à un certain moment, l'influence du Rock de ces années avec la trame de cette pièce qui ressemble étrangement à la pièce CARRY ON, sur l'album de Crosby Still Nash & Young, surtout le complet de cette chanson... Enfin merci de nous l'avoir trouvé... :)
@mkaczmarcik
8 жыл бұрын
fantastic
@MrFoxKat
7 жыл бұрын
Definitely captured the mood last night, glad to see this on youtube, thanks. :)
@UltimatePsych
13 жыл бұрын
still lovin it
@29slam1
11 жыл бұрын
I love this band , psych folk at its best. Great loose vocal harmonic melodies
@SweetSmoke21
10 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, thanks :)
@Peskygee1
14 жыл бұрын
Man, you've got a killer record collection!
@marceaugenevieve3629
5 жыл бұрын
Planant! 😍
@m00n-Child96
8 жыл бұрын
surrealistic
@edirawan
11 жыл бұрын
a great mix
@Thejohnjackjoe
13 жыл бұрын
bravo... nice track... :)
@sunchilde68
13 жыл бұрын
sounds good man...
@frankierichardson1203
3 жыл бұрын
Very good
@gang6009
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah record the door opening, it'll be cool
@garygardiner3719
5 жыл бұрын
nice music :)
@astanfartin1647
7 жыл бұрын
nice
@frodon54110
13 жыл бұрын
@dyvelsten : The band was Dutch, he made some gigs in France. I only know that single.
@xxPASTAxxSOURCExx
7 жыл бұрын
this sounds like carry on crosby, stills, nash and young. l wonder if they heard this considering it came out before their effort
@frodon54110
13 жыл бұрын
This band included Frenchman named Christian DEPRETZ, nicknamed Clovis, who was secretary of French mod singer and sitar player (he made a LP under the pseudonym of LORD SITAR), SULLIVAN. Opaline was a sub label of CHANT DU MONDE and was led by Le Bourget Festival promoter Claude ROUSSEAU, on Opaline, there were too French band VOYAGE, Other members of INFLUENZE were Dop NANSIK (bs), Pieter VOUOT (ds) and Franz LAMMERTS (guitar). Clovis played sitar ? but don't hear sitar on it.
@pengoffe
4 жыл бұрын
francis G - I was the drummer on the record (the one on the left), Pieter left the band before they went to France. Clovis didn't play on the record. On life performances he played bongos sometimes, but never sitar.
@PintoPix
15 жыл бұрын
Man... how did you find these things?
@santallum
7 жыл бұрын
it's a good song .. but why does it have to come up after every song I listen to on facebook !?
@blackzeppelin6028
11 жыл бұрын
wow, i don´t wanna live in this earth, i wanna live travel on the universe. I wanna fly between constelations
@Chickenbone263
6 жыл бұрын
passes the peace pipe Be free
@randomcreep7741
3 жыл бұрын
why does every obscure hippy band have pretentious ass bullshit comments like this?
@feliciar2840
8 жыл бұрын
Can you put up the B side?
@pengoffe
8 жыл бұрын
+Dark meditation The B side is on You Tube, search for: Influenza Trick
@toneyisaiah8505
6 жыл бұрын
Don't go looking for group in your record store.
@johnrossini3594
7 жыл бұрын
great forgotten band too bad dutch bands were not more well known
@yonikeshet7629
5 жыл бұрын
Great song, too bad they only recorded a single and not a full album
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