(2000 – 2003)
Meaning bandname: named after Argentinian footballplayer Mario Kempes.
Bio: Start as Black Fag in 1999 by Dik and Jurgen. After some memberchanges the name becomes Kempes. The demo is recorded at the Vera Club in the summer of 1999 when they were still called Black Fag.
Lyrics: everything
Description: Three double barrelled guitar-bass-drums noisepunkhammertrashrockmonster
Lineup:
Dik Smid – guitar
Martin de Ruiter – drums
Taede Jagersma – guitar
Jurgen Veenstra – vocals
Peter de Boer – bass
Other bands:
Dik Smid – Dolly Dorst, Hockeyrockjes, Moonlizards, Thud!, Sid’s Overdose, Black Fag, Stanza8, Indifferent Sun, Spooken, Mad Wizard, The Madleys, Røtzøløs, Rock And Roll Perverts, Evilcentric
Peter de Boer – Skelter, Black Fag, The Drugs, Bob Sleigh And The Family Snow, Helzaboppin’, Idi Amin’s Theater Van De Lach, Punk Rock Heavy Metal Karaoke Band
Martin de Ruiter – Gravediggers, Blue Band, Black Fag, T-99, The Hot Pockets, The Wild Berrys
Taede Jagersma – Mobile, Mad Engine, Boogie Chillers, Hellzaboppin’, The Drugs, Scrap Metal Taxi, Captain Nemo, Athletic Pooha, Rok’n Ugh!, Sandfly
Jurgen Veenstra – Moonlizards, Kempes, Sid’s Overdose, Thud!, Avery Plains, Bob Sleigh And The Family Snow, Chuck Stars, Erectromorph, The Union Of Concerned Mothers, Moan
Discography:
2001 – Kempes CDr (Selfreleased, NL) (recorded as Black Fag)
2002 – God’s Clay 10” (Hellworm, NL)
Various:
2004 – De Slag Van Groverpop 2004 CD (Platex Records, NL)
Concerts: (assorted)
2001.03.03 Vera Downstage, Groningen
2001.05.25 O.R.K.Z., Groningen (+ Mindføk, Shikari)
2002.03.15 Vera, Groningen (+ Meindert Talma, Moonlizards, Whipster) (Herdenking Jan Heddema)
2002.11.07 Vera, Groningen
2003.05.15 Simplon, Groningen (+ Shikari, Athletic Pooha, Pooier 666)
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