Mr. Review
Encyclopedia
Mr. Review is a Dutch
ska
revival band, formed by Roel Ording and Arne Visser in 1983 in Amsterdam
. They were active from 1983 to 1998, when the band officially dissolved. Three years later the band was reformed and has remained active until present.
Drummer Roel Ording and guitarist Arne Visser had been in a band before, when they met singer Dr. Rude. They soon found a keyboardist and a saxophone player. Arne Visser was always the main songwriter. Concerts in local pubs were followed by a contract at Unicorn Records in London, which released the album Walking Down Brentford Road was released. Brentford Road is the address of Jamaica
's Studio One, where many ska and reggae
legends recorded songs. The band travelled to perform at many festivals in Europe. In 1994, they recorded their second album, Lock, Stock and Barrel. In 1995, their live album Keep The Fire Burning followed. After the band stopped playing together, Arne Visser and Dr. Rude continued in a new band called Rude & Visser.
In 2009, the name Rude & Visser was switched back to Mr. Review. In November 2010, Mr. Review released a new album XXV.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
revival band, formed by Roel Ording and Arne Visser in 1983 in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
. They were active from 1983 to 1998, when the band officially dissolved. Three years later the band was reformed and has remained active until present.
Drummer Roel Ording and guitarist Arne Visser had been in a band before, when they met singer Dr. Rude. They soon found a keyboardist and a saxophone player. Arne Visser was always the main songwriter. Concerts in local pubs were followed by a contract at Unicorn Records in London, which released the album Walking Down Brentford Road was released. Brentford Road is the address of Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
's Studio One, where many ska and reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
legends recorded songs. The band travelled to perform at many festivals in Europe. In 1994, they recorded their second album, Lock, Stock and Barrel. In 1995, their live album Keep The Fire Burning followed. After the band stopped playing together, Arne Visser and Dr. Rude continued in a new band called Rude & Visser.
In 2009, the name Rude & Visser was switched back to Mr. Review. In November 2010, Mr. Review released a new album XXV.
Discography
- 1989: Walkin' Down Brentford Road - Studio album (Unicorn Records/Grover Rec.)
- 1994: Lock, Stock & Barrel - Studio album (Grover Rec.)
- 1995: The street where I'm living - Single (Grover Rec.)
- 1995: Keep the fire burning - Live album (Grover Rec.)
- 1998: One Way Ticket to Skaville - Best-of compilation (Moon Records)
- 2002: Red Rum - as Rude & Visser
- 2010: XXV