Biography
Menires are a psychedelic rock band from the Netherlands. The current line-up is Drikus Roor (Also known as Drieck) with vocals and guitar, Steef Burghouts on guitar, Frank Folsche on bass and Robert Zomers with vocals and drums. The line-up has been like this since 2006. They released their first EP, Blurry visions, in the summer of 2007. There are rumours there first album will be released in the late summer of 2009. All Menires (its the plural of Menire) have their roots in Veenendaal. They rehearse there and their first gig’s were played in the local clubs.
Menires play mainly songs which are written by Drikus Roor. Some covers like “sniff some glue” and “here comes you’re man” belong to their regular playlist among some others. Menires are inspired by artists like; The Beatles, the Byrds The Pixies, The Doors, David Crosby, early Pink Floyd, Lou Reed and many other music legends.
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In 2010 they officially split because they choose to pursue a college education instead of a rock and roll life. Drikus still records as a solo artist as 'Drieck' and some of the members and their friends occasionally play in 'Snorren, Baarden en andere Haren Kollektief'' Drikus and Robert also made one hit called 'Emiel is jarig vandaag' as Roor&Zomers.
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