Intwine
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| Intwine | |
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| Origin | Tilburg, Netherlands |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Label(s) | V2 |
| Website | http://www.intwine.nl/ |
| Members | |
| Roger Peterson Jacob Streefkerk Touche Eusebius Rocheteau Mahuwallan Jon Symons |
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| Former members | |
| Kevin Hissink Erwin Gielen Ferdinand van Duuren |
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Intwine is a Dutch rockband with Latin influences. The band was formed in the autumn of 2002. The members met each other at the Fontys Rockacademy of Tilburg.
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[edit] Biography
In 2002 five members of the Fontys Rockacademy started the band Intwine.
Their first single Happy? was a big hit in the Netherlands and Belgium in 2003. Their debut album Intwine spawned three more singles: Way out, Get outta my head and Let me be. The band was nominated for the TMF Awards and for an Edison Award.
In 2004 the band composed and recorded the title song Cruel Man for the Dutch film The Preacher. Their second album Perfect became a success.
Intwine became known in other lands as well, such as in Turkey, where Cruel man got to number 1 in the charts.
In 2005 Intwine were nominated again for an Edison Award. Intwine also performed at the Pinkpop festival.
In 2006 the band wrote the title song Feel it for the film Nachtrit.
In 2007 Roger Peterson sang a song in Carmen meets Carmen.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Title | Date of release | Highest position | Number of weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intwine | 3-10-2003 | 17 | 21 |
| The pure session (dvd en cd) | 29-4-2004 | ||
| Perfect | 27-9-2004 | 18 | 28 |
| Pyrrhic Victory | 14-10-2006 | 43 | 4 |
- Their latest album is Pyrrhic Victory. There are no Caribbean influences any more, it is pure rock. The two new members have had influence on this album. Because of that it has more electrical influences.
[edit] Singles
| Title | Date of release | Highest position | Number of weeks | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy? | 3-2-2003 | 3 | 14 | |
| Way out | 30-6-2003 | 22 | 5 | |
| Get outta my head | 27-10-2003 | 32 | 5 | |
| Let me be | 24-3-2004 | tip | ||
| Cruel man | 19-8-2004 | 7 | 17 | soundtrack De Dominee |
| Slow down | 17-1-2005 | tip | ||
| You | 2005 | 38 | 2 | |
| Peace of mind | 2006 | tip | ||
| Feel it | 2006 | tip | soundtrack Nachtrit |
- In September 2007 a new single was expected. It should have been "Solo" from the album Pyrrhic Victory. It was also announced in August, but was postponed.
- In November 2007 Intwine released a new single "Chosen". It is co-produced with Brainpower and is the official soundtrack for the new game Assassin's Creed in the Benelux.
