| Antillectual | |
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| Origin | Netherlands |
| Genres | Melodic hardcore Punk rock |
| Years active | 2000-present |
| Labels | 5FeetUnder Records Shield Recordings No Reason Records Rise Or Rust Records Infected Records Fond Of Life Records Youth Way Records Jump Start Records Angry Youth Records Square of Opposition Records Glory Days Of Youth Records |
| Website | antillectual.com |
| Members | |
| Willem Heijmans Tom Nieuwenhuis Riekus van Montfort |
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| Past members | |
| Bob van Hoorn Pieter Schreurs Falco van Hoorn Yvo Kouwenhoven |
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Antillectual often stylized as "antillectual" is a Dutch melodic hardcore/punk rock band.
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Antillectual is an actively touring punk rock band from Nijmegen / Eindhoven, the Netherlands
Antillectual started out as four-piece punk rock band in 2000. In 2001, bass player Pieter left the band and was replaced by Falco. With this line-up, they recorded their first demo. When Falco left the band 2003, the band decided not to replace him by a new member; Yvo dropped the guitar and became the new bass player. As a three-piece punk rock band, they released their first full length album Silencing Civilization on Angry Youth Records in 2005.[1] In 2006, Bob left the band and was replaced by Riekus van Montfort. Along with their second tour in the United States, they released the Waves 7", with songs from Silencing Civilization on Side A and a preview of their second album on Side B. Their second full length album Testimony was released in 2008 by seven independent record labels throughout Europe, The USA, Japan and Malaysia. Antillectual celebrated this release by touring relentlessly and playing No Idea Records Fest 7 in Gainesville, Florida. January 2010, bassist Yvo left the band to focus on his family, and was replaced by former Smash The Statues frontman Tom Nieuwenhuis. On November 2010, their third album "Start from scratch!" was released worldwide.