Yellow Pearl (band)

Yellow Pearl is a Dutch band that started in 2003 and has had several hits. This pop/rock band consists of Emiel Pijnaker (vocals), Viktor Beekman (guitar), Robert E. James (keyboards), Sander Keuls (bass guitar) and Guzz Genser (drums). The latter has played in a wide variety of bands, of which "Herman Brood and His Wild Romance" is best known.

In 2006, Yellow Pearl recorded the album The Rebel in You with producer Stephen van Haestregt, drummer of the band Within Temptation, during which time their original lead guitarist, Myrddin Hoogenraad left the band. Several guitar players have joined Yellow Pearl since. Amongst them are Kevin Hunter, Pablo Minoli (of Venezuelan metal band Laberinto) and one of Holland's most talented guitar players Mark Beumers.

The band's biggest hits were "For you and Me" and "See You Again". "For you and Me" was an instant radio hit and was put on rotation on several playlists including 3FM. The song was featured on the CD Hitzone 27 which received the golden status in November 2004. "See you Again" was a top 10 hit in the Single Top 100. The band is one of the few acts that has performed twice in a sold out Paradiso (Amsterdam) (Dutch rock temple) within a 6 months period. First they opened for Thin Lizzy in spring 2006 and in November 2006 they had their debut album release concert in Paradiso. The band also performed on the television show Top of the Pops with the song "See you Again" in 2006. They hold the all-time record for most live performances on 3FM, the leading radio station in the Netherlands, with over 25 appearances in 4 years in 9 different shows. The first was in 2004 when DJ Rob Stenders invited them on to his morning show with their single "For you and Me".

They also played during Serious Request, editions 2006 and 2007. Their song "For you and Me" was included on the compilation CD of Arbeidsvitaminen (Work vitamins), a show by DJ Gerard Ekdom, a popular-music radio show of 3FM, which received a Guinness Book of World Records award for being the longest-lived nationally broadcast radio show in history^{[citation needed]}.

From 2008 till 2012, the band's singer, Emiel Pijnaker, wrote music for several movie projects.

During "Serious Request" of 3FM in 2011, 2012 and 2013, "For you and Me" was one of the most requested singles of Dutch bands.

As of April 2013 music of Yellow Pearl has been featured on over 350.000 sold disc units.

External links

• IMDB page
• Official MySpace page
• Official 3FM Top 1000 of the Zeroes Page
• Hitzone 27
• Golden Status Hitzone 27