The Spades

Band

Years active:: 1999 - 2009
Heritage:: Eindhoven
Genre(s):: Rock
Members:: Dennis Grotenhuis
Sander van Baalen
Vincent Koreman
Richard Nijhuis

The Spades

biography

Originating from the NWOERC (New Wave Of Eindhoven Rockcity) scene (second half of the nineties), The Spades are more dangerous, unpredictable and psychopathic than all their Eindhoven brothers and sisters. With their masterful debut album ‘Learning The Hard Way’ from 2002, re-released by Suburban Records in 2024, Denvis & co made it clear in one fell swoop (with or without a customized Spades brass knuckles) that we were dealing with a successful mix of Gang Green. , GG Allin, Iron Maiden and Bad Brains. While Rockcity brother Peter Pan Speedrock also allows influences from metal, rock and psychobilly, rock ‘n’ roll, country and hardcore, The Spades are musically much more hardliners: sleazy punk and garage rock with – for the observant listener – in the far distance a pinch of hard rock and heavy metal. This has led to classics such as ‘Gonna Get Some’, ‘Hit and Run’, ‘Ich Bin Wie Du’ (by Marianne Rosenberg), The Nerds cover ‘Beat Me’, ‘Friday Night Riot’ and Iron Maiden’s non-album classic ‘Sanctuary’. Don’t fuck with these guys.