Gotcha! (band)

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Gotcha
Gotcha!
Origin Haarlem, The Netherlands
Genres
Years active1988 – now
Labels BMG-Ariola, BMG, FUNKFACE-BMG
Members
  • Rockattack Ten "E1 Ten" (Iwan van Amersfoord)
  • "Robadope" Ro Krom
Past membersRudiment Conga "RC" (Rudi de Graaff)

Bone (Erik Boon)
Homie (Martijn Bosman)
Nyjolene Grey
Vince the GogoPrince (Vincent Smeenk)
Joep da Dupe (Joep Smeenk)
Pooperman (Pieter Smeenk)
Arnold Smits
Kid Crash
Ireapeat (Pieter Both)
KoenFu (Koen Lommerse)
Pete Philly
Fabian Dech
Senna Gourdou
DJMC Dynamax
Janice Williams
Michael "Maikal X" Parkinson
Sweet Charles Sherrell
Michael "Clip" Payne
Lige Curry
Cordell "Boogie" Mosson
Mary Griffin
Marcel Schmidt
Mizza Hendrix
Piet van Steenis

Ivar Lelieveld

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Gotcha! is a Dutch funk band founded in 1989; their music, a mixture of sixties-trip-rock with funk and hip-hop, is influenced by George Clinton.

History

1989-1993

Gotcha! took part in national band contest de Grote Prijs van Nederland; they settled for bronze but were offered a record-contract. In 1991 they released their debut album Words and Music from the Lowlands included the singles "Da Ten Is Mightier Than the Sword" and "Mathilda the Wicked Witch". In 1992 they previewed new tracks on a radio and TV concert with 17-year-old rapper Michael Parkinson of later Postmen-fame standing in for Ten. The studio-versions of "Naked", "MTV-ling" and "Where Have You Been So Long" appeared in 1993 on GOTCHA! GOTCHA! GOTCHA!, but the rock 'n roll-lifestyle that the band bought into had taken its toll. Singer/guitarist Robadope Ro and rapper 'Rockattack Ten' staged a fistfight during a gig in France and the original line-up fell apart. Ro lived down his Gotcha!-years by DJing in Tokyo; upon his return to the Netherlands he joined freakcore-band De Raggende Manne  [ nl ] as a guitarist and songwriter. Drummer Martijn Bosman moved to Beeswamp in an attempt "to recapture that Gotcha!-vibe". Percussionist Rudi Conga performed with Hipbone Connection.

1995-1998

Gotcha! continued in a new line-up including guitarist Koen Fu. In 1995 they released Four: It! The Terra-P-Funk from Beyond Space (single: "Babies"). Ten left a year later to pursue a solo-career; he recorded two albums, toured with George Clinton and moved to London (although New York was his first option).

Ro, Bosman and Rudi reunited as founding members of Ro & Paradise Funk; they released two albums that found critical acclaim, but no commercial success. The band were forced to split when a hernia kept Ro grounded for a year. Bosman went on to play with upcoming-stars Ilse de Lange and Kane. Rudi spent the summer of '99 performing as a vocalist with the one-off band Kor en de Amigos at travelling-festival De Parade; he then took over Martijn's column-page in free music-monthly FRET.

2002-2005

The remaining members staged a comeback-tour and released a live-album as well as a Dutch-language-single ("Je Moet Je Bek Houwe", about the fine art of keeping your mouth shut). Nico 'Kid Crash' Noot shared rhymes with junior rappers De Moordgasten, the omitted MC Krimson and Osdorp Posse-frontman Def P. It became their biggest hit ever.[ citation needed ]

Meanwhile, departed members Koen Fu and I-Repeat found commercial success with their reggae-band Beef.

Ro, also a drummer and compere for De Grote Prijs, formed breakbeat-soulband OlaBola with Rudi and former RPF-organist Nico Brandsen. Their debut-single "Problems" was originally used in a TV commercial and secured them a string of festival dates. By early 2005 Ro fell out with Brandsen and OlaBola broke up. Rudi and Martijn appeared at the Pinkpop Festival as JunkieXL's touring musicians; they backed former Republica-singer Saffron among others.

2008-2019

In 2008 music-monthly OOR published an article on Gotcha! as part of a lookback on Dutch pop-music's 50-year history. A reunion of the original band was considered; Ro agreed but eventually quit the music-scene altogether. Thus members of both line-ups merged into Gotcha All Stars; they toured from 2009 till 2011.

The same year Rudi and I-Repeat formed Jah6  [ nl ], a reggae-band playing converted covers of classic Dutch-language songs by artists as Andre Hazes, Willy Alberti and Corry Konings  [ nl ] (the latter ending up on a re-recording of her own hit "Mooi Was Die Tijd"). They are planning a follow-up to their 2011 debut album. Members of Gotcha! and Jah6 also performed in Rudi's covers band The Graaffy.

In 2016, Dutch leading music website Maxazine.nl announced E1 Ten was leaving the band. In January 2019, E1 Ten finally released 'The Lovefunk', with the help of amongst others (ex-) Gotcha!-members Martijn Bosman, Michael Parkinson, Janice Williams and Rudi de Graaff.

Them Two

Robadope Ro & Rockattack Ten got together again in 2022. Getting back to their old way of working, like back in the days as they did with the Lowlands Crew. They decided to go on the road again as Them Two The Gotcha! Crew as DJ & MC combo supported by DJ Dirk Diggler.

After being invited to perform on the world's first multi-day festival entirely dedicated to vinyl culture, the Haarlem Vinyl Festival, they were ready to put out some new material in collaboration with Michael "Clip" Payne, Lige Curry & Tra'zae Clinton from Parliament Funkadelic.

The group decides to split up at the end of 2023.

Discography

YearTitleLabel
1991Words and Music from da Lowlands BMG/Ariola Blx
1993Gotcha! Gotcha! Gotcha!BMG/Ariola Blx
1997Four: It! The Terra P-Funk from Beyond SpaceBlue Funk
20025.2559551/2200Funkface [3] /BMG Nl
2003Live from the OldschoolFunkface/BMG Nl
2015Back to the MoonSounds Haarlem Likes Vinyl [4]
2023Gotcha! Gotcha! Gotcha! - 12"inch VinylSounds Haarlem Likes Vinyl [4]
2023Clap Ya Hands Motherfucker - 12"inch VinylSounds Haarlem Likes Vinyl [4]

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