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Inspired by the fact that the band attended gigs from The Moody Blues and King Crimson in London. This unsurpassed 'prehistoric sampler' became a pivotal part of the legendary early Seventies Earth & Fire sound, In 1970 Ton van der Kleij replaced drummer Cees Kalis, and in 1971 Earth & Fire decided to turn into professionals, and keyboard player Gerard bought a Mellotron. Seasons, Ruby Is The One and Wild And Exciting, a blend of rock, pop and psychedelica, all reached the Dutch Single In 19 Earth & Fire had huge success with the singles 'Lisette' was replaced by Jerney Kaagman,Ī discovery from Golden Earring singer Barry Hay. The female singer Manuela 'Lisette' BerlothĬompleted Earth & Fire, but due to a severe eye disease she had to leave. The name was changed into Earth & Fire, becauseĪstrologically Chris and Gerard are 'Earth', and Hans and Cees 'Fire'. Gainfull, one year drummer Cees Kalis joined the band. In 1967 the twins Chris (guitar) and Gerard (keyboards) and bass player Hans Ziech founded the formation Opus The 50th anniversary of a legendary Dutch symphonic rock album. : : : Erik Neuteboom, The NETHERLANDS : : :įan & official Prog Archives collaborator By the way, she has been married for almost 30 years with Bert Ruiter, former bass player from FOCUS.! The one moment you hear a mellow organ, twanging acoustic guitars and a fairy-like voice from Jerney, the other moment there are bombastic eruptions with majestic Mellotron, heavy floods of organ and some fiery electric guitar work, topped by the powerful voice of Jerney. The epic title tracks from both albums (between 16 and 19 minutes) are recommended: the sound is very warm and melodic with lots of changing atmospheres, accelerations and surprising breaks.

The albums 'Song of the Marching Children' and 'Atlantis' belong to the best of the Dutch progrock history. Also the albums in that era sold very well and gained worldwide recognition: 'Songs of the Marching Children' ('71, reaching #12), 'Atlantis' ('73, reaching #6) and 'To the World of the Future' ('75, reaching #7) are considered as 'progrock classics', especially in Japan EARTH & FIRE is even more popular than FOCUS! Gradually their sound turned into more poppy, culminating into the success of the very commercial song Weekend, reaching #1 and remaining 13 weeks in the charts! Also the following albums 'Gate to Infinity' ('77), Reality Fills Fantasy' ('79, reaching #2)), 'Andromeda Girl' ('81, reaching #12)) and 'In a State of Flux' '82) lost most of the symhonic ingredients. And EARTH & FIRE remained successful with their single releases, the Mellotron drenched 'Storm and Thunder' ('72, #6), 'Memories' ('72, #1), 'Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Tonight' ('73, #3) and 'Love of Life' ('74, #2) all reached the Dutch Top 10. Eventually they developed a very unique progrock style (a bit similar to the French progrock band SANDROSE and UK band JULIAN'S TREATMENT featuring lots of organ, Mellotron, strong and sensitive electric guitar and distinctive vocals from Jerney Kaagman. Gerard Koerts bought a Mellotron, this instrument changed the Dutch progrock history because EARTH AND FIRE used it for a more lush symphonic keyboard sound. When EARTH AND FIRE had a hugh success with three Sixties poprock oriented singles 'Seasons', 'Ruby is the one' and 'Wild and exciting' (in '70 all reached the Dutch Top 5), the band decided to become professionals. She was a discovery by GOLDEN EARRING singer Barry Hay, they knew each other from the blossoming rock scene in The Hague. They were replaced by Ton v/d Kley and the beautiful, very sexy Jerney Kaagman. Unfortunately Lisette had to give up singing because of a serious eye-disease and Kees Kalis left. Soon bass player Hans Ziech, drummer Kees Kalis and singer Lisette joined them. EARTH AND FIRE was founded by the twin brothers Chris (guitar) and Gerard (keyboards) Koerts in '68. This top notch had their pinnacle during the early Seventies when they delivered some outstanding 24 carat symphonic rock albums. Founded in The Hague, Netherlands in 1968 - Hiatus between 1983-1987 - Disbanded in 1990

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