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Active

1960s - 2010s

Formed

1969 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Genre

Pop/Rock

Styles

Art Rock Prog-Rock Contemporary Pop/Rock

Group Members

Jan Akkerman Thijs van Leer Bobby Jacobs Bert Ruiter Pierre van der Linden Steve Smith Colin Allen Cyril Havermanns David Kemper Eef Albers Hans Eric Cleuver Martin Dresden Phil Dunne Philip Catherine
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Biography by Jason Ankeny

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Dutch prog rockers, led by Thijs van Leer, who surprisingly hit it big in 1972 with their instrumental single "Hocus Pocus."
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