Sandy Coast was a beat/rock/pop band from Voorburg, The Netherlands, fronted by Hans Vermeulen. They were active between 1961 and 1974. There was a succesful reunion in 1980-1981 and a less succesful one in 1988.
Hans Vermeulen formed The Sandy Coast Skiffle Group in Voorburg in 1961, aged 14. With the name abbreviated to Sandy Coast the group got a recording contract with Negram in 1965. Their début single, 1965's 'Subject Of My Thoughts', failed to chart but is now regarded as an early 'Nederbeat' gem. Début album, And their name is... Sandy Coast (1967), featured a melodic brand of sixties beat, 1968's From The Workshop was a bluesy, psychedelic album, whereas Shipwreck (1969) was an ambitious concept album about a shipwreck in 1739. The biggest Sandy Coast chart hits of the 1960s were 'I See Your Face Again' (1968) and 'Capital Punishment' (1969), both of which hit #12 in the Dutch Top 40.
Style over time
Genres of the artist's albums over the years: the higher the line, the stronger the genre on that album
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Artists on air on the same radio stations and in the same genres
Sandy Coast members
Current members: Henk Smitskamp, Hans Vermeulen (guitar, lead vocals, piano), Hans Hollestelle (guitar), Onno Bevoort, Ron Westerbeek, Ton op ’t Hof, Charles Bersbergen, Jos de Jager, Hans Jansen
Former members: Jan Vermeulen
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On the radio
Stations that played Sandy Coast in the last 30 days
- 7×
GRUNN FM
Netherlands · Rock - 7×
Ruud Radio
Spain · Rock - 5×
Grunn FM
Netherlands · Rock - 5×
Bloom Radio
Spain · Rock - 4×
LX Classics
Netherlands · Rock - 4×
Best Oldies Radio 2 THC
Belgium · Pop - 4×
Radio Caroline 259 MP3 320
Netherlands · Classic Rock - 4×
Arrow
Netherlands · Hard Rock - 4×
Radio Monique 963 Gold
Netherlands - 4×
Happy Radio Monique 963 Gold on Ice
Netherlands - 4×
Roundandsound Radio
Netherlands · Rock - 4×
Radio 0511
Netherlands · Rock
