Go Back to the Zoo

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Go Back to the Zoo
Go Back to the Zoo live op Op De Tôffel 2010
Go Back to the Zoo live at Op De Tôffel 2010
Background information
OriginNijmegen, the Netherlands
GenresRock, britpop[1]
Years active2008–2016
MembersCas Hieltjes
Teun Hieltjes
Lars Kroon
Bram Kniest

Go Back to the Zoo, also known as GBTTZ[2][3] was a Dutch pop rock band, formed in Nijmegen by brothers Cas (vocals) and Teun Hieltjes (guitar), and Bram Kniest (drum).

Biography[]

After they moved to Amsterdam, they met Lars Kroon (bass guitar) waiting in a queue for a concert by The Strokes.[4]

In 2008, the group self-released their eponymous debut EP. This record was produced by , lead singer of another Dutch rock band, De Staat. Their single ‘Beam Me Up’ was used by Nike for a worldwide campaign and after that, Go Back to the Zoo got signed to Universal Music and in May 2009 ‘Beam Me Up’ was released as their first official single. In December 2009 they released their second single ‘Electric’ with a video which features the bandmembers as musical transformers.

On Friday, August 13, 2010, Go Back To The Zoo released their debut album called Benny Blisto.

'Beam Me Up' was re-released in 2011, after it was used in the promotion video a new season of the TV series Californication

On April 6, 2012, Go Back to the Zoo released their second album, Shake A Wave. The album was produced by JB Meijers and . The release of the album was accompanied by a club tour through the Netherlands.

On Valentine's Day 2014 Go Back to the Zoo released their third album, ZOO. With charting at number 2 it was their highest charted record.

St. Tropez[]

On January 4, 2016 Go Back To The Zoo announced to stop after eight years. The band continued as and released their nameless debut album as this band in 2016. In St. Tropez bassplayer Kroon became the singer besides Hieltjes and the music of the band took a more radical approach in the direction of garage rock. In 2017 they released the four song EP ‘Debate’. In March 2018 the band released the single ‘Down’, followed by their second album in May along with a second single ‘I Got the Job’. This album continued stylistically the sound of the first album, though with a somewhat broader spectrum of sounds from soft sounding songs to more radical noisy compositions like the second single. As part of the promotion of this release the band has a one month pop up live venue in the Amstel Passage inside Amsterdam Central Station where they had their album release gig on the first day and the following days organise gigs and collaborative recording sessions with befriended acts such as Yuri Landman, , , , Lucky Fonz III, , , , Mozes and the Firstborn, and others for the rest of the month. A Dutch tour is planned in the summer of 2018.

Discography[]

Album title Release date Charting in the Dutch Album Top 100 Comments
Date of entry Highest Weeks
Benny Blisto 13-08-2010 21-08-2010 3 55 Gold
Shake a Wave 06-04-2012 14-04-2012 4 13 -
ZOO 14-02-2014 22-02-2014 2 4 -

Singles[]

Single Release year NL Weeks
Beam Me Up 2010 82 1
Electric 2010 15 11
Hey DJ 2010 67 2
I'm The Night (See You Later) 2010 - -
Smoking On The Balcony 2011 - -
What If [5] 2012 79 2
Charlene 2013 96 2

References[]

  1. ^ Fortuin, Fiona (February 26, 2010). "Go Back To The Zoo nog net geen leesclub". 3VOOR12. June 7, 2010.
  2. ^ Acronym Geek. "GBTTZ stands for Go Back To The Zoo: . June 7, 2010.
  3. ^ Van Oort, Bart (February 7, 2010). "Niet de minste acts op tiende editie Stukafest". 3VOOR12. June 7, 2010.
  4. ^ Ruys, Anneke (February 8, 2010). Interview met Go Back To The Zoo. Muziek.nl. June 7, 2010.
  5. ^ Visser, Menno (January 3, 2012). Go Back To The Zoo primeur: What If is 3voor12 Single van de Week Archived 2012-01-14 at the Wayback Machine January 3, 2012


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