Cenobites

Line-up: Cenobites was founded January 1994 as a trio consisting of Alien – guitar and singer, Horrible Hak – double bass and Creepy Kiel – drums. But like with all bands this line-up did not last very long. So bassplayer and guitarists came and went until P.G. Vogeli joined them in the summer of ’95 and guitarplayers Jeff and Michell in ’99. Because Alien did not just play guitar but also was the singer, they had to find a replacement on vocals as well. They found the right guy in Dimitri. With this line-up they built up their current reputation. Just before the recent tour in Germany (2002) Jeff and Michel were replaced with Wally. So it was four of a kind until Kiel also left the band after ten years. A new drummer is found in the world famous Rudy Röss. Style: Cenobites was influenced by fifties rock’n’roll, punkrock and raw psychobillybands, like Demented are Go, Motorhead, Exploited and Elvis. Over the years they developed their self-proclaimed ‘cenodemonicsounds’. Shows: Cenobites did a very respectable number of shows over the years in the Netherlands as well as internationally. Some of the highlights are: twice at the Callella summer meeting, the 9th big rumble in Great Yarmouth and Demons of the swamp in Rennes. They also have been touring in Brazil three times did a tour in Germany during the holidays of December 2002 and played the Wreckers Ball in L.A. in 2004. They played with acts like: Demented are Go, Mad Sin, Peter Pan Speedrock, U.S. Bombs, New Bomb Turks and many others.