Kayak

Kayak - Dutch progressive rock band

Group from Netherlands

Genres: art rock, crossover prog, pop rock, progressive pop, progressive rock, rock, rock opera, symphonic prog

Kayak

About Kayak

There are four bands with the name Kayak. 1. Kayak is a legendary Dutch progressive rock band, mostly known during the 1970’s. Formed from the ashes of the group High Tide Formation (who released only one single before disbanding), the early sound was typified by the contrasting songwriting styles of keyboardist Ton Scherpenzeel and drummer Pim Koopman, as well as the distinctive vocals of Max Werner. The band saw an increasing streamlining of their songwriting, as well as greater commercial fortunes, over the years, hitting their peak of popularity with the smash success of their single “Ruthless queen”, a sizable European hit from their 1979 album, Phantom Of The Night. Kayak disbanded in 1981, after their semi-conceptual Merlin and subsequent live album Eyewitness. Ton Scherpenzeel subsequently joined progressive rock legends Camel and contributed to their 1984 album Stationary Traveller, as well as to 1999's Rajaz. Kayak reunited in 2000, releasing one of their best albums yet: Close to the Fire, with a guest appearance of Andrew Latimer of Camel. Being active ever since, Kayak released two further conceptual opuses: Merlin: Bard of the Unseen (an elaboration of their 1981 album) and Nostradamus: The Fate of Man. In 2007 the band released the live CD KAYAKoustic, to return in 2008 with a new studio album called Coming Up For Air. The coinciding tour celebrated their 35th Anniversary. Current line up: Ton Scherpenzeel (keyboards) Pim Koopman (drums) Edward Reekers (voc) Cindy Oudshoorn (voc) Joost Vergoossen (guitr) Rob Vunderink (voc, guitr) and Jan van Olffen (bass). On 23 November 2009, drummer Pim Koopman unexpectedly died of sudden heart faillure...all concerts were cancelled for the remainder of 2009 and for 2010 2. Hardcore/metal band from Moscow, Russia consisting of The Price of One Day ex-members. 3. Kayak is a new electronic artist from Zig-Zag Records 4. Ayong, the drummer of Chinese post-rock band 48V, produces electronic music using the name kayak (styled in lower case).

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Kayak — Top 30 songs of 123

Artist Song title Like / Dislike
Kayak A Million Years
Kayak Phantom Of The Night
Kayak Ruthless Queen
Kayak Mammoth
Kayak Ruthless Queen
Kayak Starlight Dancer
Kayak Do You Care
Kayak Chance for a Lifetime
Kayak Feathers and Tar
Kayak Lovely Luna
Kayak See See The Sun
Kayak The Curse Of Isis
Kayak Mystery
Kayak They Get To Know Me
Kayak Sad State of Affairs
Kayak Broken White
Kayak Starlight dancer
Kayak Royal Bed Bouncer
Kayak Sweet Revenge
Kayak Winning Ways
Kayak Daphne
Kayak Mireille And Fruit In The Machine 1974
Kayak Full Circle [2000: Close To The Fire]
Kayak Merlin
Kayak Want To Be Mine
Kayak Alibi
Kayak Red Rag To A Bull
Kayak His Master's Noise, from the 1974 album `Kayak`
Kayak La Peregrina.
Kayak Ruthless Queen.
A Million Years
Phantom Of The Night
Ruthless Queen
Mammoth
Ruthless Queen
Starlight Dancer
Do You Care
Chance for a Lifetime
Feathers and Tar
Lovely Luna
See See The Sun
The Curse Of Isis
Mystery
They Get To Know Me
Sad State of Affairs
Broken White
Starlight dancer
Royal Bed Bouncer
Sweet Revenge
Winning Ways
Daphne
Mireille And Fruit In The Machine 1974
Full Circle [2000: Close To The Fire]
Merlin
Want To Be Mine
Alibi
Red Rag To A Bull
His Master's Noise, from the 1974 album `Kayak`
La Peregrina.
Ruthless Queen.