Born 1960. First three vinyl single records were: The Beatles - Let it be, Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends, and Ronnie & de Ronnies – Beestjes and I got them from my uncle Harry in Bar de Loods, an early 
kind of music bar of which he was the manager from mid 60's. Through the 
years I got and kept 3 all time favourite bands: The Sweet, Heart and Rush. And many, many more artists and bands in a diversity of genres. From 
early 50's rock&roll and soul, flower power, all kinds of rock, to gothic and 
thrash and death metal, and even some minimal music artists! Never a dull moment!
And proud to have been practicing as a deejay in bars, drive in shows, 
hospital radio, and local radio in the city of Goes, provence of Zeeland, 
The Netherlands. My 'baby' was my own Friday Night Radio Rock Show 
'Barracuda', which I've been making for 10 years, together with some 
friends. We managed to have hundreds of musicians in our shows, from 
the local starting bands to world rock acts like Saxon, System Of A 
Down, Biohazard, Katatonia, Testament, The Donnas, Lacuna Coil, 
Trail of Tears, Sick Of It All and famous dutch artists Sleeze Beez, 
Vengeance, Backfire, Anouk, Cirrha Niva, Facehugger, Asrai, Ayreon, 
Caesar, Within Temptation, etcetera! Many, many more fine musicians, 
producers, managers, groupies, venue managers, festival representatives 
and wannabees have accompanied us to deliver entertaining, mad, cosy 
and extreme radio shows, which above all made our day. Every time 
again. Though this ended in 2003, I found 3 other rockfriends to do the same kind of show from may 2018 till july 2021, when it suddenly ended. 
The search for new, fine music is never over. And luckily, new music itself 
is never over! Let's enjoy anything with sound, each on our own terms and 
our own taste. Aloha!

André de Looff