AT PRESENT
Name: | Jan D.L.A. van Beek |
Place of residence: | Dommelen (south of Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
Profession: | Janitor |
First Focus contact: | Deurne '71 |
Favourite Focus piece: | Eruption |
Favourite album/c.d.: | Focus II (Moving Waves) |
Favourite Concert: | Turfschip, Breda in '73 |
Favourite band member: | Jan Akkerman, Thijs van Leer, Pierre van der Linden, Bert Ruiter and Cyriel Havermans |
Relation to FFA: | Founder and chairman of the fanclub |
Meaning of Focus: | Everything! |
Jan in '73. Jan in '98.
Name: | Hans van de Put |
Place of residence: | Hapert (west of Eindhoven, Netherlands) |
Profession: | Model maker |
First Focus contact: | House of the King (radio), real contact at concert at the beginning of '73 |
Favourite Focus piece: | Eruption/Tommy |
Favourite album/c.d.: | Mother Focus |
Favourite Concert: | Turfschip, Breda in '73 |
Favourite band member: | Jan Akkerman |
Relation to FFA: | Co-founder and co-chairman of the fanclub |
Meaning of Focus: | They let the whole world know what real music sounds like! |
Hans in '73. Hans in '98.
Name: | Irene E.H. Heinicke-Jongewaard |
Place of residence: | Zaandam (north of Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
Profession: | Lan administrator |
First Focus contact: | The single "House of the King" in '71 |
Favourite Focus piece: | Eruption |
Favourite album/c.d.: | Focus 3 |
Favourite Concert: | Lindenboomschool, Koog aan de Zaan, on 8-12-'72 (the only time I saw them live) |
Favourite band member: | Thijs van Leer and Jan Akkerman |
Relation to FFA: | Member of the fanclub, nowadays webmaster of the FFA Homepage |
Meaning of Focus: | The music of my life |
Irene in '73. Irene in '98.
Name: | Wouter Willem Bessels |
Place of residence: | Hoogkarspel (north of Hoorn, Netherlands) |
Profession: | Student Technical Management |
First Focus contact: | (Dutch)Double album "Moving Waves", t.v.documentary "Single Luck" in '95 |
Favourite Focus piece: | Focus II, Focus V, Glider, Red sky at night |
Favourite album/c.d.: | Focus 3 |
Favourite Concert: | Texel '71 (heard from tape) and London '73 |
Favourite band member: | Jan Akkerman (and also Pierre van der Linden) |
Relation to FFA: | Try to do lots of research and try to map everything as well as possible |
Meaning of Focus: | A lot. A very influencial band not only in the national but also the international progressive music. |
Wouter in '73. Wouter in '98.
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