The Riplets

May 2000 three best friends continued as The Riplets. Janneke (bass & vocals), Valesca (drums) and Allison (guitar) keep on rockin'. Our self-composed songs reflect our daily lives: fun, (ex)boyfriends, rock 'n roll, summer, alcohol and money problems. We dress up for our shows and we've got 25 different outfits now! In 1998 there were the four of us. We were invited to play at a benefit concert in Rheine, Germany with a audience of 200 people. Soon after that we had... Meer »

May 2000 three best friends continued as The Riplets. Janneke (bass & vocals), Valesca (drums) and Allison (guitar) keep on rockin'. Our self-composed songs reflect our daily lives: fun, (ex)boyfriends, rock 'n roll, summer, alcohol and money problems. We dress up for our shows and we've got 25 different outfits now! In 1998 there were the four of us. We were invited to play at a benefit concert in Rheine, Germany with a audience of 200 people. Soon after that we had several gigs in the surroundings of our home town Rotterdam. We were filmed and interviewed by two local television stations in mid-December 1999. In April 2000 we were Dee Dee Ramone's supporting act. Radio Spijkenisse broadcasted an interview with The Riplets in De Hemel van de Rock 'n Roll. We also played at the Heel Erg Punk 3 with the four of us. After playing in the open air at Schefferspop, Jeanette left the band. In the summer of 2000 Allison, Janneke and Valesca practiced as a trio. New songs were composed in no time and the feeling was right. After a few gigs we knew the new line up made sense. The Riplets played November 24th at the Heel Erg Punk release party. Two guys from The Music Channel, a site with music of several band, interviewed and filmed The Riplets that night. We played in Belgium several times. Another television appearance: The Riplets played 'Clean up my room' at a national tv show and weared funny wigs to be sure of some privacy afterwards. Because a new year was on its way, The Riplets decided to record a 7" at Gea's place (January 2001). No more frustrated fans, friends and family. The Our Engine Is Running 7" contains three songs: I've got nothing, Our engine is running, and on the b side: Porn in the USA. There were more recordings. You can find these other songs on compilation cd's. The 7" has been released on Riplet Records. It's a fact: The Riplets are funny, cute, smart but not pretentious and self-willed! Even Joe Queer wants to be on Riplet Records... We played with a lot of cool bands that whole year (Dead Moon, The Donnas, The Sahara Hotnights, Mummy the Peepshow, Groovie Ghoulies) We did several interviews and some of them you'll find on the internet. The Riplets toured autumn 2001 with Travoltas in the Netherlands for seven weeks. We enjoyed every second and learned a lot. After touring we wrote new songs for the 'Rock 'n Roll Beat' cd. We played a lot with our friends from Sidekickbob and Mondo Bizarro. We played new songs on stage every weekend! The Veronica tv guide of week 19, 2002, contained an interview with The Sahara Hotnights, The Donnas and The Riplets about 'girlpower'. We played with Di-Rect at a party for students and there was a big crowd, most of them were girls :-) June 2002 Janneke Riplet finished her study at the Willem de Kooning Academy. For her final exams she filmed a short movie featuring Simon Vinkenoog and a music video for The Riplets. It's a music video for the song 'Riplets Rock 'n Roll Beat' about The Riplets on their way to a show. Check out the music video stations and this site (sooner or later) to watch our first music video! The Riplets recorded 13 songs in five days at Studio 195 in May 2002. The owner of Studio 195, Patrick Delabie, is a great engineer and a nice person to have around. Two lovely producers made our dream come true: PeVi, also known as Perry and Vince Travolta, gave our songs their magic touch. After a break during the summer holidays The Riplets searched the streets for a new Riplet. We asked Nathalie (a.k.a. Honey Lovebux), the organ player of T.H.O.D., to join The Riplets. Our first show with the four of us was in Belgium. We had a great time and guess what? A new Riplet was born. October 2002 our first full lenght, Rock 'n Roll Beat, has been released by My First Sonny Weissmuller and will be distributed by Konkurrent. Barbara Stok, the famous rock 'n roll legend who wrote Sex, Drugs & Strips, made drawings for the artwork of 'Rock 'n Roll Beat'. A lot of zines interviewed us about 'Rock 'n Roll Beat'. Check out the very first review of 'Rock 'n Roll Beat' by Sietse Meijer in the Dutch paper Het Parool. The Riplets played at Club Lek, a radio show hosted by Jaap Boots, October 30th. Manu Chau played that night too and we all had a great time! You can listen to the radio broadcast or see us play. Jan Vollaard, the widely known theremin player, interviewed us about girl rock for the Dutch paper NRC Handelsblad. J. Riplet is working on a new music video for the Riplets-song Your Love. The Riplets will try to have some t-shirts soon and for all you vinyl-lovers: 'Rock 'n Roll Beat' will appear on vinyl someday but please don't ask when or on wich label 'cause we don't know yet. More Riplet-news soon... « Minder