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22: 299:. He was lead-singer of Dutch band "De Kast". Members of that band were big Kayak fans, and in 1999 De Kast asked Kayak to join them in a TV-special. That was one of the things that encouraged Kayak to reunite. Apart from Syb van der Ploeg, Kast-members Sytze Broersma and Peter van der Ploeg also play on "Ruthless Queen". 291:
The album was relatively successful, reaching # 54 in the Dutch album top-100 and staying in that top-100 for 6 weeks. More important was that media and fans were interested in the band again. Scherpenzeel and Koopman decided to continue the 'new' Kayak. Max Werner left after a short tour in 2000.
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decided to work on new material. They had no name for their project yet, and it was not their intention to release the songs as Kayak. Apart from Scherpenzeel and Koopman, no former Kayak members were involved at this stage. Lead singer on the demo versions was Alex Toonen, from Dutch
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offered to have a go at the demo's. With his vocal sound the songs got a genuine Kayak feel, and it was decided to release the songs as the new Kayak album.
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band "For Absent Friends". Record companies were not immediately interested, and the songs were not developed further. Then, original Kayak singer
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The last song on the album is a newly recorded version of "Ruthless Queen", Kayak's biggest hit from 1978. Lead vocalist on the new version is
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1999 at ABT Studio and Down Under Studio, Hilversum, The Netherlands
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Studio album
Kayak
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Progressive rock
Label
Producer
Kayak
Eyewitness
Chance for a Live Time
progressive rock
Kayak
Royal Bed Bouncer
Johan Slager
Ton Scherpenzeel
Pim Koopman
progressive rock
Max Werner
Syb van der Ploeg

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