pronk

About

Pronk is a rock and roll project from Luttenberg, in the Sallandse Heuvelrug area of the Netherlands, built around songs sung in Dutch. His earlier bands leaned towards American rock, with Motörhead, the Ramones and AC/DC as the kind of records that spoke to him, while Dutch lyrics felt out of place. That changed once he started playing with the band Bökkers, where he spent years raising the roof with festive, down to earth rock and roll in his mother tongue. Pronk is neither a drummer nor, strictly speaking, a trained singer, though he can handle vocals and guitar. The songs come together at home, with help from D. Kleinlangevelsloo, who is good with the technical side. On record, veteran drummer Henk Jonkers brought his kit over and gave the tunes their thumping backbone. The result is raw, loud and unpolished, with no concept behind it, just energy.