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Netherlands Netherlands

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Symphonic Prog (General) (Prog)
If You Like Focus listen to:
♦ Atlas ♦ Finch ♦ Jan Akkerman ♦ Pantheon ♦ Pierre van der Linden ♦ Swung ♦ Trace ♦  

Artist Information

Focus is a Dutch group were Classic (Thijs van Leer) meets fusion (Jan Akkerman) After a very succesfull period Van Leer and Akkerman disagreed about the style of music and split-up. Thijs van Leer made some succesfull classic-flute CD-s.

While Jan Akkerman , who was previously a member of Brainbox, made solo recordings leading to a reputation as perhaps the greatest Dutch fusion guitar player. The band also had Bert Ruiter during this time who was later a member of Earth and Fire.

In 2002 the band released  Focus 8 with founding members Thijs van Leer and Pierre van der Linden. who was also a member of Brainbox.

Focus continues to release new albums on a regular basis.

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