July 3, 2001:
Pete Lovell, "Eternal Dark" vocalist, joins the Heavy
Metal Ears club
Hi everyone,
Another Picture alumnus has joined Heavy Metal Ears. Pete Lovell, who was Picture's vocalist on the albums "Eternal Dark" and "Traitor", has come aboard. He is the fourth band member to join the club since it was founded in 2000. Other band members active in the club are guitarist Jan Bechtum, vocalist Shmoulik Avigal, and drummer Laurens Bakker.
Lovell joined Picture in 1983 after the departure of Shmoulik Avigal. His powerhouse vocals added another dimension to the band's growing sound. His vocals on "Eternal Dark" proved that. Lovell also sang on the followup album, "Traitor", released in 1984. By then, Picture's sound had gone commercial, and their popularity was waning fast. Lovell joined the band Emergency after leaving Picture.
I hope to have contact e-mail information, as well as an updated page for Pete soon. Keep checking the site and club for the latest Picture news and happenings.
The Hellmaster
March 21, 2001:
THE VERY FIRST GENUINELY DUTCH HEAVY METAL ALBUM HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED!!!
In giant letters the great news was announced in all the leading music magazines. And with good reason. We are talking about the early eighties here, when the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal was slowly reaching its pinnacle. With Picture Holland had its own trump. And what a trump it was. The band from Rozenburg, a peninsula at a stone’s throw from the city of Rotterdam which is usually cloaked in the thick and suffocating smoke belched out by the satanic mills of the notorious nearby industrial area known as the “Botlek”, could easily hold their own with the top bands in the genre. Which is exactly what they did on a regular basis. Not only in Holland, but abroad as well, as appears from the many concert tours they did through the whole of Europe. For this the band is given the recognition that is due to them until this very day. Or did you perhaps think that when the Scandinavian metal sensation Hammerfall recently recorded the Picture number 'Eternal Dark' again this was a mere coincidence? Combined on two CDs the first four albums from the seven-album Picture catalogue abundantly make clear how it all began. Wherever necessary Jan Bechtum and Rinus Vreugdenhil completed the history from their own personal experiences. The exclusive pictures from their private Picture-archives combined with the original artwork make these CDs into a unique document covering a very special part of the Dutch history of pop, which as a result of the excellent re-mastering appears to sound surprisingly contemporary.
P S E U D O N Y M R E C O R D S
Thanks to Hans and Double Dutch Records for this information.
March 5, 2001:
Laurens Bakker, former Picture drummer, joins the Heavy
Metal Ears club
Hi everyone,
I have some great news to pass along! Laurens 'Bakkie' Bakker, Picture's long-lost drummer, has joined Heavy Metal Ears. I was happy to see that today. He left the following message:
"If I knew we still had so many fans, I would have never stopped!"
Yes Laurens, Picture still has many fans that love the music, and we are glad that you have joined our club. Picture fans, be sure to write him...I will post a link to his Yahoo e-mail address at the bottom of the front page.
In other news, we are still awaiting news from Double Dutch concerning the CD reissues of the first four Picture albums. So far, we have heard nothing, but the release date is still supposed to be this month. Keep checking the club and here for more info.
Keep the faith!!!
The Hellmaster
January 5, 2001:
New home for The Official Picture Web Site
Hi everyone,
As you know by reading this, The Official Picture Web Site is now hosted on rocknrollhell.com. The former webmaster has decided to close down his old site, so I am taking over as the new webmaster. I am going to do my best to keep things going here and updated. I am going to do my best to keep the site up here. My thanks go out to him for allowing me to keep the site going, and of course to Jan and Shmoulik for keeping me abreast on the activities with Picture.
I am planning on adding things to the site, but I need your feedback! Send me an e-mail, telling me what you would like to see, and I will do my best to get it up. Also, if you have any info you'd like to share with everyone else here, by all means pass it along. I am always looking for feedback on making things better. Remember, this site is for you, the Picture fan, and it takes people like you to make it ROCK!!!
Once again, thanks to everyone for your support, and LET'S ROCK!!!
The Hellmaster
November 7, 2000: Picture news from Double Dutch
Hi everyone,
Well, it's been a while since we've heard anything concerning Picture. I did write Double Dutch concerning the reissues, and they still are keeping it a closely-guarded secret, but they are still on schedule. The reissues probably won't be out before the beginning of 2001, but they should be released then. When the secrecy period ends, you will be the first to know. Until then, keep the faith!
Ken (Heavy Metal Ears club founder)
June 19, 2000: GREAT NEWS!! Here is a message every PICTURE fan will love!!!
Dear Friends,
We are proud to announce that later this year we
will release on the PSEUDONYM label
the following 4 PICTURE albums:
CDP-1074-DD PICTURE - Heavy Metal Ears / Picture 2LPs on 1CD!
CDP-1075-DD PICTURE - Diamond Dreamer / Eternal Dark 2LPs on 1CD!
Re-Mastered, 12 page booklet, linner notes, lots of info and photo's, original artwork ect...
Thanks for your kind coorperation.
Kindest Regards,
Hans van Vuuren.
DOUBLE DUTCH BV
May 28, 1999: Great News! There seems to be 2 New Picture CD'S out there, Anthology & Best Of (Which is a Limited Edition) These are now available from Generations Underground Get 'em while you can!!