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Death Alley Part Ways with Bassist Dennis Duijnhouwer

Bummer news out of Amsterdam in that hard-driving motorpsych rockers Death Alley have announced a separation with bassist Dennis Duijnhouwer. The four-piece, who took part in last year’s The Obelisk All-Dayer (video here) in Brooklyn, recently released Live at Roadburn (review here) on Tee Pee and Suburban Records as the follow-up to their 2015 debut, Black Magick Boogieland (review here), capturing their 2016 “Death Alley and Friends” set (review here) at the venerable Netherlands-based festival. As of this post, Duijnhouwer, who was previously in cosmic doomers Mühr, has yet to comment one way or the other on the split, but anyone fortunate enough to have seen them at either of the above events, at Psycho Las Vegas or the litany of tour dates they’ve done in Europe and the US can tell you he was a significant presence on stage for the band.

In the Thee Facebooks post below, vocalist Douwe Truijens, guitarist Oeds Beydals and drummer Uno “Velcrow” Bruniusson make it official. Death Alley had shows this past weekend that were canceled and have more dates coming up throughout this month the fate of which is as yet unknown. They also recently announced a European tour this fall supporting German retro forerunners Kadavar. All live dates are included here, but I would assume plans are tentative at this point. That is, keep an eye out for more word on what’s actually happening and when.

Here’s what I know:

death alley roadburn 2016 (Photo by JJ Koczan)

As many of you may have noticed over the past few days, we have parted ways with Dennis on bass guitar. It is with much regret that it had to come to this situation, but it has become clear that a continuation would be particularly unhealthy for all involved, including the band as a whole. The challenges and pressures that come with being a band have to be borne by the group and all its individual members in order for it to function. Severe and persistent differences in dealing with those challenges and pressures, and differences in ideas of what should be done lead to stagnation. It is with undeniable gratitude for what we have achieved over the past years that we acknowledge we can’t continue with Dennis.

Although we know that many hearts (and some hearts in particular, including ours) are broken by this, and that every individual may react in his or her own way, we count on your support to pull through this.

Oeds
Douwe
Uno

P.s.: For the time being, we will keep you informed through our Facebook page only, since we don’t have control over our Instagram account.

Death Alley live:
Apr 07 OCCII Amsterdam, Netherlands
Apr 08 The Other Side Live Peer, Belgium
Apr 16 Bar Live / Le 301 Roubaix, France
Apr 17 La Scène Michelet Nantes, France
Apr 19 VOID Bordeaux, France
Apr 20 Bonberenea Tolosa, Spain
Apr 21 Funhouse Music Bar Madrid, Spain
Apr 22 Riff Ritual Fest Barcelona, Spain
Apr 24 Cluricaume Poitiers, France
Apr 27 Burgerweeshuis Deventer, Netherlands
Apr 27 De Schuit Katwijk Aan Zee, Netherlands
Apr 28 The Underworld Camden London, United Kingdom
Apr 29 Merleyn Nijmegen, Netherlands
Apr 30 Astra Kulturhaus Berlin, Germany
Jun 24 Pedro Pico Pop Raalte, Netherlands
Jul 07 MadNes Festival Nes, Netherlands
Jul 08 Dijkpop festival Medemblik, The Netherlands
Jul 21 Welcome to the Village Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Jul 23 Haltpop Assendelft, Netherlands
Aug 04 Krach am Bach Beelen, Germany
Aug 18 Nirwana Tuinfeest Lierop, Netherlands

Death Alley with Kadavar:
12.10. D Essen Zeche Carl
13.10. D Hamburg Markthalle
14.10. D Leipzig Conne island
15.10. B Antwerp Desert Fest
17.10. F Strasbourg La Laiterie Club
18.10. F Paris Le Trabendo
19.10. F Rennes L’Ubu
20.10. F Bordeaux La Krakatoa
21.10. E Madrid But
22.10. E Barcelona Bikini
24.10. F Lyon Feyzin
25.10. CH Monthey Pont Rouge
26.10. CH Aarau Kiff
27.10. D Munich Backstage
28.10. A Vienna Flex
29.10. A Graz PPC
30.10. HR Zagreb Mocvara
01.11. H Budapest A38
02.11. PL Warsaw Progresja
03.11. PL Krakow Kwadrat
04.11. CZ Prague Nová Chmelnice
05.11. D Nuremberg Hirsch
07.11. NL Amsterdam Paradiso Noord
08.11. D Hanover Capitol
09.11. DK Copenhagen Pumpehuset
10.11. S Stockholm Debaser
11.11. N Oslo Bla
12.11. S Gothenburg Pustervik
13.11. NL Deventer Burgerweeshuis
15.11. D Cologne Bürgerhaus Stollwerck
16.11. D Wiesbaden Schlachthof
17.11. D Stuttgart LKA Longhorn
18.11. D Berlin Columbiahalle

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One Response to “Death Alley Part Ways with Bassist Dennis Duijnhouwer”

  1. Let’s hope the best for all of you, this will be a pretty busy year for Death Alley. Maybe it’s good if you consider to collaborate with Denis in a different way, as a music partner, maybe a new song or a few appear.
    Peace.

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