Controversial band who scored a few hits in 1994-1995.
Songs
"Blijf binnen"
47,6 sec. - 96 Kb.
song : Delfosse, Slabbynck, Meulders, Per W, Decaesstecker, De Cort
Producer : Kloot Per W
Year : 1993
Record co : Donor
"De ideale penis"
1 min 15 sec. - 147 Kb.
song : Theys, Delfosse, Slabbynck, Meulders, Per W, Decaesstecker, De Cort
producer : Per W, Serge Feys
Year : 1994
Record co : Donor
"Elke centimeter"
1 min. 3 sec. - 124 Kb.
song : De Cort, Decaesstecker, Slabbynck, Per W
Producer : Per W, Serge Feys
Year : 1994
Record co : Yellow Yellow
"Breinstorm"
1 min 6 sec. - 129 Kb.
Song : De Cort, Slabbynck, Meulders, Per W
producer : Per W, Serge Feys
Year : 1995
Record co.: Yellow Yellow
The group was formed in 1993, with Peter Slabbynck (ex-Red
Zebra, ex-The Boy Wonders), Kloot Per W (ex-Employees,
ex-Polyphonic Size and always Kloot
Per W ...), Karel Theys (ex-Employees, ex-Clouseau)
and Steven De Cort (ex-Mama's Jasje). Later on Joris Decaesstecker replaced Karel
Theys, and Mies Meulders joined as Lolita Lama.
After a first EP in 1993 (Blijf Binnen, Laatste Woorden, Grootste Fan) the
group made a breakthrough with the song "De Ideale Penis" (the ideal
penis). This song became a huge radio-hit, due to the controversial lyrics ("Sometimes,
he did let his head drop, he felt a little limp - Sometimes he had no desire,
he had no juice - the ideal penis - it doesn't exist - too thick, too small, too
short, too long, too green, too purple - it all matters so much") and the
attention on Studio Brussels in the program Hallo Hautekiet. Normally, the single
would also have entered the Flemish Top 10, but according to Kloot Per W, "for
censorship reasons none our songs featured in the list, or where shown in 'Tien
om te zien'."
After a third single "Elke centimeter" (every square inch), which enjoyed
even more airplay and higher sales, they released a full album in February 1995.
"Edele Delen" (Private Parts), with a cat's ass on the cover, received
devastating reviews by the critics : the late Jacky Huys wrote "What the
heck are we to do with the ordinary, puberastic, badly played and recorded metal
of The Lama's ? It's pathetic" and Humo wrote "Is this record
controversial, daring or provocative ? Absolutely ! Even we wouldn't dare to walk
on the street with this."
The first track of the record contains a warning by famous Flemish writer Tom
Lanoye "Attention, this cd contains words like pussy, penis, uterus and Eric
Melaerts" (for an explanation of that last word see Soulsister,
Yasmine, Isabelle A etc...) . All the singles are on
it, and two surprising translations of the punk classics "I wanna be your
dog" by Iggy Pop & The Stooges (here "Hond") and "12XU"
by Wire (here "wat de neuk"). The lyrics talk of murder, insanity, sadomasochism
and masturbation. The music ranges from metal and crossover to punk.
At the end of 1995, the story of the Lama's was already over. As Kloot Per
W explained "The Lama's have fallen apart. Not because of a lack of success,
but because it had too much success and all the guys in the band had so many other
activities. We had a record deal to record another two albums and a live-cd, but
that isn't going to happen anymore. Peter Slabbynck has gone back to Red Zebra,
but in fact I've kicked him out of the group : you can't jump from one horse to
the next one at a time that the group was beginning to fair very well. Don't forget
we had very little support from the media, but were appreciated all the more by
the public. And they of course can never be wrong. In fact it would take much
too long to explain what caused the split because of the many intrigues"
Perhaps the biggest accomplishment of de Lama's is that it brought Mies Meulders
to the spotlight. Nineteen at the time of the Lama success, she was picked up
by Studio Brussels (Metalopolis, Keineig). After the split of the Lama's, she
has played with the hardcoregroup Crumb and can be heard on the single "Vel
tegen vel" of The Boerenzonen op Speed. She
is now trying to establish a career as an actress.
Band members :
- Peter Slabbynck (vocals)
- Lolita Lama AKA Mies Meulders (vocals)
- Kloot per W (guitar, hair, samples, programming)
- H. Joris Decaesstecker / Karel Theys (bass)
- Steven De Cort (drums)
Buy CD's of this band at
Albums :
- Edele Delen (Yellow Yellow, 1994)
Singles & Maxi's
- Blijf Binnen (Donor, 1993)
- De Ideale Penis (Donor, 1994)
- De Penismixen (Yellow Yellow, 1994)
- Elke centimeter (Yellow Yellow, 1994)
- Breinstorm (Yellow Yellow, 1995)
Websites :
- De Lama's are a subject the Kloot
Per W dot com site also touches upon.
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