In 2001, Fake No More is founded by Steven Tolkamp (vocals), Peter Stevens.. (keyboards), Maurice Lohschelder (guitar), Marius Seidel (bass guitar) and Raymond Liebrand (drums). Their sole purpose for being is to cover the works of the American rock group Faith No More. After a year of intense rehearsing, Fake No More first time sets foot on stage early 2003 at the Sneeuw Pop Festival in Dinxperlo, Holland. Their audience immediately is stunned by their performance. More energetic and thriving gigs were soon to follow, resulting in a fan base by music lovers from everywhere.

Late 2003, Maurice suffers a serious accident at his day-time job, breaking his spine. The recovery takes more than one and a half year. Alex Roelofs, guitar player for the band Snatch, is asked to take over the lead for Maurice. During this period, the band performs twice prime time on national Dutch radio 3FM (at Nachtmiss Marisa and Giel Beelen’s breakfast show) and on several local radio stations. The gigging continues and Fake No More "accidentally tumbles into" The
Clash of the Cover Bands; the leading national competition for cover- and
tribute bands.

"The first round was held at De Rijnhal, in Arnhem. We merely wanted to do a showcase to find ourselves a management, but we went home with both; 1st place as well as the Public's Favorite award. The second round we faced some really tough competition, but still took 1st place." –Steven Tolkamp, Quote from: www.xtrememusic.org.

January 22, 2004. The band is facing the sold out Paradiso, Amsterdam at the national finals of The Clash of the Cover Bands. Nine best voted bands have to compete and convince a jury, formed by the most prominent members of the Dutch showbiz. Each band giving their ultimate performance to win the grand prize: "Best Cover Band Award 2004" and bragging rights for the following year.

"The final gig at Paradiso, Amsterdam was absolutely stunning. The audience was fantastic, as well as the sound and lighting. It was absolute magic we made that night, especially since Faith No More themselves played there several years ago. Really awesome!" Taken from: www.xtrememusic.org.

That night, the jury is impressed by the energy in performance, the very close resemblance to the original and the musical diversity, which is so typical for Fake No More. They are voted the winners of The Clash of the Cover Bands Award 2004!

Since The Clash of the Cover Bands, the number of gigs increases and the band starts headlining more and more shows. Other highlight in their career so far, are the Princess Pop festival in Enschede (an open air event for over 2500 enthusiast
visitors) and a special guest performance at the sold out Dutch Idols Studios.

In August 2005, Maurice replaces Alex after recovering from his injuries. In October 2005, new drummer, Marlon Wolterink, replaces Raymond Liebrand. Then the band records their first single at the legendary Wisseloord Studios, supervised by ..John.. Sonneveld (producer for Anouk and The Golden
Earring). The single, Candy Smile, is released in January 2006. Their debut
album is now in progress.

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Faith No More Reuniting; Book Your Plane Tickets Now....

Hi peeps…

Well… two thousand left-hand driving miles and five awesome gigs later, back in Holland… now what? First of all, we'd love to thank all the wonderful people that made us feel so very welcome in the United Kingdom and a huge cheers to all you fans out there! It truly was a blast and we had the best of times!!! We've met a lot of  crazy, cool, drunk, colourful, fantastic human beings and be sure, some of you have made an impression that will last a lifetime… We also made some valuable contacts that may help us along with the band and the first requests for coming over again, already made it to our inbox, so there's your chance to get your ears wrecked even more!

Just a couple things; the left-hand driving was not that hard, apart from a close call with an idiot in a Ford Ka in Grimsby… (yes YOU, dumb ass, keep your distance and pay attention!) and some honking and flashing lights at us every now and then. Your currency troubled us a bit more, but there always seemed to be helpful staff to lend a hand. Oh, and we just loved the local brew, well, most of it! The tunnel was rather dull, but comfy (impressive digging you guys!). The waiter at the Thai restaurant in Mansfield doesn't speak Dutch, so don't let him fool you.

A few facts;
Steven nearly got French kissed by a GUY at one of the gigs!!! Pretty kinky…
Marius was the only one buying souvenirs and we're sorry, we won't let him do it again!
Marthe (Marlon's gf) was asleep for almost the entire tour! Proves that Fake is booooring…
Maurice tested his floor effect controller on beer resistance and found out it even got more sticky and yucky then it was before. Eeeeeeeeeeeeew… now it also sticks to the walls!
Marlon plays a surprisingly mean game of pool, so make sure not to play for money.
Peter drove the bus practically every mile of the tour and had a hard time returning it. He also has the loudest snore in the band! Figures….

All in all it was fabulous and we can't wait to do it again! So we will… make sure to check the tour dates in here and at www.fakenomore.com or www.terrybogus.com !

A huge thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Carnage, for making us sleep a few on the way up and cooking us a fabulous breakfast… we love you guys!!! Hope you made it in time for school…

And very special thanks to the wonderful ladies at Specsavers downtown Wakefield, for fixing Peter's broken sunglasses within half an hour at no charge!! Big kiss… muuuuaaaaah!

Maus also likes to thank the drunk girl that did a full split by slipping on a wet floor and almost made him pee his pants for laughter…. smooth moves baby!

If you think you might be pregnant by one of the band members, we hope you had a good time and we're sorry… lol…

Oh, and you're very welcome to recommend us the best local Fish and Chips stores you know of for next time!

Thanks a million to all of you out there and hope to see you soon…….. really soon!

Maus, Nars, Zed, Brando & Pete.