Arbeid Adelt!

Arbeid Adelt! was a Belgian new wave band formed in 1981 by frontman Marcel Vanthilt and Jan Van Roelen. Their music style is hard to define. It's a mix of absurd punk and electronical beats. "Ik sta scherp" and ""Schuld, mij treft geen ..." were their first two songs. They first got noticed on a Belgian TV show in 1982 when they performed one of their songs called "De dag dat het zonlicht ...". Another Belgian singer (John Terra) had a song with the same name and allthough it wasn't a cover of his song he was offended by the lyrics. This fuzz made them notorious among the belgian audience.

Arbeid Adelt! was a Belgian new wave band formed in 1981 by frontman Marcel Vanthilt and Jan Van Roelen. Their music style is hard to define. It's a mix of absurd punk and electronical beats. "Ik sta scherp" and ""Schuld, mij treft geen ..." were their first two songs. They first got noticed on a Belgian TV show in 1982 when they performed one of their songs called "De dag dat het zonlicht ...". Another Belgian singer (John Terra) had a song with the same name and allthough it wasn't a cover of his song he was offended by the lyrics.

This fuzz made them notorious among the belgian audience. A third member joined the band, Luc Van Acker, and together they produced their first EP named "jonge helden". The most famous song from this EP is "Lekker westers". After a second album, Luc Van Acker was replaced by Willy-Willy (The scabs) and Danny Klein (Vaya con dios). After an argument with their record label, the band split. Frontman Marcel Vanthilt became a VJ for MTV. In 1991 the band got back together, got a deal from Virgin and released a new CD.

Again, this album wasn't a great success and the band split up again. The 3 members went on to write music and work for TV. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..