Time Bandits (band)
The Time Bandits are a Dutch pop band around singer and guitarist Alides Hidding , which enjoyed international success in the 1980s .
history
The band was founded in 1981 by Alides Hidding, who had previously achieved success with the solo single Hollywood Seven . The releases of the band, which musically moved between funk , pop and dance , were successful in the Netherlands as well as in Germany and France, Australia and New Zealand and the USA. In 1989 the band broke up and Hidding moved to Los Angeles , where he worked as a songwriter for Jennifer Rush and The Nylons .
Since the 1990s , the band has been performing regularly in the Netherlands, with the original members no longer playing, apart from Hidding. The current line-up of the band is:
- Alides Hidding (vocals and guitar)
- Marco Luchtenberg (keyboards and vocals)
- Guus Strijbosch (bass and vocals)
- Olaf Noordanus (drums)
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
 NL
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| 1982 | Time bandits |
NL32 (3 weeks) NL |
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| 1983 | Tracks |
NL27 (4 weeks) NL |
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| 1985 | Fiction |
NL38 (6 weeks) NL |
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| 2011 | Fiction |
NL38 (6 weeks) NL |
More albums
- Can't Wait for Another World (1987)
- Greatest Hits (1995)
- As Live ... (2003)
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
|
NL
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| 1981 | Live It Up Time Bandits |
NL9 (9 weeks) NL |
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| 1982 | I'm Specialized In You |
NL2 (10 weeks) NL |
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| 1983 | Listen To The Man With The Golden Voice Tracks |
NL7 (7 weeks) NL |
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| I'm Only Shooting Love Tracks |
NL6 (7 weeks) NL |
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| 1984 | Reach out |
NL35 (3 weeks) NL |
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| 1985 | Endless Road (And I Want You To Know My Love) Fiction |
NL16 (10 weeks) NL |
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| Dancing On A String Fiction |
NL28 (5 weeks) NL |
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| 1986 | I won't steal away fiction |
NL18 (6 weeks) NL |
More singles
- Sister Paradise (1982)
- Only a Fool (1986)
- We'll Be Dancing (1987)
- Wildfire (1987)
- Can't Wait for Another World (1988)
Web links
- Time Bandits - Official Website. In: thetimebandits.eu. Retrieved August 20, 2018 (Dutch).
- Time Bandits at Discogs (English)
- [1] Band history
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- ↑ a b Chart sources: NL albums NL singles