History
Sandy Coast was a beat/rock/pop band from Voorburg, The Netherlands, fronted by Hans Vermeulen. They were active between 1961 and 1974. There was a succesful reunion in 1980-1981 and a less succesful one in 1988.
Hans Vermeulen formed The Sandy Coast Skiffle Group in Voorburg in 1961, aged 14. With the name abbreviated to Sandy Coast the group got a recording contract with Negram in 1965. Their début single, 1965's 'Subject Of My Thoughts', failed to chart but is now regarded as an early 'Nederbeat' gem. Début album, And their name is... Sandy Coast (1967), featured a melodic brand of sixties beat, 1968's From The Workshop was a bluesy, psychedelic album, whereas Shipwreck (1969) was an ambitious concept album about a shipwreck in 1739. The biggest Sandy Coast chart hits of the 1960s were 'I See Your Face Again' (1968) and 'Capital Punishment' (1969), both of which hit #12 in the Dutch Top 40.
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Members
![Henk Smitskamp Henk Smitskamp](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Hans Vermeulen Hans Vermeulen](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Hans Hollestelle Hans Hollestelle](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Jan Vermeulen Jan Vermeulen](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Onno Bevoort Onno Bevoort](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Ron Westerbeek Ron Westerbeek](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Ton op 't Hof Ton op 't Hof](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Charles Bersbergen Charles Bersbergen](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Jos de Jager Jos de Jager](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Hans Jansen Hans Jansen](https://mx.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)