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- Origin
- Den Haag, NL
- Active since
- 1999
About
Di-rect (stylised in uppercase) is a Dutch rock band from The Hague, formed in 1999. The band's current line-up consists of Jamie Westland (drums), Frans "Spike" van Zoest (guitar), Bas van Wageningen (bass), Paul Jan Bakker (guitar) and Marcel Veenendaal (lead vocals).
From 1999 to 2009, Tim Akkerman was the band's lead vocalist. The band was commercially successful, scoring seven top ten singles on the Dutch Top 40 with Akkerman, but he left the band after four albums. The band held a televised reality show contest in search of the band's new singer, which Veenendaal won.
The band did not have the same success with Veenendaal originally until 2020, when the single "Soldier On" achieved widespread popularity in the Netherlands associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. It became the band's first top ten single in 13 years. In 2025, the band played the last three shows held at De Kuip in Rotterdam, to a total of 145,000 people.
Stations that played Di‐rect
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Discography

Sphinx
2024

Wild Hearts
2020

Rolling With the Punches
2017
Daydreams in a Blackout
2014

Time Will Heal Our Senses
2011

This Is Who We Are
2010

Di-rect doet Tommy
2008

Di-rect
2007

All Systems Go!
2005

Over the Moon
2003

Discover
2001
Members
Marcel Veenendaal
2009–present
Tim Akkerman
?–2009
Paul Jan Bakker
Vince van Reeken
Spike
Bas van Wageningen
Jamie Westland
Frans van Zoest
External links
Data via MusicBrainz • musicbrainz.org
