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Origin
Den Haag, NL
Active since
1999
Wikipedia
rock

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.

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Stations that played Di‐rect

  • NPO 3FM KX
    NPO 3FM KX
    South Holland
    Last played: 8d ago
    Soldier on

Latest detected plays

  • Soldier on8d ago

Discography

  • Sphinx

    Sphinx

    2024

  • Wild Hearts

    Wild Hearts

    2020

  • Rolling With the Punches

    Rolling With the Punches

    2017

  • Daydreams in a Blackout

    2014

  • Time Will Heal Our Senses

    Time Will Heal Our Senses

    2011

  • This Is Who We Are

    This Is Who We Are

    2010

  • Di-rect doet Tommy

    Di-rect doet Tommy

    2008

  • Di-rect

    Di-rect

    2007

  • All Systems Go!

    All Systems Go!

    2005

  • Over the Moon

    Over the Moon

    2003

  • Discover

    Discover

    2001

Members

  • Marcel Veenendaal

    2009present

  • 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