Backlash Biography

Backlash was founded in the year 2000. The band started writing its own songs and in 2001 recorded their first demo Ambition to Follow. As a result of this well received demo, Backlash was asked to perform at several pop stages and festivals in Zeeland. 2002 Backlash competed in De Grote Prijs van Nederland (Grand Prize of The Netherlands) and won the regional finals. Because of winning first prize at the most important pop competition in The Netherlands, Backlash received attention from the national media, resulting in joint performances in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany with known Dutch bands.

In between performances, in the year 2002, Backlash recorded their second demo Reality Betrayed. This demo, like the first one, received very positive reviews. After releasing these two demos and many performances, Backlash thought the time was ripe to record their first full length album in the year 2004. This full length album is titled The Binary Choice, which refers to the difficult choices people have to make during their lives and how to deal with the consequences of these choices. This concept recurs throughout the lyrics that are on the album. The band broke up mid 2006 to invest time in some personal issues. In 2008 drummer Tim Roijers restarted Backlash. With new vocalist Brian Martens alias lemmy on speed, Coen Ijseldijk on guitar and bassplayer Patrick Hoogstrate. Anno 2009 Backlash plays a melodic mixture of rock and metal but descripes their music as "Just Loud".