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A biography
Name: Anouk Teeuwe
Artist-name: Anouk
Date of birth: The 8th of April 1975 in The Hague
Hometown: The Hague
School: Even though she didn’t finish school, in 1994 she was admitted to the Rotterdams Conservatories because of her singing capacity’s. Only 2 years later she had to quit because here theory knowledge was too low
Childhood: Came into an orphanage early. She was cleaner, worked at a bakery and as a secretary
Feature: Tough, doesn’t give a shit
Founder(s): Barry Hay (Golden Earring) and Alfred Lagarde (the late DJ)
Kind of music: Rock (mix of Melissa Etheridge and Alanis Morrissette) contracted by Sony therefore by Dino
Breakthrough: Nobody’s wife (1997)
Voice: Explosive, sexy, pure and full of passion
CD’s: Together Alone and Urban Solitude
First appearance: As a girl she used to sing her own written songs. In her puberty she
appeared at the café De Pater
Prizes: Together Alone was good for triple platinum (more than 300.000 sold records).
In Sweden, Belgium and Denmark it became gold, in Italy platinum.
Urban Solitude was good for platinum end last year. On April 4th 1998 she won the TMF-Awards in the category: Most Promising and Best single. Three weeks later she was the big Edison star. She took home with her 3 prizes: Best Female Singer National, Best New Artist and Best Video. In April 1999 she won the TMF-Award for Best Video with Sacrifice
Highest peak: Together alone was no.1 for 2 weeks in de Album chart 100
Her appearance at the Dutch Big Brother-house
Lowest peak: During Pinkpop they threw eggs at her head. Out of protest she took of her T-shirt
Favourite artists: Etta James, Irma Thomas and Janis Joplin
Noticeable: Her two golden teeth.
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Queen of the Nach
If you’re talking about Anouks experiences at the Koninginnenach, you can say that it’s getting better and better. From playing in small cafés she climbed op to the stage in The Hague at the Big Church. And that all before her breakthrough with ‘Nobody’s Wife’, that made the blonde beauty an international famous singer. This year she was one of the main acts at the Nach. Anouk stopped the media break that she made in half December for an exclusive interview with Stork On Stage about the Nach and Other Business.
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When did you hear for the first time that you could perform on the Pleinpodium?
About two months ago. And besides everything I didn’t count on that. I’m performing on other festivals in Italy and Scandinavia this year, but the Koninginnenach means something special to me. Every year it gets better to me. My first performance on Koninginnenach was in Popocatepetl, together with Shotgun Wedding and last year I was on the stage from The Hague at the Big Church and that was just mad.
Do you think it will be hard to get so many people excited?
This is the biggest audience I’ve ever been in front of. But it isn’t going to be a problem. Of course it’s harder than playing in small clubs, but if I can do it over there, I can do it too on Koninginnenach. As long as you’re having fun by yourself, that’s the most important thing.
What’s your strongest memory on previous Nachten?
I remember seeing a picture of a singer from America in the Nachpaper. She looked so beautiful. But in real life she was fat and she really couldn’t sing. That was so bad. She really didn’t look fine and then they still place such a picture. That made a great impression on me.
Do you miss the fact that you’re not standing in front of a small audience in a small club, without any hysterical things in front of the door?
I don’t have the time to miss those things. But it’s too bad, yeah. Just doing a performance is nice. But I’m not talking about jamming now because that sucks, I really hate it. When you’re having a jam session everybody is just being cool on his or her own.
You’ve been criticized about your live-performances lately. Or even, not you, but the press has kicked your band. Does that make you and your band nervous for a big performance?
No way! We’ve got a new setup now (Bol and Sven Figee from Prats the Whoblem have entered the band) and I haven’t had so much fun for ages, I’m playing without any struggling now. The band looks very nice on stage the way it is now. They’re not perfect musicians but they do put a lot of sphere in the music. We all have to learn a lot and while doing that we’re just having an amazing time. Everything went so fast that we didn’t have much time to rehearsal. People sometimes forget that. As long as I see that our show is getting better, I think it’s OK.
So a destroying criticize in the Volkskrant doesn’t matter to you?
Of course it matters a bit. But on the other side, the press can just switch from hate to love, or back, or from person to person, without anything showing that that had to happen. Now they’re criticizing the band, but it won’t take long or there is something wrong with me. We’re just trying as hard as we can, and if you don’t like it than you can get the f*ck out of here.
When will we see you again in The Hague after the Koninginnenach?
I would like to do a couple of performances in the Paap, for people I know and the real die-hards. I’ll make sure it will stay out of publicity as much as possible. And in a couple of months I’ll be playing together with Billy The Kid in ‘t Paard. I don’t really know when that will be. Whatever happens, that will be the last performance that I will do and then I’ll take a vacation of a month that will start at the end of August.
Do you still love The Hague, even though you’re away so much?
In The Hague it’s so cool. The people are just so relaxed. In Rotterdam people stop me for an autograph on the streets and in Scandinavia groups of girls are running after me. But in The Hague it’s always cool.
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