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The Clash of the Cover Bands is the biggest band-competition of the Benelux (BElgium, the NEtherlands, LUXembourg).

The long and exciting road the coverbands will travel, leads through regions throughout The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The coverbandtalents will battle for the titel ‘Best Coverband of the Benelux’ and ‘Most Populair Coverband van de Benelux’. Besides the professional jury a second important vote is in the hands of the audience.

CLOSE 2 FIRE, started as an acoustic duo, but by now grew out to a four-piece band from North Holland. The musical group of friends performs both originals as well as known pop songs in a style that is accessible to everyone.
The high range and the low voice of the two front men make sure they can put down a unique harmony. Combined with the energy of the drums, the fine bass lines, immersive guitar riffs, tambourine and harmonica provides Close 2 Fire for an unforgettable performance.

Cloud Cukkoo Land; a world that trembles on impending rhythms where you are surrounded by a cloud of reverberating guitars and sultry vocals.
Cloud Cukkoo debuted on Altersonic (Eurosonic) and they, under the name "JORI", already played on bevrijdingsfestival Den Bosch, Radio Veronica and a sold-out Sugarfactory, where they also won 'Popsport'.

After their debut, they had a successfull living room tour, "The Living Room Sessions" and their first single "Dalliance" is out now: you can listen anywhere.
The four-piece band, from area near Nijmegen, arose around singer/songwriter Jori van Gemert and in addition exists from Roel Trommelen, Dean Rijke and Roel Jans.

This is Cold Turkey! A young enthusiastic band consisting of Suzan de Reus, Thijmen Leegwater, Thomas van Walstijn and Boris Piscaer.
On stage, Cold Turkey is very exuberant and the band knows how to make any performance a success with solid riffs, ripping solos and overwhelming vocals.

In april 2016, Cold Turkey won The Clash of the Cover bands Awards and has played at venues like the Melkweg and Paradiso! With these experiences, Cold Turkey is growing every month!

Mix the gritty, soulful vocals of Gene Potts with the guitar fire of Sal Marra, the pulsing bass of Anthony Flora, the war-hammer drums of Dave Halpern and the one-man festival that is Eric Safka on keys, and you get Colossal Street Jam. Colossal Street Jam is a 5 piece band based out of Red Bank, NJ that plays a 70’s style brand of infectious and melodic rock and roll. Colossal Street Jam’s November 2016 release “Living Free’ has garnered critical acclaim and has been featured in many music magazines worldwide and continues to get extensive radio play both locally and globally. In January of 2018, “Living Free” won the Australian Indie Album of the Year award for internet radio. Currently, the new singles “Just Take Hold” and "MAMA" are on the internet radio charts in Australia.

Common Royals is a pop/rock band that focuses on catchy rock covers. Think of bands such as The Foo Fighters, Wolfmother and AC/DC, but also covers of Melissa Etheridge and Skunk Anansie are not shunned. In short Common Royals stands for an evening of rock with passion!

Common Royals started as a collaboration between Peter kattenburg and Paul Franks. Quickly it became clear that this cooperation had a future. This resulted in a search for good musicians to give the band the quality it deserves. With Marieke van Zwieten has Common Royals attracted a hell of a singer. Nowadays the rhythm section is in the hands of Martijn van Eeden and Paul Franks. To give more body to the sound a second guitarist was attracted: Joost Hofstede. And the band has found its present form.