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227:Past members
197:1999–present
193:Years active
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52:Please help
47:verification
44:
1460:"My Blood"
1362:Wild Hearts
979:(featuring
664:Live albums
640:Wild Hearts
488:Discography
390:Open Season
360:2005–2008:
336:festivals.
266:Netherlands
164:Netherlands
1665:(in Dutch)
1643:15 October
1639:(in Dutch)
1531:References
1415:"90s Kid"
1191:"Holiday"
1114:"Hold On"
471:(English:
414:Road Rally
260:band from
80:newspapers
1669:7 October
1031:"Johnny"
791:Tipparade
429:The Hague
402:Indonesia
262:The Hague
160:The Hague
69:"Di-rect"
1702:Category
1592:16 March
1546:Discover
1368:"Color"
820:Discover
536:Discover
341:Discover
311:Discover
186:pop punk
178:pop rock
1012:Di-rect
769:Single
759:Singles
575:Di-rect
453:The Who
443:Jan Rot
436:Di-rect
425:Parkpop
418:Nailpin
366:Di-rect
334:Parkpop
330:Pinkpop
319:The Who
272:History
254:Di-rect
242:Website
206:Members
136:Di-Rect
94:scholar
18:Di-Rect
1617:28 May
1488:Others
890:"She"
775:Album
728:Album
674:Album
653:Sphinx
516:Album
501:Albums
297:Music/
289:radio
264:, the
170:Genres
156:Origin
96:
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1559:NVPI
1544:NVPI
1498:Notes
1457:2024
1428:2023
1396:2022
1380:2021
1347:2020
1300:2019
1279:2017
1248:2014
1219:2013
1174:2012
1140:2011
1098:2010
1077:2009
1058:2008
997:2007
929:2005
887:2003
840:2002
805:2001
766:Year
744:2008
725:Year
703:2023
690:2008
671:Year
649:2024
636:2020
623:2017
610:2014
597:2011
584:2010
571:2007
558:2005
545:2003
532:2001
513:Year
457:Dutch
448:Tommy
412:show
398:Italy
353:Pepsi
317:" (a
256:is a
101:JSTOR
87:books
1671:2023
1645:2022
1619:2022
1594:2024
400:and
364:and
332:and
258:rock
174:Rock
73:news
1476:39
1468:73
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1447:27
1439:65
1434:26
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1389:11
1371:32
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1260:99
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1233:24
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1169:97
1164:26
1151:27
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1122:69
1117:23
1104:15
1083:11
1070:42
1053:72
1034:26
1026:38
1021:36
987:13
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958:15
924:41
919:21
911:31
906:27
877:11
872:10
864:14
859:14
851:14
835:21
816:36
811:24
796:NED
789:NED
781:NED
752:53
737:NED
698:14
683:NED
540:14
525:NED
410:MTV
326:TMF
299:EMI
287:3FM
56:by
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